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data-title="دریس مرتنز" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B8" title="ড্রিস মের্টেনস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ড্রিস মের্টেনস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Дрыс Мертэнс – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дрыс Мертэнс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Дрыс Мэртэнс – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Дрыс Мэртэнс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Дрис Мертенс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Дрис Мертенс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%82" title="Ντρις Μέρτενς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ντρις Μέρτενς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2" title="دریس مرتنز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دریس مرتنز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%93%9C%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4_%EB%A9%94%EB%A5%B4%ED%84%B4%EC%8A%A4" title="드리스 메르턴스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="드리스 메르턴스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D5%84%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD" title="Դրիս Մերտենս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դրիս Մերտենս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%A1" title="דריס מרטנס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דריס מרטנס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="დრის მერტენსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დრის მერტენსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Дрис Мертенс – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Дрис Мертенс" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C4%ABss_Mertenss" title="Drīss Mertenss – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Drīss Mertenss" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Дрис Мертенс – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Дрис Мертенс" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="ड्रिस मेर्टन्स – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ड्रिस मेर्टन्स" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2" title="دريس ميرتنز – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="دريس ميرتنز" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Дрис Мертенс – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Дрис Мертенс" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dries_Mertens" title="Dries Mertens – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dries Mertens" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja 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max-width: 420px !important;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: 1.2em;">Dries Mertens</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <a href="/wiki/File:Mertens_2018_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Mertens_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Mertens_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Mertens_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Mertens_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Mertens_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Mertens_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="981" /></a><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding:0.2em 0 0 0;">Mertens with <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Full name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data nickname" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> Dries Mertens<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> (1987-05-06) 6 May 1987 (age 37)<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data birthplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Leuven" title="Leuven">Leuven</a>, Belgium</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">Forward</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winger_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winger (association football)">winger</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Team information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Current team</div></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data org" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Galatasaray_S.K._(football)" title="Galatasaray S.K. (football)">Galatasaray</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Number</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> 10</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Youth career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1996–1998</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/K._Stade_Leuven" title="K. Stade Leuven">Stade Leuven</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1998–2003</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/R.S.C._Anderlecht" title="R.S.C. Anderlecht">Anderlecht</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2003–2005</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/K.A.A._Gent" title="K.A.A. Gent">Gent</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> Team</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2005–2007</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/K.A.A._Gent" title="K.A.A. Gent">Gent</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 0</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2005–2006</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> → <a href="/wiki/S.C._Eendracht_Aalst" title="S.C. Eendracht Aalst">Eendracht Aalst</a> (loan)</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 