Thibaud Verlinden
Personal information
Full name Thibaud Christa Philippe Verlinden
Date of birth (1999-07-09) 9 July 1999
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Beerschot
Number 10
Youth career
2009–2010 Club Brugge
2010–2015 Standard Liège
2015–2017 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Stoke City 11 (0)
2018 → St. Pauli (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → St. Pauli II (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 15 (3)
2021 Fortuna Sittard 6 (0)
2021–2022 DAC Dunajská Streda 16 (1)
2022– Beerschot 38 (6)
International career
2014 Belgium U15 5 (0)
2014–2015 Belgium U16 12 (1)
2015–2016 Belgium U17 17 (1)
2016–2018 Belgium U19 14 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Thibaud Christa Philippe Verlinden (born 9 July 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Beerschot.

Career

Stoke City

Verlinden was born in Brussels and began his career playing in the youth teams at Club Brugge and Standard Liège. In the summer of 2015, he joined English club Stoke City from Standard Liège for a fee of €40,000.[2] He made his professional debut on 23 August 2017 in a 4–0 EFL Cup win over Rochdale.[3] In January 2018, it Verlinden's joined 2. Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. Verlinden had already participated at two training camps of the club.[4] He made just two appearances for St. Pauli's reserve side in the Regionalliga Nord during his loan spell.[5]

Verlinden made his league debut for Stoke on 16 March 2019 in a 0–0 draw against Reading.[6] On 2 September 2019 Verlinden joined League One side Bolton Wanderers on loan until January 2020.[7] He made his debut on 14 September 2019, starting against Rotherham United and scored in the fourth minute to give Bolton the lead, however Rotherham went on to win 6–1.[8] At the end of his loan period Stoke chose to recall Verlinden.[9] On his return to Stoke, Verlinden made a number of Championship appearances from the bench until he sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in on 12 February 2020, ruling him out of the remainder of the 2019–20 season.[10] After returning fitness in 2020–21, Verlinden was unable to force his way into Michael O'Neill's team and in December 2020, stated he wanted to leave in order to find regular first team football.[11]

Fortuna Sittard

Verlinden joined Dutch Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard in January 2021.[12]

Dunajská Streda

Verlinden signed a contract with DAC Dunajská Streda on 3 September 2021. His tenure was to last one year.[13]

Personal life

Verlinden's father, Dany, played professional football for Club Brugge and Lierse.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 November 2021[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City U23 2016–17[16] ————2[lower-alpha 1]020
2018–19[17] ————2[lower-alpha 1]020
Total ———4040
Stoke City 2017–18[18] Premier League 000010—10
2018–19[17] EFL Championship 500000—50
2019–20[19] EFL Championship 501000—60
2020–21[20] EFL Championship 100000—10
Total 1101010—130
FC St. Pauli (loan) 2017–18[18] 2. Bundesliga 000000—00
FC St. Pauli II (loan) 2017–18[18] Regionalliga Nord 20———20
Bolton Wanderers (loan) 2019–20[19] League One 15300002[lower-alpha 1]0173
Fortuna Sittard 2020–21[15] Eredivisie 5000——50
2021–22[15] Eredivisie 1000——10
Total 600000—60
Dunajská Streda 2021–22[15] Slovak Super Liga 5000000050
Career total 393101060473
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Thibaud Verlinden". Premier League. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Standard vangt bot: Thibaud Verlinden (16) mag eindelijk spelen voor Stoke City" [Thibaud Verlinden (16) may finally play for Stoke City]. HNL.be. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Stoke 4-0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "St. Pauli leiht Verlinden von Stoke City aus". Rheinische Post (in German). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Verlinden goes as a zero-minute loan". Bild. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Stoke 0-0 Reading". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Wanderers Sign Belgian Winger". Bolton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Rotherham 6–1 Bolton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Stoke and Nottingham Forest to recall loan players from Bolton". The Bolton News. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Stoke City winger ruled out for rest of season". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "'I won't hide it' - Thibaud Verlinden opens up on Stoke City status". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "Breaking - Winger makes permanent Stoke City exit". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  13. ↑ Ernő, Nagy Krisztián, foto: Lelkes. "Ďalšou posilou ofenzívy Thibaud Verlinden". FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda. Retrieved 2021-09-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ "Verlinden hopes for Premier League glory". deredactie.be. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  15. 1 2 3 4 Thibaud Verlinden at Soccerway
  16. ↑ "Games played by Thibaud Verlinden in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Thibaud Verlinden in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  18. 1 2 3 "Games played by Thibaud Verlinden in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  19. 1 2 "Games played by Thibaud Verlinden in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Thibaud Verlinden in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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