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Yorbe Vertessen

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Yorbe Vertessen
Vertessen at Salzburg in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 25)
Place of birth Tienen, Belgium
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 11
Youth career
FC Rillaar Sport
–2009 Westerlo
2009–2019 PSV Eindhoven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Jong PSV 14 (5)
2020–2024 PSV Eindhoven 64 (11)
2023 → Union SG (loan) 15 (3)
2024–2025 Union Berlin 30 (4)
2025– Red Bull Salzburg 50 (15)
International career‡
2015–2016 Belgium U15 5 (2)
2016–2017 Belgium U16 6 (1)
2017–2018 Belgium U17 13 (7)
2018 Belgium U18 5 (3)
2019 Belgium U19 1 (1)
2021–2023 Belgium U21 12 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 September 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:52, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Yorbe Vertessen (born 8 January 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg.

Club career

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Born in the Belgian town of Tienen, Vertessen joined PSV Eindhoven as a schoolboy from Westerlo in 2009.

On 2 May 2021, Vertessen scored his first goal for the PSV senior side in a 2–2 draw with SC Heerenveen in Eredivisie play.[1] On 7 August 2021, Vertessen scored in a 4–0 Johan Cruyff Shield win over rivals Ajax, in turn helping to end Ajax's 17 game unbeaten streak.[2]

On 28 January 2023, Vertessen was loaned to Union Saint-Gilloise until the end of the 2022–23 season,[3] while Union were lying second in the Belgian Pro League, and made his debut in Union's 4–0 win over Zulte Waregem on 5 February 2023.[4]

On 1 February 2024, Vertessen signed with Union Berlin in Germany.[5]

On 3 February 2025, Vertessen signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Austrian Football Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.[6]

International career

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Vertessen featured in the Belgium squad for the European Under-17 Championship in 2018, earning a place in the team of the tournament.[7]

He was joint top scorer in the tournament alongside Italy's Edoardo Vergani,[8] scoring in group stage wins over Ireland (2–0) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (4–0).

Further goals came in the 2–1 quarter-final win over Spain and the 2–1 semi-final defeat at the hands of eventual winners Italy.

Career statistics

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As of match played 20 September 2026[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong PSV 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 94———94
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 51———51
Total 145———145
PSV Eindhoven 2020–21 Eredivisie 152102[b]0—182
2021–22 Eredivisie 2464014[c]21[d]1439
2022–23 Eredivisie 80103[b]21[d]0132
2023–24 Eredivisie 173219[e]11[d]0295
Total 6411812653110118
Union SG (loan) 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 153203[b]1—204
Union Berlin 2023–24 Bundesliga 13300——133
2024–25 Bundesliga 17121——192
Total 30421——325
Red Bull Salzburg 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 165—003[f]0195
2025–26 Austrian Bundesliga 2782111[g]4—4013
2026–27 Austrian Bundesliga 72115[b]0—133
Total 501532164307221
Career total 1733815445106123953
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal, Austrian Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League Cite error: The named reference "UEL" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. 1 2 3 Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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PSV

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "PSV held to a 2-2 draw by SC Heerenveen". PSV. 2 May 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Madueke: Nigeria prospect's brace powers PSV past 10-man Ajax in Dutch Super Cup". Goal. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Yorbe Vertessen en prêt à l'Union jusqu'à la fin de la saison" (in French). Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. 28 January 2023. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Union Saint-Gilloise thrash Zulte Waregem 4-0 to keep pressure on league leaders" (in French). Brussels Times. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "YORBE VERTESSEN SIGNS FOR UNION". Union Berlin. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Union Berlin striker joins Red Bulls". FC Red Bull Salzburg. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 16 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  9. ↑ Yorbe Vertessen at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "PSV verrast Ajax met twee goals vlak na rust en wint KNVB-beker". NOS. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "Lang beslist duel met Feyenoord en bezorgt PSV veertiende Johan Cruijff Schaal" [Long decided duel with Feyenoord and gives PSV fourteenth Johan Cruijff Shield]. nos.nl (in Dutch). 4 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Nine clubs provide players for Eredivisie Team of the Month". Eredivisie. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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