Yorbe Vertessen

Yorbe Vertessen (born 8 January 2001 in Tienen) is a Belgian professional footballer. He plays as striker for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Yorbe Vertessen
FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen SK Sturm Graz (2025-03-02 Österreichische Bundesliga) 71.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth8 January 2001 (aged 24)
Place of birthTienen, Belgium
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Red Bull Salzburg
Number11
Youth career
2005-2006FC Rillaar Sport
2006-2009KVC Westerloo
2009-2019PSV Eindhoven
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019-2021Jong PSV14(5)
2021-2024PSV Eindhoven64(11)
2023Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (loan)15(3)
2024-20251. FC Union Berlin30(4)
2025-FC Red Bull Salzburg7(4)
National team
2015-2016Belgium U155(2)
2016- 2017Belgium U166(1)
2017- 2018Belgium U1713(7)
2018Belgium U186(3)
2019Belgium U191(1)
2021-2023Belgium U2111(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 April 2025
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 April 2025

Career

Vertessen started his career in the youth teams of FC Rillaar Sport and KVC Westerlo. After that he joined the PSV Eindhoven's youth academy in 2009. In the 2019/20 season he played for PSV Eindhoven's reserve team, Jong PSV. In the 2020/21 season, he made 15 appearances for the first team in the Eredivisie, scoring two goals. During this he played also for the reserves. 2020-21 PSV won the Dutch Cup . Vertessen played in four cup matches.

On 28 January 2023, he was loaned to Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in the Belgian First Division until the end of the season. Vertessen played 15 of 18 possible league games for Saint-Gilloise, scoring three goals, as well as two cup games and three Europa League games, scoring one goal. In the 2023/24 season he came back to Eindhoven. In the winter of 2024, Vertessen moved to 1. FC Union Berlin. [1] For Union, he made a total of 30 Bundesliga appearances, scoring four goals. In February 2025, he moved to Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg. [2] He scored his first Bundesliga goal on March 2, 2025, against SK Sturm Graz.

International

Vertessen played for the Belgian national youth teams starting at the U15 level in 2015. He later also played for the U16, U17, U18, U19, and U21 national teams.

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