Thomas Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen is the kind of defender I instinctively trust. A left-footed centre-back out of Antwerp, he combined aerial dominance, real leadership, and the rare ability to carry the ball forward with pace, making him a defender who could also start attacks. Injuries clearly cost him stretches of his prime, yet he kept performing across Europe's biggest stages, which tells me plenty about his resolve. Now moving into coaching, he seems poised to pass on the reading of the game that defined him. I value quietly intelligent defenders, and Vermaelen embodies that craft beautifully.

Name (English)

Thomas Vermaelen

Name (Japanese)

トーマス・フェルマーレン

Reading

とーます・ふぇるまーれん

Born

November 14, 1985 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Origin

Antwerp, Province of Antwerp, Belgium

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thomasvermaelen/
• Xhttps://x.com/thomasvermaelen
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Vermaelen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184177

Tags

• Province of Antwerp
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.