_71.jpg) Vertessen atSalzburg in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2001-01-08)8 January 2001 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Tienen, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward,winger | ||
| 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 | 28 | (10) |
| 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 9 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:52, 3 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
Yorbe Vertessen (born 8 January 2001) is a Belgian professionalfootballer who plays as aforward or awinger for Austrian clubRed Bull Salzburg.
Born in the Belgian town of Tienen, Vertessen joinedPSV Eindhoven as a schoolboy fromWesterlo in 2009.
On 2 May 2021, Vertessen scored his first goal for the PSV senior side in a 2–2 draw withSC Heerenveen inEredivisie play.[1] On 7 August 2021, Vertessen scored in a 4–0Johan Cruyff Shield win over rivalsAjax, in turn helping to end Ajax's 17 game unbeaten streak.[2]
On 28 January 2023, Vertessen was loaned toUnion 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 overZulte Waregem on 5 February 2023.[4]
On 1 February 2024, Vertessen signed withUnion Berlin in Germany.[5]
On 3 February 2025, Vertessen signed a four-and-a-half-year contract withAustrian Football Bundesliga clubRed Bull Salzburg.[6]
Vertessen featured in the Belgium squad for theEuropean 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'sEdoardo Vergani,[8] scoring in group stage wins overIreland (2–0) andBosnia and Herzegovina (4–0).
Further goals came in the 2–1 quarter-final win overSpain and the 2–1 semi-final defeat at the hands of eventual winnersItaly.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong PSV | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||
| PSV Eindhoven | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | |
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14[c] | 2 | 1[d] | 1 | 43 | 9 | |
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 2 | 1[d] | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9[e] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 29 | 5 | |
| Total | 64 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 101 | 18 | ||
| Union SG (loan) | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | 1 | — | 20 | 4 | |
| Union Berlin | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| Total | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 16 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 3[f] | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
| 2025–26 | Austrian Bundesliga | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8[g] | 3 | — | 22 | 8 | ||
| Total | 28 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 14 | ||
| Career total | 151 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 208 | 46 | ||
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