On January 21, the official news of the Belgian Football Association, the 36-year-old Vermalen officially retired, he will join the Coaching Staff of the Belgian national team, Vermalen will fight with Henry again, gun fans are excited!
Vermalen debuted at Ajax and played for Arsenal, Barcelona, Roma and the J-League ship Victory Kobe.
In 2004, at the age of 18, Vermalen joined Eredivisie giants Ajax, where he was then loaned to Club Waalwijk in the Eredivisie, where he officially returned to the Eredivisie giants after one season, where he became a major member of Ajax's first team and won the Dutch Cup that season.
In the 08-09 season, Vermalen officially became captain of Ajax. During his time at Ajax, Vermalen won the Eredivisie title once, the Dutch Cup and the Dutch Super Cup twice. Fame in the Dutch League has also brought the Belgian centre-back to the attention of more European clubs, and in the summer of 2009, the Premier League arsenal from London spent 10 million pounds to bring the Ajax captain to the Emirates Stadium.
Joining Arsenal's first Premier League game, he scored a goal for the team. Throughout the season, Vermalen, as a centre-back, scored 8 goals for the team in all competitions, and the "guard with knife" is well deserved. However, injuries have dragged down the Belgium international, who is still on the rise. Throughout the 10-11 season, Vermalen made only five appearances for Arsenal.
After nearly a season of rehabilitation, Vermalen scored six goals again as a main player in the 11-12 season, and in two and a half seasons, a centre-back scored 14 goals for the team. He also became the captain of the team again, and many gun fans lamented that if he were a healthy Vermalen, he would definitely be able to reach more than that.
However, the death god of injury seems to be entangled with Vermalen, and after experiencing a succession of major and minor injuries, Vermalen's number of games has decreased year by year, until the summer of 2014, when he officially left North London and came to another European giant - Barcelona.
Due to the impact of injury, Vermalen only made one appearance for Barca this season, but he won the triple crown of the season with the team, and MSN, which was at the peak of the "Dream Four", swept the European football world. After going to Barcelona, Vermalen won 4 La Liga titles, 3 Copa del Rey, 1 Champions League, 1 European Super Cup, 1 Spanish Super Cup, 1 Club World Cup, and played his "lying win" attribute to the fullest, and was also nicknamed "High Priest" by fans.
However, at this time, Vermalen has been labeled as a "glass man", and in barca's four seasons, the most appearances in the season is 20. So in 2019, the 33-year-old Vermalen officially left European football and came to Asia to join the Kobe Victory Ship in Japan's J League.
After coming to Japan, Vermalen seems to have regained his excellent state of the year, and the Kobe Victory Ship also has many "Barca" elements, Iniesta, Bojan, Villa, Vermalen... In the Japanese league, Vermalen is still the "koi", and he has also won one Emperor's Cup and one Japanese Super Cup on the Kobe Victory Ship.
In addition, the 36-year-old Vermalen made a total of 85 appearances for the Belgian national team and finished third with the team at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
In last year's European Championship, as the main force of Belgium, it has the role of the needle of the sea god, in the knockout match between Belgium and Portugal, Vermalen played a full 90 minutes of the game, a total of 5 times, blocked the opponent's shot 2 times, broke the ball 2 times, tackled 3 times, and finally helped Belgium eliminate the favorite Portugal led by C Ronaldo and advanced to the top 8 of the European Cup.
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