Jan Bert Vertonghen - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Belgian player, who obtained 153 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. He holds the Belgian caps record since October 7, 2017 (when he equalled the total of Jan Ceulemans). All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 24- 4-1987
Country: Belgium 
Caps:	153	(W100-D23-L31 – GF343-GA146 – %72.88)
Goals:	10
Age First Cap:	 20 yr  39 d    2- 6-2007 vs. Portugal 1-2
Age Last Cap:    36 yr 209 d   19-11-2023 vs. Azerbaijan 5-0
National Team Career: 16 yr 170 d

Cap     Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

  1    2- 6-07	Brussel 	Portugal	1-2	European Ch. Qual.
  2    6- 6-07	Helsinki	Finland 	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
  3   12- 9-07	Almaty  	Kazakhstan	2-2	European Ch. Qual.
  4   17-10-07	Brussel 	Armenia 	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
  5   17-11-07	Chorzów 	Poland  	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
  6   21-11-07	Baku    	Azerbaijan	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
  7   26- 3-08	Brussel 	Morocco 	1-4	
  8   30- 5-08	Firenze 	Italy   	1-3	
  9    6- 9-08	Liège   	Estonia 	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
 10   10- 9-08	Istanbul	Turkey  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 11   11-10-08	Brussel 	Armenia 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 12   15-10-08	Brussel 	Spain   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 13   19-11-08	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1-1	
 14   11- 2-09	Gent    	Slovenia	2-0	
 15   12- 8-09	Teplice 	Czech Republic	1-3	
 16    5- 9-09	La Coruña	Spain   	0-5	World Cup Qualifier
 17   10-10-09	Brussel 	Turkey  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 18   14-10-09	Tallinn 	Estonia 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 19   14-11-09	Gent    	Hungary 	3-0	
 20   18-11-09	Sedan   	Qatar   	2-0	
 21    3- 3-10	Brussel 	Croatia  	0-1 [*]	
 22   19- 5-10	Brussel 	Bulgaria	2-1	
 23   11- 8-10	Turku   	Finland 	0-1	
 24    3- 9-10	Brussel 	Germany 	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 25    7- 9-10	Istanbul	Turkey  	2-3	European Ch. Qual.
 26   12-10-10	Brussel 	Austria 	4-4	European Ch. Qual.
 27   17-11-10	Voronezh	Russia  	2-0	
 28    9- 2-11	Gent    	Finland 	1-1	
 29   25- 3-11	Wien    	Austria 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 30   29- 3-11	Brussel 	Azerbaijan	4-1	European Ch. Qual.
 31    3- 6-11	Brussel 	Turkey  	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 32    2- 9-11	Baku    	Azerbaijan	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 33    7-10-11	Brussel 	Kazakhstan	4-1	European Ch. Qual.
 34   11-10-11	Düsseldorf	Germany 	1-3	European Ch. Qual.
 35   11-11-11	Liège   	Romania 	2-1	
 36   29- 2-12	Heraklion	Greece  	1-1	
 37   25- 5-12	Brussel 	Montenegro	2-2	
 38    2- 6-12	London  	England 	0-1	
 39   15- 8-12	Brussel 	Netherlands	4-2	
 40    7- 9-12	Cardiff 	Wales   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 41   11- 9-12	Brussel 	Croatia 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 42   12-10-12	Beograd 	Serbia  	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 43   16-10-12	Brussel 	Scotland	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 44   14-11-12	Bucuresti	Romania 	1-2 [*]	
 45    6- 2-13	Brugge  	Slovakia	2-1	
 46   22- 3-13	Skopje  	Macedonia	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 47   26- 3-13	Brussel 	Macedonia	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 48   29- 5-13	Cleveland	United States	4-2	  
