Yorbe Vertessen

Yorbe Vertessen
Vertessen at Salzburg in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001
Place of birth Tienen, Belgium
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
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 32 (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 14 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:52, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Yorbe Vertessen (born 8 January 2001) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg.

Club career

Born in the Belgian town of Tienen, Vertessen joined PSV Eindhoven as a schoolboy from Westerlo in 2009.

On 2 May 2021, Vertessen scored his first goal for the PSV senior side in a 2–2 draw with SC Heerenveen in Eredivisie play.[1] On 7 August 2021, Vertessen scored in a 4–0 Johan Cruyff Shield win over rivals Ajax, in turn helping to end Ajax's 17 game unbeaten streak.[2]

On 28 January 2023, Vertessen was loaned to Union 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 over Zulte Waregem on 5 February 2023.[4]

On 1 February 2024, Vertessen signed with Union Berlin in Germany.[5]

On 3 February 2025, Vertessen signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Austrian Football Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.[6]

International career

Vertessen featured in the Belgium squad for the European 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's Edoardo Vergani,[8] scoring in group stage wins over Ireland (2–0) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (4–0).

Further goals came in the 2–1 quarter-final win over Spain and the 2–1 semi-final defeat at the hands of eventual winners Italy.

Career statistics

As of match played 22 January 2026[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 16 5 2 1 11[g] 4 — 29 9
Total 32 10 2 1 11 4 3 0 48 15
Career total 155 33 14 3 40 10 6 1 215 47
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ a b c Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. ^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League

Honours

PSV

Individual

References

  1. ^ "PSV held to a 2-2 draw by SC Heerenveen". PSV. 2 May 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Madueke: Nigeria prospect's brace powers PSV past 10-man Ajax in Dutch Super Cup". Goal. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Yorbe Vertessen en prêt à l'Union jusqu'à la fin de la saison" (in French). Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. 28 January 2023. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Union Saint-Gilloise thrash Zulte Waregem 4-0 to keep pressure on league leaders" (in French). Brussels Times. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ^ "YORBE VERTESSEN SIGNS FOR UNION". Union Berlin. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Union Berlin striker joins Red Bulls". FC Red Bull Salzburg. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 16 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  9. ^ Yorbe Vertessen at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  10. ^ "PSV verrast Ajax met twee goals vlak na rust en wint KNVB-beker". NOS. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Lang beslist duel met Feyenoord en bezorgt PSV veertiende Johan Cruijff Schaal" [Long decided duel with Feyenoord and gives PSV fourteenth Johan Cruijff Shield]. nos.nl (in Dutch). 4 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Nine clubs provide players for Eredivisie Team of the Month". Eredivisie. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.