Former Tottenham Hotspur and Belgium defender Jan Vertonghen will retire from professional football at the end of the current season.The 37-year-old Vertonghen, currently plying trade at Anderlecht, made impressive 315 appearances for Spurs between 2012 and 2020. He was twice being named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year, and helped the club reach the Champions League final in 2019, where they lost to Liverpool.🚨🇧🇪 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 | Jan Vertonghen (37) will retire from football at the end of the season! 👋880 professional appearances for club & country with 5 trophies won. Career path: Ajax, Waalwijk, Tottenham, Benfica, Anderlecht. pic.twitter.com/yV4sbdb11e— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) March 25, 2025 He retired from international football last year after the EURO 2024, as the record appearance holder for Belgium with 157 caps.Injury has limited the centre-back to just five games for Anderlecht this season.”I have noticed that it is becoming more and more difficult to prepare myself physically for training sessions and matches and to show myself as the player I want to be,” he said.”Not only towards the fans and my fellow players, but also towards myself. That is why I will be stopping after this season.”Vertonghen joined Spurs from Ajax, where he won the Eredivisie and Dutch Cup twice, and after leaving north London he won the Portuguese league with Benfica.##NAJAVA_MECA_8806995##
