#10 Dries Mertens

Galatasaray
Galatasaray
Süper LigSüper Lig League level: TürkiyeFirst Tier Joined: Aug 8, 2022 Contract expires: Jun 30, 2024
  • Date of birth/Age: May 6, 1987 (36)
  • Place of birth: Belgium Leuven
  • Citizenship: Belgium Belgium
  • Height: 1,69 m
  • Position: Second Striker
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National team career

# National team Debut   Coach at debut Age at debut
Belgium
14 Belgium Feb 9, 2011 109 21 Georges Leekens 23 years 09 months 03 days
Belgium
16 Belgium Mar 10, 2004 4 - Patrick Klinkenberg 16 years 10 months 04 days

Stats of Dries Mertens

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Total :  10921338--6.078'
376113--1.973'
22582--1.196'
17591--1.093'
1321---640'
11332--837'
9-1---339'

Detailed stats

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  Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
2/9/11 Belgium Finland 1:1 31'
Group A 3/25/11 Belgium Austria 0:2 on the bench
Group A 3/29/11 Belgium Azerbaijan 4:1 on the bench
Group A 6/3/11 Belgium Türkiye 1:1 LW 30'
8/10/11 Belgium Slovenia 0:0 LW 90'
Group A 9/2/11 Belgium Azerbaijan 1:1 RW 90'
9/6/11 Belgium United States 1:0 LW 90'
Group A 10/7/11 Belgium Kazakhstan 4:1 RW 1 90'
Group A 10/11/11 Belgium Germany 3:1 1 25'
11/11/11 Belgium Romania 2:1 LW 1 82'
11/15/11 Belgium France 0:0 on the bench
2/29/12 Belgium Greece 1:1 Not in squad
5/25/12 Belgium Montenegro 2:2 RW 1 90'
6/2/12 Belgium England 1:0 RW 16' 72'
8/15/12 Belgium Netherlands 4:2 1 2 23'
Group A 9/7/12 Belgium Wales 0:2 LW 2 90'
Group A 9/11/12 Belgium Croatia 1:1 LW 81'
Group A 10/12/12 Belgium Serbia 0:3 35'
Group A 10/16/12 Belgium Scotland 2:0 LW 56'
11/14/12 Belgium Romania 2:1 LW 61'
2/6/13 Belgium Slovakia 2:1 1 90' 28'
Group A 3/22/13 Belgium Macedonia 0:2 on the bench
Group A 3/26/13 Belgium Macedonia 1:0 LW 45'
5/29/13 Belgium United States 2:4 22'
Group A 6/7/13 Belgium Serbia 2:1 on the bench
8/14/13 Belgium France 0:0 LW 16'
Group A 9/6/13 Belgium Scotland 0:2 on the bench
Group A 10/11/13 Belgium Croatia 1:2 on the bench
Group A 10/15/13 Belgium Wales 1:1 on the bench
11/14/13 Belgium Colombia 0:2 LW 23'
11/19/13 Belgium Japan 2:3 LW 62'
3/5/14 Belgium Ivory Coast 2:2 LW 1 90'
5/26/14 Belgium Luxembourg 5:1 on the bench
6/1/14 Belgium Sweden 0:2 RW 68'
6/7/14 Belgium Tunisia 1:0 1 90' 45'
Group H 6/17/14 Belgium Algeria 2:1 RW 1 45'
Group H 6/22/14 Belgium Russia 1:0 RW 75'
Group H 6/26/14 Belgium South Korea 0:1 LW 60'
Round of 16 7/1/14 Belgium United States 2:1 AET RW 60'
Quarter-Finals 7/5/14 Belgium Argentina 1:0 LW 30'
9/4/14 Belgium Australia 2:0 RW 1 63'
Group B 10/10/14 Belgium Andorra 6:0 LW 2 1 90'
Group B 10/13/14 Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina 1:1 LW 33'
11/12/14 Belgium Iceland 3:1 RW 1 27'
Group B 11/16/14 Belgium Wales 0:0 16'
Group B 3/28/15 Belgium Cyprus 5:0 LW 20'
Group B 3/31/15 Belgium Israel 0:1 on the bench
6/7/15 Belgium France 3:4 RW 60'
Group B 6/12/15 Belgium Wales 1:0 AM 45'
Group B 9/3/15 Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina 3:1 1'
Group B 9/6/15 Belgium Cyprus 0:1 1 26'
Group B 10/10/15 Belgium Andorra 1:4 RW 1 72'
Group B 10/13/15 Belgium Israel 3:1 RW 1 1 90'
11/13/15 Belgium Italy 3:1  Torn thigh muscle
3/29/16 Belgium Portugal 2:1 RW 67'
5/28/16 Belgium Switzerland 1:2 RW 1 67'
6/1/16 Belgium Finland 1:1 32'
6/5/16 Belgium Norway 3:2 RW 80'
Group E 6/13/16 Belgium Italy 0:2 LM 28'
Group E 6/18/16 Belgium Republic of Ireland 3:0 LW 26'
Group E 6/22/16 Belgium Sweden 0:1 LW 19'
Round of 16 6/26/16 Belgium Hungary 0:4 RW 70'
Quarter-Finals 7/1/16 Belgium Wales 3:1 LW 15'
9/1/16 Belgium Spain 0:2 on the bench
Group H 9/6/16 Belgium Cyprus 0:3 on the bench
