“Growing up in Belgium, I played football all of the time, in the garde...” — Jan Vertonghen Quote

“Growing up in Belgium, I played football all of the time, in the garden, on the street.”

“I think Tottenham is in a very good place.”

“The most important thing when I joined Ajax was to combine it with school.”

“I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world.”

“My parents, of Belgian-German extraction, were Belgian nationals who had taken refuge in England during the war. They returned to Belgium in 1920, and I grew up in the cosmopolitan harbour city of Antwerp, at a time when education in the Flemish part of the country was still half French and half Flemish.”

“In Belgium, we know the U.S. culture through the television, but it's not the truth. It's interesting to see that Philadelphia is really industrial. I love industrial cities. Everybody hates them, but I think they're the best places to be creative. The more gritty it is, the more I love it.”