14</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (4)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2006–2007</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> → <a href="/wiki/AGOVV_Apeldoorn" class="mw-redirect" title="AGOVV Apeldoorn">AGOVV</a> (loan)</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 35</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2007–2009</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/AGOVV_Apeldoorn" class="mw-redirect" title="AGOVV Apeldoorn">AGOVV</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 73</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (28)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2009–2011</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/FC_Utrecht" title="FC Utrecht">Utrecht</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 69</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (17)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2011–2013</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/PSV_Eindhoven" title="PSV Eindhoven">PSV Eindhoven</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 62</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (37)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2013–2022</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/SSC_Napoli" title="SSC Napoli">Napoli</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 295</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (113)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2022–</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Galatasaray_S.K._(football)" title="Galatasaray S.K. (football)">Galatasaray</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 72</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (18)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">International career‡</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2004</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_under-17_football_team" title="Belgium national under-17 football team">Belgium U17</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 4</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2011–2022</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 109</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (21)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em"><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color:transparent;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medal record</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;">Men’s football </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><img alt="Third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:42, 21 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:09, 1 December 2022 (UTC)</td></tr></tbody></table> Dries "Ciro"<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Mertens (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style>Dutch pronunciation: <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[dris ˈmɛrtəns]</a>; born 6 May 1987) is a Belgian professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">footballer</a> who plays as a <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">forward</a> or <a href="/wiki/Winger_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winger (association football)">winger</a> for <a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="Süper Lig">Süper Lig</a> club <a href="/wiki/Galatasaray_S.K._(football)" title="Galatasaray S.K. (football)">Galatasaray</a>. As a youth, Mertens played for <a href="/wiki/K._Stade_Leuven" title="K. Stade Leuven">Stade Leuven</a>, <a href="/wiki/R.S.C._Anderlecht" title="R.S.C. Anderlecht">Anderlecht</a> and <a href="/wiki/K.A.A._Gent" title="K.A.A. Gent">Gent</a>, and made his debut on loan to <a href="/wiki/SC_Eendracht_Aalst" class="mw-redirect" title="SC Eendracht Aalst">Eendracht Aalst</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Third_Division" title="Belgian Third Division">Belgian Third Division</a>. In 2006, he moved to Dutch <a href="/wiki/Eerste_Divisie" title="Eerste Divisie">Eerste Divisie</a> club <a href="/wiki/AGOVV_Apeldoorn" class="mw-redirect" title="AGOVV Apeldoorn">AGOVV Apeldoorn</a>, where he spent three years before a €600,000 move to <a href="/wiki/FC_Utrecht" title="FC Utrecht">Utrecht</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Eredivisie" title="Eredivisie">Eredivisie</a>. Two years later, Mertens and teammate <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Strootman" title="Kevin Strootman">Kevin Strootman</a> were transferred to <a href="/wiki/PSV_Eindhoven" title="PSV Eindhoven">PSV Eindhoven</a> for a combined fee of €13 million, and won the <a href="/wiki/KNVB_Cup" title="KNVB Cup">KNVB Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johan_Cruyff_Shield" title="Johan Cruyff Shield">Johan Cruyff Shield</a> in 2012. In 2013, Mertens signed for <a href="/wiki/SSC_Napoli" title="SSC Napoli">Napoli</a> for a €9.6 million fee, and went on to make nearly 400 appearances for the club. He won the <a href="/wiki/Coppa_Italia" title="Coppa Italia">Coppa Italia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Supercoppa_Italiana" title="Supercoppa Italiana">Supercoppa Italiana</a> in 2014, and was named in the <a href="/wiki/Serie_A_Team_of_the_Year" title="Serie A Team of the Year">Serie A Team of the Year</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Serie_A" title="2016–17 Serie A">2016–17</a> season. In 2020, Mertens scored his 122nd goal for Napoli, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Marek_Ham%C5%A1%C3%ADk" title="Marek Hamšík">Marek