Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Club Brugge II.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Challenger Pro League | 21 | 0 | 0 | 971 | 6.81 |
Scout report
W. Verlinden is a 19-year-old central defender at Club Brugge II, rated 40 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 129th of 238 on scout potential in the Challenger Pro League and 630th of 994 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 39th of 51 of the 51 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, 28th of 51 of the 51 centre-backs in the Challenger Pro League. At 19 Verlinden is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 6.5 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Club Brugge II finished 16th of 17 · a relegation-threatened side
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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 33.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 40, Verlinden carries the 28th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Challenger Pro League of 51, 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.
Transfer news
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