Birger Verstraete

Birger Verstraete

Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-04-16) 16 April 1994
Place of birth	Oostende, Belgium
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Antwerp
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	Club Brugge	6	(0)
2014–2015	→ Royal Mouscron (loan)	6	(0)
2015–2017	Kortrijk	38	(0)
2017–2019	Gent	68	(6)
2019–2020	1. FC Köln	9	(0)
2020–	→ Antwerp (loan)	0	(0)
International career
2010	Belgium U16	1	(0)
2012–2013	Belgium U19	13	(2)
2016	Belgium U21	3	(0)
2018–	Belgium	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:35, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Birger Verstraete (born 16 April 1994) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Belgian First Division A side Antwerp, on loan from 1. FC Köln. In 2018–19, he helped Gent reach the final of the 2018–19 Belgian Cup, where they took the lead against Mechelen, before losing 2–1.

International career

Verstraete made his Belgium national football team debut on 7 September 2018 in a friendly against Scotland.

External links

• Birger Verstraete at Soccerway
• Belgium Stats at Belgian FA
• Birger Verstraete at FootballDatabase.eu
• Birger Verstraete at National-Football-Teams.com