Hamšík</a> as the club's <a href="/wiki/List_of_SSC_Napoli_records_and_statistics#Top_goalscorers" title="List of SSC Napoli records and statistics">all-time top goalscorer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> In 2022, he joined Turkish side Galatasaray, and won two consecutive Süper Lig titles. Mertens made his <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a> debut in 2011, and made over <a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_footballers_with_100_or_more_international_caps" title="List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps">100 appearances</a> for the national team. He was part of the nation's squads at the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018</a> and <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022</a> and the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship" title="UEFA European Championship">UEFA European Championship</a> in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016" title="UEFA Euro 2016">2016</a> and <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020" title="UEFA Euro 2020">2020</a>, helping them to a third-place finish at the 2018 tournament. In 2016, he was named Belgian Footballer of the Year. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_career">Club career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Club career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career">edit</a>]</div> Born in <a href="/wiki/Leuven" title="Leuven">Leuven</a>, Mertens started his career as a boy at the now-dissolved local club <a href="/wiki/K._Stade_Leuven" title="K. Stade Leuven">Stade Leuven</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> It was here that the scouts of <a href="/wiki/R.S.C._Anderlecht" title="R.S.C. Anderlecht">Anderlecht</a> first spotted Mertens, ultimately resulting in him being offered a chance to join the club's youth academy in 1998. He spent five years in the youth setup at Anderlecht before being released in 2003, with coaches finding him to be too short and physically incapable of competing at a professional level.<a href="#cite_note-start-8">[8]</a> Following his release from Anderlecht, Mertens was signed by fellow <a href="/wiki/Belgian_First_Division_A" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian First Division A">Belgian Pro League</a> side, <a href="/wiki/K.A.A._Gent" title="K.A.A. Gent">Gent</a>. Following two seasons in Gent's youth academy, Mertens was <a href="/wiki/Loan_(sports)" title="Loan (sports)">loaned</a> to <a href="/wiki/S.C._Eendracht_Aalst" title="S.C. Eendracht Aalst">Eendracht Aalst</a> for the 2005–06 season. He excelled with the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Third_Division" title="Belgian Third Division">third division</a> side and was named Player of the Year.<a href="#cite_note-start-8">[8]</a> The coaching staff at Gent, much like those at Anderlecht before, remained unconvinced of Mertens given his slight frame, however, and loaned him out again the following season, this time to <a href="/wiki/AGOVV_Apeldoorn" class="mw-redirect" title="AGOVV Apeldoorn">AGOVV Apeldoorn</a> in the Netherlands.<a href="#cite_note-start-8">[8]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AGOVV">AGOVV</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: AGOVV">edit</a>]</div> On 1 July 2006, Mertens officially signed for AGOVV Apeldoorn, who later dissolved in 2013, on a season-long loan with the option of purchase.<a href="#cite_note-start-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> He managed a return of 2 goals in 35 appearances during a season which saw him become a fan favourite amongst De Blauwen supporters. Mertens' form prompted AGOVV, led by new <a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">manager</a> <a href="/wiki/John_van_den_Brom" title="John van den Brom">John van den Brom</a>, to exercise the option to sign the Belgian permanently the following season. It was a move that paid off for the Dutch club as Mertens ended the season having 15 goals in 38 appearances for the club.<a href="#cite_note-start-8">[8]</a> Such was his influence that Mertens was named new club captain for the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Eerste_Divisie" title="2008–09 Eerste Divisie">2008–09 Eerste Divisie</a> season.<a href="#cite_note-f442-10">[10]</a> Mertens excelled in his new role and contributed a further 13 goals for the season which contributed to him being awarded the Golden Bull award for the most talented player in the <a href="/wiki/Eerste_Divisie" title="Eerste Divisie">Eerste Divisie</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ed-11">[11]</a> It would be his last season with the club, however, as at the end of the season he agreed to join <a href="/wiki/Eredivisie" title="Eredivisie">Eredivisie</a> side <a href="/wiki/FC_Utrecht" title="FC Utrecht">Utrecht</a>. Mertens made 110 appearances across all competitions for AGOVV during his three seasons at the club and netted 31 goals. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dries_Mertens_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Dries_Mertens_2.jpg/170px-Dries_Mertens_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Dries_Mertens_2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="229" data-file-height="410" /></a><figcaption>Mertens training with <a href="/wiki/FC_Utrecht" title="FC Utrecht">Utrecht</a> in 2009</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Utrecht">Utrecht</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Utrecht">edit</a>]</div> Having agreed a deal with AGOVV in March 2009, Utrecht officially completed the signing of Mertens at the start of the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Eredivisie" title="2009–10 Eredivisie">2009–10 Eredivisie</a> season for a <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>600,000 <a href="/wiki/Transfer_(association_football)" title="Transfer (association football)">transfer</a> fee.