 49    7- 6-13	Brussel 	Serbia  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 50    6- 9-13	Edinburgh	Scotland	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 51   11-10-13	Zagreb  	Croatia 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 52   15-10-13	Brussel 	Wales   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 53   14-11-13	Brussel 	Colombia	0-2	
 54   19-11-13	Brussel 	Japan   	2-3	
 55    5- 3-14	Brussel 	Ivory Coast	2-2	
 56   26- 5-14	Genk    	Luxembourg 	5-1 [*]	
 57    7- 6-14	Brussel 	Tunisia 	1-0	
 58   17- 6-14	Belo Horizonte	Algeria 	2-1	World Cup
 59   22- 6-14	Rio de Janeiro	Russia  	1-0	World Cup
 60   26- 6-14	São Paulo	South Korea	1-0	World Cup
 61    1- 7-14	Salvador	United States	2-1	World Cup
 62    5- 7-14	Brasília	Argentina	0-1	World Cup
 63    4- 9-14	Liège   	Australia	2-0	
 64   10-10-14	Brussel 	Andorra 	6-0	European Ch. Qual.
 65   13-10-14	Zenica  	Bosnia-Herzeg.	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 66   12-11-14	Brussel 	Iceland 	3-1	
 67   16-11-14	Brussel 	Wales   	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 68   28- 3-15	Brussel 	Cyprus  	5-0	European Ch. Qual.
 69   31- 3-15	Jerusalem	Israel  	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 70    7- 6-15	Saint-Denis	France  	4-3	
 71   12- 6-15	Cardiff 	Wales   	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 72    3- 9-15	Brussel 	Bosnia-Herzeg.	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 73    6- 9-15	Lefkosia	Cyprus  	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 74   10-10-15	Andorra La V.	Andorra 	4-1	European Ch. Qual.
 75   13-10-15	Brussel 	Israel  	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 76   13-11-15	Brussel 	Italy   	3-1	
 77   28- 5-16	Genève  	Switzerland	2-1	
 78    1- 6-16	Brussel 	Finland 	1-1	
 79    5- 6-16	Brussel 	Norway  	3-2	
 80   13- 6-16	Lyon    	Italy   	0-2	European Champ.
 81   18- 6-16	Bordeaux	Ireland 	3-0	European Champ.
 82   22- 6-16	Nice    	Sweden  	1-0	European Champ.
 83   26- 6-16	Toulouse	Hungary 	4-0	European Champ.
 84    1- 9-16	Brussel 	Spain   	0-2	
 85    6- 9-16	Lefkosia	Cyprus  	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 86    7-10-16	Brussel 	Bosnia-Herzeg.	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 87   10-10-16	Faro-Loulé	Gibraltar	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 88    9-11-16	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1-1	
 89   13-11-16	Brussel 	Estonia 	8-1	World Cup Qualifier
 90   25- 3-17	Brussel 	Greece  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 91   28- 3-17	Sochi   	Russia  	3-3	
 92    5- 6-17	Brussel 	Czech Republic 	2-1 [*]	
 93    9- 6-17	Tallinn 	Estonia 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 94   31- 8-17	Liège   	Gibraltar	9-0	World Cup Qualifier
 95    3- 9-17	Piraeus 	Greece  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 96    7-10-17	Sarajevo	Bosnia-Herzeg.	4-3	World Cup Qualifier
 97   10-10-17	Brussel 	Cyprus  	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 98   14-11-17	Brugge  	Japan   	1-0 	
 99   27- 3-18  Brussel         Saudi Arabia    4-0
100    2- 6-18	Brussel 	Portugal        0-0
101    6- 6-18	Brussel 	Egypt           3-0
102   11- 6-18	Brussel 	Costa Rica      4-1
103   18- 6-18  Sochi           Panama          3-0	World Cup
104   23- 6-18  Moskva          Tunisia         5-2	World Cup
105    2- 7-18  Rostov-na-Donu  Japan           3-2	World Cup
106    6- 7-18  Kazan           Brazil          2-1	World Cup
107   10- 7-18  Sankt Peterburg France          0-1	World Cup
108   14- 7-18  Sankt Peterburg England         2-0	World Cup
109    7- 9-18  Glasgow         Scotland        4-0
110   11- 9-18  Reykjavík       Iceland         3-0     UEFA Nations League A
111   21- 3-19  Brussel         Russia          3-1     European Champ. Qual.
112   24- 3-19  Lefkosia        Cyprus          2-0     European Champ. Qual.
113    8- 6-19  Brussel         Kazakhstan      3-0     European Champ. Qual.
