Jan Vertonghen

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Jan Vertonghen
Personal information
Full name:	Jan Bert Lieve Vertonghen
Date of birth:	24 April 1987 (1987-04-24)
Place of birth:	Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position:	Defender
Club information
Current club	Anderlecht
Number	14
Youth clubs
1997–2000 2000–2003 2003–2006	VK Tielrode Germinal Beerschot Ajax
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2006–2012 2006–2007 2012–2020 2020–2022 2022–	Ajax → RKC Waalwijk (loan) Tottenham Hotspur Benfica Anderlecht	155 0(23) 012 00(3) 232 00(6) 057 00(0) 016 00(1)
National team
2002 2007 2007–	Belgium U16 Belgium U21 Belgium	006 00(1) 023 00(0) 145 00(9)

Jan Bert Lieve Vertonghen (born 24 April 1987) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Pro League club Anderlecht and the Belgium national team. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a left back.

He began his senior career at Dutch club Ajax in 2006 and totalled 220 games and 28 goals for them across all competitions, serving as their captain from 2011 to 2012. He won two Eredivisie and two KNVB Cup titles during his time at the club, and in 2012 he was named Dutch Footballer of the Year. Vertonghen transferred to Tottenham in July 2012, and made the PFA Team of the Year in his first Premier League season, going on to make over 200 appearances for Spurs and winning their player of the year award in 2018.

Vertonghen made his international debut for Belgium in 2007 and his 118 caps (including three unofficial games, according to FIFA rules) are the most in the history of the national team. He was part of Belgian squads that came fourth at the 2008 Olympics and reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2016 as well as third place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Clubs

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 2010–11, 2011–12
• KNVB Cup: 2006–07, 2009–10

Tottenham Hotspur

• Football League Cup runner-up: 2014–15
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2018–19

Benfica

• Taça de Portugal runner-up: 2020–21
• Taça da Liga runner-up: 2021–22

Belgium

• FIFA World Cup third place: 2018

Individual

• AFC Ajax Talent of the Year: 2007–08
• AFC Ajax Player of the Year: 2011–12
• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 2012
• PFA Team of the Year: 2012–13 Premier League, 2017–18 Premier League
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2018–19
• RBFA 125 Years All Star Team: 2020
• IFFHS All Time Belgium Dream Team: 2021

External links

• Jan Vertonghen profile at Soccerbase
• Jan Vertonghen profile at Transfermarkt

Belgium – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-finals

1. Courtois 2. Alderweireld 3. Vermaelen 4. Kompany (c) 5. Vertonghen 6. Witsel 7. De Bruyne 8. Fellaini 9. Lukaku 10. Hazard 11. Mirallas 12. Mignolet 13. Bossut 14. Mertens 15. Van Buyten 16. Defour 17. Origi 18. Lombaerts 19. Dembélé 20. Januzaj 21. Vanden Borre 22. Chadli 23. Ciman Manager:   Marc Wilmots

Belgium – UEFA Euro 2016 – Quarter-finals

1. Courtois 2. Alderweireld 3. Vermaelen 4. Nainggolan 5. Vertonghen 6. Witsel 7. De Bruyne 8. Fellaini 9. R. Lukaku 10. Hazard 11. Carrasco 12. Mignolet 13. Gillet 14. Mertens 15. Denayer 16. Meunier 17. Origi 18. Kabasele 19. Dembélé 20. Benteke 21. J. Lukaku 22. Batshuayi 23. Ciman Manager:   Marc Wilmots

Belgium – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Third place

1. Courtois 2. Alderweireld 3. Vermaelen 4. Kompany 5. Vertonghen 6. Witsel 7. De Bruyne 8. Fellaini 9. Lukaku 10. E. Hazard (c) 11. Carrasco 12. Mignolet 13. Casteels 14. Mertens 15. Meunier 16. T. Hazard 17. Tielemans 18. Januzaj 19. Dembélé 20. Boyata 21. Batshuayi 22. Chadli 23. Dendoncker Manager:   Roberto Martínez

Belgium – UEFA Euro 2020 – Quarter-finals

1. Courtois 2. Mignolet 3. Sels 4. Alderweireld 5. Boyata 6. Castagne 7. Denayer 8. Dendoncker 9. Meunier 10. Vermaelen 11. Vertonghen 12. Carrasco 13. Chadli 14. De Bruyne 15. T. Hazard 16. Praet 17. Tielemans 18. Vanaken 19. Witsel 20. Batshuayi 21. Benteke 22. Doku 23. E. Hazard (c) 24. Lukaku 25. Mertens 26. Trossard Manager:   Roberto Martínez

Belgium – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Courtois 2. Alderweireld 3. Theate 4. Faes 5. Vertonghen 6. Witsel 7. De Bruyne 8. Tielemans 9. Lukaku 10. E. Hazard (c) 11. Carrasco 12. Mignolet 13. Casteels 14. Mertens 15. Meunier 16. T. Hazard 17. Trossard 18. Onana 19. Dendoncker 20. Vanaken 21. Castagne 22. De Ketelaere 23. Batshuayi 24. Openda 25. Doku 26. Debast Manager:   Martínez

Belgium – UEFA Euro 2024 – Round of 16

1. Casteels 2. Debast 3. Theate 4. Faes 5. Vertonghen 6. Witsel 7. De Bruyne (c) 8. Tielemans 9. Trossard 10. Lukaku 11. Carrasco 12. Kaminski 13. Sels 14. Lukebakio 15. Meunier 16. Vranckx 17. De Ketelaere 18. Mangala 19. Bakayoko 20. Openda 21. Castagne 22. Doku 23. Vermeeren 24. Onana 25. De Cuyper Manager:   Domenico Tedesco