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> In his debut season with the club, Mertens netted six league goals en route to being named runner-up to <a href="/wiki/AFC_Ajax" title="AFC Ajax">Ajax</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Luis_Su%C3%A1rez" title="Luis Suárez">Luis Suárez</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Footballer_of_the_Year" title="Dutch Footballer of the Year">Dutch Footballer of the Year</a> award. He was also awarded the <a href="/wiki/David_di_Tommaso#Di_Tommaso_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="David di Tommaso">Di Tommaso Trophy</a> for Utrecht's Player of the Season.<a href="#cite_note-start-8">[8]</a> He improved on his tally the following season, netting 10 goals in 31 league appearances for Utrecht, including a final day <a href="/wiki/Hat-trick" title="Hat-trick">hat-trick</a> against <a href="/wiki/AZ_Alkmaar" title="AZ Alkmaar">AZ</a>, and a further three goals in his first experience in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> In total, Mertens scored 14 goals across all competitions and contributed 24 assists.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> It proved to be his last season at the club, though, as his form at the <a href="/wiki/Stadion_Galgenwaard" title="Stadion Galgenwaard">Stadion Galgenwaard</a> caught the attention of some of the league's biggest clubs.<a href="#cite_note-start-8">[8]</a> Mertens' two-season spell in Utrecht yielded 21 goals in 86 appearances across all competitions. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PSV_Eindhoven">PSV Eindhoven</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: PSV Eindhoven">edit</a>]</div> In June 2011, it was announced that Mertens had signed for fellow Eredivisie club <a href="/wiki/PSV_Eindhoven" title="PSV Eindhoven">PSV Eindhoven</a> as a replacement for the departing <a href="/wiki/Bal%C3%A1zs_Dzsudzs%C3%A1k" title="Balázs Dzsudzsák">Balázs Dzsudzsák</a> in a dual transfer with Utrecht teammate <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Strootman" title="Kevin Strootman">Kevin Strootman</a> for a combined fee of €13 million.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> He scored on his competitive debut for the club on 7 August 2011, netting PSV's only goal in a 3–1 loss to AZ.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Later that month, on 28 August, Mertens scored his first hat-trick for PSV in a 6–1 drubbing of <a href="/wiki/S.B.V._Excelsior" class="mw-redirect" title="S.B.V. Excelsior">Excelsior</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> Mertens' strong start to season culminated with him netting four goals in a 7–1 rout of <a href="/wiki/Roda_JC_Kerkrade" title="Roda JC Kerkrade">Roda JC</a> on 24 September 2011, meaning he had scored 11 goals in his first 7 appearances for PSV.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> Towards the back end of the campaign, Mertens lost a number of teeth during a collision with <a href="/wiki/Heracles_Almelo" title="Heracles Almelo">Heracles</a> goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Remko_Pasveer" title="Remko Pasveer">Remko Pasveer</a>, although he managed to score during the incident. It was revealed on social media platform <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> that Pasveer had found one of Mertens' teeth lodged in his head three weeks after the players had collided.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Mertens ultimately ended the season having scored 21 goals in 33 matches, the fourth highest in the Eredivisie. He also scored three goals in four <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_KNVB_Cup" title="2011–12 KNVB Cup">KNVB Cup</a> matches, including a header in the final at <a href="/wiki/De_Kuip" title="De Kuip">De Kuip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a>, leading PSV to a 3–0 win over Heracles.<a href="#cite_note-KNVB-20">[20]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mertens_PSV_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Mertens_PSV_2012.jpg/170px-Mertens_PSV_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Mertens_PSV_2012.jpg/255px-Mertens_PSV_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Mertens_PSV_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="272" data-file-height="382" /></a><figcaption>Mertens played for Dutch side <a href="/wiki/PSV_Eindhoven" title="PSV Eindhoven">PSV Eindhoven</a> between 2011 and 2013.</figcaption></figure> Mertens added to his silverware at the start of the following season as PSV beat Ajax 4–2 to lift the <a href="/wiki/2012_Johan_Cruyff_Shield" title="2012 Johan Cruyff Shield">Johan Cruyff Shield</a>.<a href="#cite_note-JCS-21">[21]</a> On 30 September 2012, Mertens and <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Locadia" title="Jürgen Locadia">Jürgen Locadia</a>, who was making his Eredivisie debut, both scored hat-tricks as PSV defeated <a href="/wiki/VVV-Venlo" title="VVV-Venlo">VVV-Venlo</a> 6–0.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Mertens ultimately scored 14 league goals, and 16 across all competitions as PSV ended the season as runners-up to Ajax in the Eredivisie. He also aided his side's cause with a further 17 assists.