Thomas Vermaelen's Autobiography
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Thomas Vermaelen was born on 14 November 1985 in Kapellen, Belgium. He is a Belgian international and professional footballer, who plays for Spanish football club FC Barcelona and the Belgium national football team. His playing position mainly as a central defender. He though quite small for a central defender, started his career in his home country with Germinal Ekeren, which later changed its name to Germinal Beerschot after a merger. His key attributes include aerial ability, leadership skills, and his quickness with the ball at his feet. He is also known for his goalscoring ability as a defender.Vermaelen joined the Ajax youth academy in 2000 and won the 2003/04 Eredivisie title in his first season with the club. He had a loan spell with RKC Waalwijk, before rejoining Ajax and winning the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruijff Shield. The following season, he spent at RKC Waalwijk on loan to gain playing experience. In 2005, Vermaelen returned to Ajax and became a starter in the center defense. After having participated in 143 matches in all competitions (10 goals), Vermaelen left Ajax in 2009. He won two Cups for Netherlands and two Super Cups during this time. In 2009 season, he served as club captain for the remainder of the season. He joined Arsenal in 2009 and was included in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for that season. Following Robin van Persie's transfer to Manchester United in August 2012, he was named club captain but found first team opportunities limited due to the success of Arsenal's new first-choice defensive partnership of Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny. In August 2014, he completed a £15 million transfer to Barcelona in La Liga.
Thomas Vermaelen's current clubs record
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Thomas Vermaelen joined the academy of Dutch club AFC Ajax. He made his professional debut on 15 February 2004 in a 0–2 away win over FC Volendam. 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. He forged a partnership with fellow academy graduate John Heitinga and later Jan Vertonghen.
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Thomas Vermaelen joining Arsenal from Ajax in 2009 for an initial fee of €10 million (rising to €12 million), signing a four-year contract. Thomas Vermaelen is the captain of English Premier League club FC Arsenal. After Kolo Touré surrendered the number 5 jersey to him upon joining Manchester City. Thomas Vermaelen has been integral to Arsene Wenger’s side despite the Gunners’ lack of silverware. The Belgian defender has established himself as one of the Premier League’s best and despite an injury-hit season in 2010/11 and a dip in form at the beginning of 2012/13, he has been consistently one of Arsenal’s better players. Arsenal's central defence pairing. He made his Premier League debut on 15 August 2009 in a 1–6 away win against Everton, and scored in the 37th minute. He became the 84th Arsenal player to score in their debut. He then scored a brace against Wigan Athletic in a 4–0 victory. He became notable for being a goal scoring defender due to his spectacular 25-yard left footed goal against Blackburn Rovers and many headed goals during the first half of Arsenal's 2009–10 season. In the pre-season of the 2010–11 season, Vermaelen captained Arsenal in an Emirates Cup match against Milan with regular captain Cesc Fàbregas and vice-captains Manuel Almunia and Robin van Persie not in the squad. He started all of the first three Arsenal matches of the season before suffering an achilles injury on international duty with Belgium. In August 2012, Vermaelen was announced as Arsenal's new captain, replacing Robin van Persie upon his departure to Manchester United. On 11 December 2012, Vermaelen missed the deciding penalty kick in Arsenal's shoot-out defeat against League Two side Bradford City in the League Cup, his shot striking the post. He had scored Arsenal's equalising goal within normal time of the same match. Consistently poor performances followed for Vermaelen, however, most notably against Manchester City and Liverpool. On 17 May 2014, Vermaelen won his only trophy with Arsenal as an unused substitute in the team's 3–2 win over Hull City in the 2014 FA Cup Final. However Arsenal’s defensive kingpin also has a strong disciplinary record. He has conceded just 18 fouls in 20 games this season, admirable for a defender, and has only been sent off once for the Gunners in his four seasons in the Premier League. Any Arsenal and Belgium team with Vermaelen in is a stronger one, and with the Belgians currently sitting top of their 2014 World Cup Qualifying Group, he will be central to their future success as well as Arsenal’s.
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The Belgian defender ended his five-year spell at Arsenal when he joined Barcelona for £15million in August 2014. The next day, he completed his move after signing a five-year contract. After coming through the famous Ajax academy, Vermaelen became a regular for the Amsterdam side, earning a €10million move to the Emirates in 2009, where he became captain following Robin van Persie's departure in 2012.
Thomas Vermaelen national team information
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A former youth international, Vermaelen had participated in the U-19 Championships and the 2007 U-21 European Championships. He made his senior debut for Belgium at age 20 against Luxembourg in March 2006. On 8 October 2009, he was named Belgium captain prior to the games against Turkey and Estonia in the 2010 World Cup, qualifiers but could not prevent the Belgians from finishing fourth in their group. He was recalled to squad for 14 November friendly against Hungary and scored his first goal for his country by tapping in an Eden Hazard cross. On 13 May 2014, Vermaelen was named in Belgium's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. After spending Belgium's first match of the tournament, a 2–1 win against Algeria, on the bench, He was chosen to start in the second match against Russia, replacing Jan Vertonghen at left back. However, after 31 minutes, Vermaelen was taken off with an injury and replaced by Vertonghen.
Vermaelen's Profile
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Full name: Thomas Vermaelen
First name: Thomas
Last name: Vermaelen
Date of birth: 14 Nov, 1985
Place of birth: Kapellen, Belgium
Age: 28 year old
Nationality: Belgium
Height: 1,82 m
Foot: Left
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Jersey number: 23
Current club: FC Barcelona
National player: Belgium
Playing position: Centre defender
In the team since: 9 Aug, 2014
Contract until: 30.06.2019
Players' agents: SEG
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