Toby Alderweireld

Toby Alderweireld is the sort of defender I genuinely admire. A 187-centimetre centre-back from Wilrijk in Belgium, he made his name early at Ajax with three straight Eredivisie titles and then sustained a long career at the top of European football. What I value most is not spectacle but his reading of the game, his composure and his knack for snuffing out danger before it forms. Defenders like him rarely get the headlines, yet anyone who watches closely understands their worth. For me he represents the quiet art of defending, and that deserves real respect.

Name (English)

Toby Alderweireld

Name (Japanese)

トビー・アルデルヴァイレルト

Reading

とびー・あるでるゔぁいれると

Born

March 2, 1989 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

Origin

Wilrijk, Province of Antwerp, Belgium

Height

187 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tobyalderweireld/
• Xhttps://x.com/AlderweireldTob
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby%20Alderweireld
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128840

Tags

• Province of Antwerp
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

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