Thomas Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Vermaelen
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Central Defender
Team information
Current team	Arsenal
Number	6
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 31, 2009

Thomas Vermaelen (born November 14, 1985) is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for Ajax.

Career

Vermaelen started his career in his home country at Germinal Ekeren that later changed their name into Germinal Beerschot after a merge. In 2004 he moved to Dutch side Ajax and made his professional debut on February 15, 2004 in a 2-0 away win over FC Volendam. It was however the only match he played during the season in which Ajax won the Eredivisie championship. He was sent on loan to RKC Waalwijk for the 2004-05 season. At RKC he was no first team regular, but still managed to get 13 appearances in which he scored two goals.

His breakthrough came with his return to Ajax where he fought himself into the first team and won the KNVB Cup. This performance led him into the Belgium national football team. The Johan Cruijff-schaal and another KNVB Cup were added in the following season and in 2007 he won the Johan Cruijff-schaal for the second consecutive time.

He is currenly negotiating a deal with Arsenal Football Club. A fee of around 10 million euros is believed to be agreed with Ajax for the Bulgarian International. This is a potential signing that all the Arsenal fans were looking forward to

http://kinguud.com http://goonertalk.com should have the latest news.

External links

• Official Ajax player profile
• Voetbal International profile
• Ajax Inside Profile