Group H 10/7/16 Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina 4:0 RW 2 90'
Group H 10/10/16 Belgium Gibraltar 0:6 RW 1 64'
11/9/16 Belgium Netherlands 1:1 CF 64'
Group H 11/13/16 Belgium Estonia 8:1 SS 2 1 79'
Group H 3/25/17 Belgium Greece 1:1 AM 1 60' 90'
3/28/17 Belgium Russia 3:3 RW 24'
6/5/17 Belgium Czech Republic 2:1 LW 1 45'
Group H 6/9/17 Belgium Estonia 0:2 AM 1 81'
Group H 8/31/17 Belgium Gibraltar 9:0 SS 1 2 45'
Group H 9/3/17 Belgium Greece 1:2 AM 90'
Group H 10/7/17 Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina 3:4 SS 45'
Group H 10/10/17 Belgium Cyprus 4:0 CF 34'
11/10/17 Belgium Mexico 3:3 CF 2 45'
11/14/17 Belgium Japan 1:0 SS 60'
3/27/18 Belgium Saudi Arabia 4:0 AM 59'
6/2/18 Belgium Portugal 0:0 AM 45'
6/6/18 Belgium Egypt 3:0 SS 45'
6/11/18 Belgium Costa Rica 4:1 SS 1 1 52'
Group G 6/18/18 Belgium Panama 3:0 AM 1 83'
Group G 6/23/18 Belgium Tunisia 5:2 AM 1 86'
Group G 6/28/18 Belgium England 0:1 SS 4'
Round of 16 7/2/18 Belgium Japan 3:2 SS 65'
Quarter-Finals 7/6/18 Belgium Brazil 1:2 on the bench
Semi-Finals 7/10/18 Belgium France 1:0 AM 30'
Third Place Play-Off 7/14/18 Belgium England 2:0 CF 29'
9/7/18 Belgium Scotland 0:4 RW 45'
Group 2 9/11/18 Belgium Iceland 0:3 RW 1 90'
Group 2 10/12/18 Belgium Switzerland 2:1 RW 1 90'
10/16/18 Belgium Netherlands 1:1 CF 1 45'
Group 2 11/15/18 Belgium Iceland 2:0 RW 75'
Group 2 11/18/18 Belgium Switzerland 5:2 CF 90'
group I 3/21/19 Belgium Russia 3:1 RW 90' 90'
group I 3/24/19 Belgium Cyprus 0:2 RW 57'
group I 6/8/19 Belgium Kazakhstan 3:0 SS 1 1 90'
group I 6/11/19 Belgium Scotland 3:0 1 12'
group I 9/6/19 Belgium San Marino 0:4 RW 1 35'
group I 9/9/19 Belgium Scotland 0:4 AM 90'
group I 10/10/19 Belgium San Marino 9:0 RW 51' 63'
group I 10/13/19 Belgium Kazakhstan 0:2 RW 78'
group I 11/16/19 Belgium Russia 1:4 SS 52'
group I 11/19/19 Belgium Cyprus 6:1 on the bench
Group 2 9/5/20 Belgium Denmark 0:2 RW 1 1 80'
Group 2 9/8/20 Belgium Iceland 5:1 RW 1 90'
10/8/20 Belgium Ivory Coast 1:1 Not in squad
Group 2 10/11/20 Belgium England 2:1 Not in squad
Group 2 10/14/20 Belgium Iceland 1:2 Not in squad
11/11/20 Belgium Switzerland 2:1 Not in squad
Group 2 11/15/20 Belgium England 2:0 AM 1 83'
Group 2 11/18/20 Belgium Denmark 4:2 AM 50' 90'
Group E 3/24/21 Belgium Wales 3:1 AM 1 90'
Group E 3/27/21 Belgium Czech Republic 1:1 AM 56'
Group E 3/30/21 Belgium Belarus 8:0 on the bench
6/3/21 Belgium Greece 1:1 45'
6/6/21 Belgium Croatia 1:0 RW 68'
Group B 6/12/21 Belgium Russia 3:0 RW 1 72'
Group B 6/17/21 Belgium Denmark 1:2 RW 45'
Group B 6/21/21 Belgium Finland 0:2 on the bench
Round of 16 6/27/21 Belgium Portugal 1:0 SS 42'
Quarter-Finals 7/2/21 Belgium Italy 1:2 SS 21'
Group E 9/2/21 Belgium Estonia 2:5  Shoulder injury
Group E 9/5/21 Belgium Czech Republic 3:0  Shoulder injury
Group E 9/8/21 Belgium Belarus 0:1  Shoulder injury
Semi-Finals 10/7/21 Belgium France 2:3 Not in squad
Third Place Play-Off 10/10/21 Belgium Italy 2:1 Not in squad
Group E 11/13/21 Belgium Estonia 3:1 19'
Group E 11/16/21 Belgium Wales 1:1 on the bench
3/26/22 Belgium Republic of Ireland 2:2 Not in squad
3/29/22 Belgium Burkina Faso 3:0 Not in squad
Group 4 6/3/22 Belgium Netherlands 1:4 SS 47' 45'
Group 4 6/8/22 Belgium Poland 6:1 on the bench
Group 4 6/11/22 Belgium Wales 1:1 Not in squad
Group 4 6/14/22 Belgium Poland 0:1 RW 80'
Group 4 9/22/22 Belgium Wales 2:1 25'
Group 4 9/25/22 Belgium Netherlands 1:0 Not in squad
11/18/22 Belgium Egypt 1:2 45'
Group F 11/23/22 Belgium Canada 1:0 on the bench
Group F 11/27/22 Belgium Morocco 0:2 SS 29'
Group F 12/1/22 Belgium Croatia 0:0 CF 45'
Squad: 128, Starting eleven: 69, Substituted in: 40, On the bench: 19, Suspended: 0, Injured: 4,
Dries Mertens
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