Thibaud Christa Philippe Verlinden (born 9 July 1999) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a winger for Beerschot.

Career

Stoke City

Verlinden was born in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

and began his career playing in the youth teams at

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and

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most ...

. In the summer of 2015, he joined English club

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

from Standard Liège for a fee of €40,000. He made his professional debut on 23 August 2017 in a 4–0

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win over

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. In January 2018, it Verlinden's joined

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side

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on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. Verlinden had already participated at two training camps of the club. He made just two appearances for St. Pauli's reserve side in the

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during his loan spell. Verlinden made his league debut for Stoke on 16 March 2019 in a 0–0 draw against

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. On 2 September 2019 Verlinden joined

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side

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

on loan until January 2020. He made his debut on 14 September 2019, starting against

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and scored in the fourth minute to give Bolton the lead, however Rotherham went on to win 6–1. At the end of his loan period Stoke chose to recall Verlinden. On his return to Stoke, Verlinden made a number of Championship appearances from the bench until he sustained an

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in on 12 February 2020, ruling him out of the remainder of the 2019–20 season. After returning fitness in

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, Verlinden was unable to force his way into Michael O'Neill's team and in December 2020, stated he wanted to leave in order to find regular first team football.

Fortuna Sittard

Verlinden joined Dutch

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club

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

in January 2021.

Dunajská Streda

Verlinden signed a contract with DAC Dunajská Streda on 3 September 2021. His tenure was to last one year.

Personal life

Verlinden's father, Dany, played professional football for

and

Lierse Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Be ...

Career statistics

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