Jordi Vanlerberghe

Jordi Vanlerberghe (born 27 June 1996) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for KV Mechelen in the Belgian Pro League.[2] Vanlerberghe started his professional career as a striker.

Jordi Vanlerberghe
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-27) 27 June 1996
Place of birth Duffel, Belgium
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Centre back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Mechelen
Number 30
Youth career
2001–2004 KFC Duffel
2004–2012 Mechelen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Mechelen 47 (3)
2017–2020 Club Brugge 7 (0)
2018–2019 → Oostende (loan) 31 (4)
2019–2020 → Mechelen (loan) 17 (3)
2020– Mechelen 94 (6)
International career
2011–2012 Belgium U16 5 (2)
2012–2013 Belgium U17 8 (0)
2013–2014 Belgium U18 3 (2)
2014 Belgium U19 5 (0)
2017–2019 Belgium U21 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Club career

Vanlerberghe made his Belgian Pro League debut on 27 October 2012 in the derby against Lierse. He replaced Nicklas Pedersen as an 88th-minute substitute.[3] He scored his first professional goal on 25 January 2014 against Mons.[4]

In June 2017, Vanlerberghe was signed on a four-year deal by Club Brugge.[5] There, he failed to gain a starting spot under head coach Ivan Leko, as the club won the Belgian league title.[6][7] In July 2018, it was therefore decided to loan him out to Oostende, where he was reunited with Gert Verheyen, his former coach with the Belgian U23 team.[8] Vanlerberghe played a good season in Ostend where he was a regular starter. At the end of the season, he returned to Club Brugge.

On 10 August 2019, Vanlerberghe returned to Mechelen on a one-year loan with an option to purchase.[9] At the end of the 2019–20 season, he returned to Bruges once more, but on 29 June 2020, it was announced that he would rejoin his former team Mechelen again on permanent basis.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 6 August 2017 [11]
Club Season League Belgian Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Mechelen 2012–13 Pro League 1000~~0010
2013–14 6100~~0061
2014–15 2010~~0030
2015–16 16020~~00180
2016–17 First Division A 13100~~9[lower-alpha 1]1222
KV Mechelen 38230~~91503
Club Brugge 2017–18 First Division A 0000000000
Career total 382300091503
  1. Appearances in the First Division A 'Europa League' play-offs

Honours

Club Brugge

References
  1. KV Mechelen fixtures, resultat.dk
  2. Jordi Vanlerberghe at Soccerway
  3. "Mechelen vs. Lierse - 27 October 2012 - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
  4. "Mons vs. Mechelen - 25 January 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
  5. "Op dit uur mag het al wat meer zijn: transfer van Jordi Vanlerberghe naar Club Brugge is op alle vlakken een voltreffer, kijk maar eens naar de WAG die hij meeneemt". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 21 June 2017.
  6. "Summary - First Division A - Belgium - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  7. Geypen, Diederik (25 September 2020). "Jordi Vanlerberghe (24) over zijn nieuwe rol achterin bij KV Mechelen: "Polyvalentie? Da's iets voor spelers die pas komen piepen"". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Flemish).
  8. Taecke, Tomas (26 July 2018). "Vanlerberghe blij met keuze voor KVO: "Hier wil ik opnieuw voetballer worden"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch).
  9. "TRANSFER: JORDI VANLERBERGHE TEKENT BIJ MALINWA" (Press release) (in Dutch). KV Mechelen. 10 August 2019.
  10. "Jordi Vanlerberghe - overbodig bij Club Brugge - keert terug naar KV Mechelen". sporza.be (in Dutch). 29 June 2020.
  11. Jordi Vanlerberghe at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

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