🇧🇪 BEL · Defender · Age 38 · #5
Jan Vertonghen is from BEL 🇧🇪.
Jan Vertonghen plays as a Defender.
Jan Vertonghen has plays for 4 clubs across 4 leagues since 2006.
On PlayFutbol's 1–5 rarity model, Jan scores 2/5 — Familiar. Jan is a familiar top-tier name most regular fans will spot quickly.
Jan's career spans 20 years from 2006 to present, with a career chain length of 4 — enough to qualify for PlayFutbol's Career Path game.
Jan is eligible as an answer in 10 of our 12 games. Here's the full breakdown:
| Game | Status | Why | Play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Futbol Grid | Eligible | Eligible in Premier League, Eredivisie grids | Play → |
| Futbol 11 | Eligible | Fills a Defender slot when their nationality is drawn | Play → |
| Futbol Wordle | Eligible | All six attributes available (nationality, league, position, age, jersey #, club) | Play → |
| Futbol Connections | Eligible | Pooled into nationality, era, and career-trait groups | Play → |
| Futbol Tic-Tac-Toe | Eligible | Valid pick for cells in PL / ED | Play → |
| Futbol Top Five | Eligible | Candidate across our 47 ranking categories | Play → |
| Football Timeline | Eligible | Part of the 365-career chronological pool | Play → |
| Who Am I? | Eligible | 4 career clubs provide enough 6-clue depth | Play → |
| Guess the Badge | N/A | Badge game is club-based, not player-based | — |
| Career Path | Eligible | Chain length 4 meets the 4-club minimum | Play → |
| Futbol Bingo | Eligible | Matches several of the 100 bingo tasks | Play → |
| Missing XI | N/A | Not currently in our 15 curated classic match lineups | — |
Based on famous-club coverage. Jan is a familiar top-tier name most regular fans will spot quickly.
Qualifies for Career Path (minimum 4).
See the full breakdown in the table above.
Jan Vertonghen has plays for 4 clubs across 4 leagues: AFC Ajax, Tottenham Hotspur, SL Benfica, RSC Anderlecht.
Yes — Jan is in the Futbol Wordle eligible pool, with all six attributes available.
2/5 — Familiar. Jan is a familiar top-tier name most regular fans will spot quickly.
Notable teammates include Toby Alderweireld (shared club: AFC Ajax); Claudio Caniggia (shared club: SL Benfica); Edgar Davids (shared club: AFC Ajax).
Yes — Jan is in the Who Am I? eligible pool. 4 career clubs provide enough 6-clue depth.
Yes — Jan's chain of 4 clubs meets the 4-club minimum. Play Career Path →
Try Futbol Grid, Futbol 11, Futbol Wordle — each rotates eligible players like Jan into the daily pool.
Jan Vertonghen plays as a Defender for RSC Anderlecht.
Career data (clubs, appearances, goals) sourced from Transfermarkt and club official pages; cross-checked against Wikipedia. Trivia eligibility and rarity scores are computed directly from PlayFutbol's own puzzle generators.
Author: PlayFutbol Data Team · Questions or corrections? support@playfutbol.app