114   11- 6-19  Brussel         Scotland        3-0     European Champ. Qual.
115    6- 9-19  San Marino      San Marino      4-0     European Champ. Qual.
116    9- 9-19  Glasgow         Scotland        4-0     European Champ. Qual.
117   10-10-19  Brussel         San Marino      9-0     European Champ. Qual.
118   13-10-19  Nur-Sultan      Kazakhstan      2-0     European Champ. Qual.
119    5- 9-20  København       Denmark         2-0     UEFA Nations League A
120    8- 9-20  Brussel         Iceland         5-1     UEFA Nations League A
121   11-11-20  Heverlee        Switzerland     2-1
122   15-11-20  Heverlee        England         2-0     UEFA Nations League A
123   18-11-20  Heverlee        Denmark         4-2     UEFA Nations League A
124   24- 3-21	Heverlee	Wales   	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
125   27- 3-21	Praha   	Czech Republic	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
126   30- 3-21	Heverlee	Belarus 	8-0	World Cup Qualifier
127    6- 6-21  Bruxelles       Croatia         1-0 
128   12- 6-21  Sankt Peterburg Russia          3-0     European Championship
129   17- 6-21  København       Denmark         2-1     European Championship
130   27- 6-21  Sevilla         Portugal        1-0     European Championship
131    2- 7-21  München         Italy           1-2     European Championship
132    5- 9-21  Brussel         Czech Republic  3-0     World Cup Qualifier
133    7-10-21  Torino          France          2-3     UEFA Nations League A
134   10-10-21  Torino          Italy           1-2     UEFA Nations League A
135   13-11-21  Bruxelles       Estonia         3-1     World Cup Qualifier
136   16-11-21  Cardiff         Wales           1-1     World Cup Qualifier
137    3- 6-22  Bruxelles       Netherlands     1-4     UEFA Nations League A
138    8- 6-22  Brussel         Poland          6-1     UEFA Nations League A
139   14- 6-22  Warszawa        Poland          1-0     UEFA Nations League A
140   22- 9-22  Bruxelles       Wales           2-1     UEFA Nations League A
141   25- 9-22  Amsterdam       Netherlands     0-1     UEFA Nations League A
142   18-11-22  Kuwait City     Egypt           1-2
143   23-11-22  Al-Rayyan       Canada          1-0	World Cup
144   27-11-22  Doha            Morocco         0-2	World Cup
145    1-12-22  Al-Rayyan       Croatia         0-0	World Cup
146   24- 3-23  Solna           Sweden          3-0     European Champ. Qual.
147   28- 3-23  Köln            Germany         3-2     
148   20- 6-23  Tallinn         Estonia         3-0     European Champ. Qual.
149    9- 9-23  Baki            Azerbaijan      1-0     European Champ. Qual.
150   12- 9-23  Bruxelles       Estonia         5-0     European Champ. Qual.
151   13-10-23  Wien            Austria         3-2     European Champ. Qual.
152   16-10-23  Brussel         Sweden          1-1 [1] European Champ. Qual.
153   19-11-23  Bruxelles       Azerbaijan      5-0     European Champ. Qual.

[*] matches are not recognized as full A by FIFA, but they are for the Belgian FA
[1] match abandoned at half-time after terrorist attack in Brussels claimed the
    lives of two Swedish football fans; result stood


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   153   100  23   30   343-  146    223       72.88


Types of Matches
Friendlies		46
European Ch. Qualifier	40
World Cup Qualifier	33
World Cup		14
UEFA Nations League A   12
European Championship	 8

Total 		       153

Goals:	
Cap  15	1 goal
Cap  30	1 goal
Cap  39	1 goal
Cap  40	1 goal
Cap  60	1 goal
Cap  76	1 goal
Cap  95	1 goal
Cap  96	1 goal
Cap 105	1 goal
Cap 150	1 goal

Total  10 goals


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Last updated: 20 Jan 2024

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