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Thomas Vermaelen
Personal information
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back, Left back
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 5
Youth career
0000–1999 Germinal Ekeren
1999–2000 Germinal Beerschot
2000–2003 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 Ajax
2004–2005 → RKC Waalwijk (loan)
2009– Arsenal
International career‡
2006– Belgium
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:17, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:01, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Thomas Vermaelen (born 14 November 1985) is a Belgian footballer, who currently plays for Arsenal as a defender. He started playing professionally for Ajax before moving to Arsenal in June 2009.

Club career

Early career

Vermaelen started his career in his home country at Germinal Ekeren, which later changed its name to Germinal Beerschot after a merge.

Ajax

In 2000 he joined the academy of Dutch club Ajax. He made his professional debut on February 15, 2004 in a 2–0 away win over Volendam. It was however the only match he played during the season in which Ajax won the Eredivisie championship. He was sent on loan to RKC Waalwijk for the 2004–05 season. At RKC he was not a first team regular, but made thirteen appearances in which he scored two goals.

Vermaelen with Andrei Arshavin in pre-season training

His breakthrough came when he returned to Ajax and won the KNVB Cup. Performances that season resulted in a call-up to the Belgium national football team. Ajax won the Johan Cruijff Shield and another KNVB Cup the following season and in 2007, they won the Johan Cruijff Shield for the second consecutive time.[2] Following the departure of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Vermaelen served as captain of Ajax for the 2008–09 season.

Arsenal

Vermaelen joined Arsenal from Ajax for an initial fee of €10 million (£8.45m), rising to €12 million (£10.1m) on 19 June 2009.[3][4]

He scored on his Premier League debut against Everton on 15 August 2009, heading an inswinging Robin Van Persie free-kick past Tim Howard in the 37th minute.[5] On 16 September 2009, Vermaelen scored his first Champions League goal for Arsenal - a controversial equalizer against Belgian club Standard Liege. Arsenal went on to win 2-3. On 19 September 2009, Vermaelen scored an unlikely double in Arsenal's 4-0 win over Wigan at the Emirates, winning the man of the match award in the process.[6]

Club career statistics

(correct as of 19 September 2009)
Club Season League Cup[7] Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Arsenal 2009–10 7 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 10 5 0
Total 7 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 10 5 0

Honours

Ajax


Arsenal

References

  1. ^ "Factfile: Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen". Arsenal.com. Arsenal. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  2. ^ "VZ: De transferobjecten van de Eredivisie". Voetbalzone.nl. Voetbalzone. 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  3. ^ "Thomas Vermaelen joins Arsenal". Ajax.nl. Ajax. 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  4. ^ "Thomas Vermaelen completes move to Arsenal". Arsenal.com. Arsenal. 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  5. ^ "Everton 1–6 Arsenal". BBC.co.uk. BBC. 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  6. ^ "Arsenal 4–0 Wigan". BBC.co.uk. BBC. 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
  7. ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield.
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