Maarten Vandevoordt

Maarten Vandevoordt
Vandevoordt in 2026
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-02-26) 26 February 2002
Place of birth Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 26
Youth career
VV Brustem C.
Sint-Truiden
–2019 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2024 Genk 139 (0)
2024– RB Leipzig 18 (0)
International career‡
2017 Belgium U15 3 (0)
2017–2018 Belgium U16 6 (0)
2018–2019 Belgium U17 12 (0)
2019–2020 Belgium U19 7 (0)
2021–2024 Belgium U21 19 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:25, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:39, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Maarten Vandevoordt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːrtə(n) ˈvɑndəˌvoːrt]; born 26 February 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.

Club career

Genk

Vandevoordt warming up for the Genk's match in 2019.

On 10 December 2019, Vandevoordt, aged 17 years 287 days, became the youngest goalkeeper in UEFA Champions League history, playing 90 minutes in a 4–0 loss to Napoli.[1][2]

RB Leipzig

On 12 April 2022, German club RB Leipzig announced that they had completed a deal to sign Vandevoordt in 2024 on a five-year contract running until 2029.[3]

International career

In October 2024 he was named in the senior Belgium squad for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League matches against Italy and France on 10 and 14 October 2024, respectively.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 August 2026[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Genk 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 40201[b]00070
2020–21 Belgian Pro League 16040——200
2021–22 Belgian Pro League 380108[c]01[d]0480
2022–23 Belgian Pro League 40030——430
2023–24 Belgian Pro League 4100010[e]0—510
Total 1390100190101690
RB Leipzig 2024–25 Bundesliga 60402[b]0—120
2025–26 Bundesliga 12040——160
2026–27 Bundesliga 001000—10
Total 1809020—290
Career total 1580190210101990

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Genk

References

  1. ↑ "Champions League youngest goalkeepers: Vandevoordt, Svilar, Casillas". UEFA. 11 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Napoli 4-0 Genk". BBC Sport. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Leipzig sign keeper Vandevoordt from 2024 until 2029". BeSoccer. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Geen De Bruyne en Lukaku bij Rode Duivels, wel selectie voor Fofana, Ngonge, Smets en Vandevoordt" [No De Bruyne and Lukaku at Red Devils, but selections for Fofana, Ngonge, Smets and Vandevoordt]. sporza. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Maarten Vandevoordt at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Onuachu with an assist as Genk clinch Belgian Cup title after Standard Liege win". Goal. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.


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