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Arno Verschueren

{{Short description|Belgian footballer (born 1997)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Arno Verschueren

|fullname =

|image = GAE - Sparta Rotterdam - Arno Verschueren (cropped).jpg

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|4|8|df=y}}

|birth_place = Lier, Belgium

|height = 1.86 m

|position = Defensive midfielder

|currentclub = Twente

|clubnumber = 32

|youthyears1 = 2002–2019 |youthclubs1 = Lierse

|youthyears2 = 2009–2012 |youthclubs2 = Westerlo

|youthyears3 = 2012–2014 |youthclubs3 = OH Leuven

|years1 = 2014–2016

|clubs1 = Westerlo

|caps1 = 19

|goals1 = 0

|years2 = 2016–2020

|clubs2 = NAC Breda

|caps2 = 106

|goals2 = 13

|years3 = 2020–2022

|clubs3 = Lommel

|caps3 = 36

|goals3 = 6

|years4 = 2022

|clubs4 = → Sparta Rotterdam (loan)

|caps4 = 12

|goals4 = 2

|years5 = 2022–2025

|clubs5 = Sparta Rotterdam

|caps5 = 78

|goals5 = 19

|years6 = 2025–

|clubs6 = Twente

|caps6 = 7

|goals6 = 0

|nationalyears1 = 2012

|nationalteam1 = Belgium U15

|nationalcaps1 = 3

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|nationalyears2 = 2012–2013

|nationalteam2 = Belgium U16

|nationalcaps2 = 9

|nationalgoals2 = 0

|nationalyears3 = 2013–2014

|nationalteam3 = Belgium U17

|nationalcaps3 = 13

|nationalgoals3 = 0

|nationalyears4 = 2014–2015

|nationalteam4 = Belgium U18

|nationalcaps4 = 5

|nationalgoals4 = 0

|nationalyears5 = 2015–2016

|nationalteam5 = Belgium U19

|nationalcaps5 = 9

|nationalgoals5 = 0

|club-update = 16 March 2025

|nationalteam-update = 09:46, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

}}

Arno Verschueren (born 8 April 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dutch {{Dutch football updater|Twente}} club Twente.{{Soccerway|arno-vershueren/319385}}[http://www.foxsports.nl/nieuws/artikel/1294346/nac-versterkt-zich-met-belgisch-jeugdinternational-verschueren NAC versterkt zich met Verschueren]‚ foxsports.nl, 14 August 2016

Club career

Verschueren made his top flight debut on 9 August 2014 against Waasland-Beveren in a 1–1 draw. He replaced Jarno Molenberghs after 80 minutes.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/08/09/belgium/pro-league/kv-red-star-waasland/kvc-westerlo/1696915/|title=Waasland-Beveren - Westerlo - 9 August 2014 - Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|accessdate=10 August 2014}}

On 19 January 2022, Verschueren agreed to join Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The transfer was a loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season, and then the transfer became permanent, as Verschueren signed a contract with Sparta until the summer of 2025.{{cite press release|publisher=Sparta Rotterdam|url=https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/witte-rook-arno-verschueren-speler-sparta/|title=WITTE ROOK: ARNO VERSCHUEREN SPELER VAN SPARTA|date=19 January 2022|access-date=4 February 2022|language=nl}}

On 28 January 2025, Verschueren moved to Twente on a three-and-a-half-year contract.{{cite web|publisher=FC Twente|url=https://fctwente.nl/nieuws/arno-verschueren-naar-fc-twente|title=Arno Verschueren naar FC Twente|trans-title=Arno Verschueren to FC Twente|date=28 January 2025|access-date=29 January 2025|language=nl}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 16 March 2025}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National Cup

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Westerlo

|2014–15

|Belgian First Division A

|5

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—50
2015–16

|Belgian First Division A

|4

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—60
2016–17

|Belgian First Division A

|0

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—00
colspan="2"|Total

!9

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—110
rowspan="5"|NAC Breda

|2016–17

|Eerste Divisie

|34

410colspan="2"|—4{{efn|Appearances in Eerste Divisie play-offs}}0394
2017–18

|Eredivisie

|26

110colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—271
2018–19

|Eredivisie

|18

100colspan="2"|—31211
2019–20

|Eerste Divisie

|28

740colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—327
colspan="2"|Total

!106

1360colspan="2"|—7111913
rowspan="3"|Lommel

|2020–21

|Belgian First Division B

|21

320colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—233
2021–22

|Belgian First Division B

|15

330colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—183
colspan="2"|Total

!36

650colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—416
Sparta Rotterdam (loan)

|2021–22

|Eredivisie

|12

200colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—122
rowspan="4"|Sparta Rotterdam

|2022–23

|Eredivisie

|31

921colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—3310
2023–24

|Eredivisie

|27

910colspan="2"|—00289
2024–25

|Eredivisie

|20

121colspan="2"|—00222
colspan="2"|Total

!78

1952colspan="2"|—008322
Twente

|2024–25

|Eredivisie

|7

0colspan="2"|—2{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}0colspan="2"|—90
colspan="3"|Career total

!239

40162207126442

{{notelist}}

Honours

Individual

  • Eredivisie Team of the Month: October 2022{{Cite web |date=4 November 2022 |title=Cody Gakpo is the Eredivisie Player of the Month for the second month running |url=https://eredivisie.eu/news/cody-gakpo-is-the-eredivisie-player-of-the-month-for-the-second-month-running/ |access-date=9 November 2022 |website=Eredivisie |language=en}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{WorldFootball.net|arno-verschueren}}
  • {{RBFA player|PH_6157}}

{{FC Twente squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verschueren, Arno}}

Category:1997 births

Category:Living people

Category:Belgian men's footballers

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Belgium men's youth international footballers

Category:K.V.C. Westerlo players

Category:NAC Breda players

Category:Oud-Heverlee Leuven players

Category:Lommel S.K. players

Category:Sparta Rotterdam players

Category:FC Twente players

Category:Belgian Pro League players

Category:Challenger Pro League players

Category:Eerste Divisie players

Category:Eredivisie players

Category:Belgian expatriate men's footballers

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands

Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands

Category:Footballers from Lier, Belgium

Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen