Thibaud Verlinden

Thibaud Christa Philippe Verlinden (born 9 July 1999) is a Belgian footballer who plays as midfielder for Championship club Stoke City.

Thibaud Verlinden
Personal information
Full name Thibaud Christa Philippe Verlinden[1]
Date of birth (1999-07-09) 9 July 1999
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Stoke City
Number 23
Youth career
2009–2010 Club Brugge
2010–2015 Standard Liège
2015–2017 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Stoke City 10 (0)
2018 → FC St. Pauli (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → FC St. Pauli II (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 15 (3)
National team
2014 Belgium U15 5 (0)
2014–2015 Belgium U16 12 (1)
2015–2016 Belgium U17 17 (1)
2016–2018 Belgium U19 14 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:51, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

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.[3] He made his professional debut on 23 August 2017 in a 4–0 EFL Cup win over Rochdale.[4] 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.[5] He made just two appearances for St. Pauli's reserve side in the Regionalliga Nord during his loan spell.[6]

Verlinden made his league debut for Stoke on 16 March 2019 in a 0–0 draw against Reading.[7] On 2 September 2019 Verlinden joined League One side Bolton Wanderers on loan until January 2020.[8] 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.[9] At the end of his loan period Stoke chose to recall Verlinden.[10] 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.[11]

Personal life

Verlinden's father, Dany, played professional football for Club Brugge and Lierse.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 12 February 2020[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City U23 2016–17[14] ————2[lower-alpha 1]020
2017–18[15] ————0000
2018–19[16] ————2[lower-alpha 1]020
Total ———4040
Stoke City 2017–18[15] Premier League 000010—10
2018–19[16] EFL Championship 500000—50
2019–20[17] EFL Championship 501000—60
Total 1001010—120
FC St. Pauli (loan) 2017–18[15] 2. Bundesliga 000000—00
FC St. Pauli II (loan) 2017–18[15] Regionalliga Nord 20———20
Bolton Wanderers (loan) 2019–20[17] League One 15300002[lower-alpha 1]0173
Career total 273101060353
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "List of Players Registered as Scholars in Accordance with Rule C.3 Between 01/07/2017 and 31/07/2017" (PDF). The FA. p. 46. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. "Thibaud Verlinden". Premier League. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. "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.
  4. "Stoke 4-0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. "St. Pauli leiht Verlinden von Stoke City aus". Rheinische Post (in German). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  6. "Verlinden goes as a zero-minute loan". Bild. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  7. "Stoke 0-0 Reading". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. "Wanderers Sign Belgian Winger". Bolton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. "Rotherham 6–1 Bolton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  10. "Stoke and Nottingham Forest to recall loan players from Bolton". The Bolton News. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  11. "Stoke City winger ruled out for rest of season". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  12. "Verlinden hopes for Premier League glory". deredactie.be. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  13. Thibaud Verlinden at Soccerway
  14. "Games played by Thibaud Verlinden in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  15. "Games played by Thibaud Verlinden in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  16. "Games played by Thibaud Verlinden in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  17. "Games played by Thibaud Verlinden in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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