Domestic-league season · Club Brugge II.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Challenger Pro League | 21 | 0 | 0 | 971 | 6.81 |
Verlinden's current-season form is down 25% on last season (Season 12→9), while his Rating eased 43→40. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 12).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Club Brugge II · 16th | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6.81 | 40 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | Club Brugge II · 6th | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 | 43 | 12 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
W. Verlinden is a 19-year-old central defender at Club Brugge II, rated 40 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 107th of 214 in the Challenger Pro League and 702nd of 997 U-21 players tracked. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (33.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.69 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Verlinden.
Judged on this season alone, Verlinden graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 38th of 41 of the 41 centre-backs in the Challenger Pro League, on 2 clean sheets and 2.688 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 12 → 9).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 40, 21st of 41 of the 41 centre-backs in the Challenger Pro League. At 19 Verlinden is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 17.9 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 21 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 17) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.
With a Rating of 40, Verlinden carries the 21st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Challenger Pro League of 41, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Club Brugge II finished 16th of 17) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 19 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (99/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~22), then tapers with age. At 19, Verlinden sits on 17.9, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Verlinden's projected Rating — 40 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
No transfer news found for this player.