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> It would be his final season in the Eredivisie, however, as at the conclusion of the campaign PSV accepted an offer from <a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> side <a href="/wiki/S.S.C._Napoli" class="mw-redirect" title="S.S.C. Napoli">Napoli</a> for his signature.<a href="#cite_note-PN-24">[24]</a> Mertens departed Eindhoven having made 88 appearances and scored 45 goals over the course of two seasons. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Napoli">Napoli</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Napoli">edit</a>]</div> Mertens' agent <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Lerby" title="Søren Lerby">Søren Lerby</a> confirmed on 16 June 2013 that the player had agreed to sign with <a href="/wiki/S.S.C._Napoli" class="mw-redirect" title="S.S.C. Napoli">Napoli</a>. He became <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Ben%C3%ADtez" title="Rafael Benítez">Rafael Benítez</a>'s first signing as new Napoli <a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">manager</a> after a reported fee of €9.5 million was agreed with PSV.<a href="#cite_note-PN-24">[24]</a> He made his <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Serie_A" title="2013–14 Serie A">Serie A</a> debut on 25 August 2013, coming on as a second-half <a href="/wiki/Substitute_(association_football)" title="Substitute (association football)">substitute</a> for <a href="/wiki/Marek_Ham%C5%A1%C3%ADk" title="Marek Hamšík">Marek Hamšík</a> in a 3–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Bologna_F.C._1909" class="mw-redirect" title="Bologna F.C. 1909">Bologna</a>.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> His first goal for Napoli came on 30 October when he netted the winner in a 2–1 away victory over <a href="/wiki/ACF_Fiorentina" title="ACF Fiorentina">Fiorentina</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In Napoli's first game following the Serie A winter break on 6 January 2014, Mertens scored his first brace for the club in a 2–0 win over <a href="/wiki/U.C._Sampdoria" class="mw-redirect" title="U.C. Sampdoria">Sampdoria</a>.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> He then scored Napoli's second goal in their 2–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Juventus_FC" title="Juventus FC">Juventus</a> on 30 March, helping inflict only the second league defeat over the eventual champions.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2014_Coppa_Italia_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Coppa Italia Final">final</a> of the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Coppa_Italia" title="2013–14 Coppa Italia">Coppa Italia</a> on 3 May 2014, Mertens replaced Marek Hamšík in the 64th minute and went on to score in stoppage time, securing a 3–1 win over Fiorentina.<a href="#cite_note-CI1-29">[29]</a> Mertens claimed another winners' medal on 22 December 2014 after Napoli's <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">penalty shoot-out</a> victory over Juventus in the <a href="/wiki/Supercoppa_Italiana" title="Supercoppa Italiana">Supercoppa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CI-30">[30]</a> Despite being predominantly used as a substitute, he continued his fine form for Napoli over the course of the next season and a half, netting 10 goals and contributing 11 assists across all competitions in <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Serie_A" title="2014–15 Serie A">2014–15</a>, and 11 more goals in <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Serie_A" title="2015–16 Serie A">2015–16</a>.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-JH-32">[32]</a> His tally in the latter campaign included a brace in Napoli's joint-largest ever winning margin in the Europa League, a 5–0 win over Belgian side <a href="/wiki/Club_Brugge_KV" title="Club Brugge KV">Club Brugge</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Mertens also scored a second-half hat-trick in a convincing 6–0 victory over Bologna on 19 April 2016.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FC_Salzburg_gegen_SSC_Napoli_(Championsleague_3._Runde_23._Oktober_2019)_50_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/FC_Salzburg_gegen_SSC_Napoli_%28Championsleague_3._Runde_23._Oktober_2019%29_50_%282%29.jpg/220px-FC_Salzburg_gegen_SSC_Napoli_%28Championsleague_3._Runde_23._Oktober_2019%29_50_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="327" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/FC_Salzburg_gegen_SSC_Napoli_%28Championsleague_3._Runde_23._Oktober_2019%29_50_%282%29.jpg/330px-FC_Salzburg_gegen_SSC_Napoli_%28Championsleague_3._Runde_23._Oktober_2019%29_50_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/FC_Salzburg_gegen_SSC_Napoli_%28Championsleague_3._Runde_23._Oktober_2019%29_50_%282%29.jpg/440px-FC_Salzburg_gegen_SSC_Napoli_%28Championsleague_3._Runde_23._Oktober_2019%29_50_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="1100" /></a><figcaption>Mertens during Napoli's <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> clash against <a href="/wiki/FC_Red_Bull_Salzburg" title="FC Red Bull Salzburg">Red Bull Salzburg</a> in 2019</figcaption></figure> Following the sale of <a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_Higua%C3%ADn" title="Gonzalo Higuaín">Gonzalo Higuaín</a> – the previous season's <a href="/wiki/Capocannoniere" title="Capocannoniere">Capocannoniere</a> – to rivals Juventus, and a serious injury to his replacement <a href="/wiki/Arkadiusz_Milik" title="Arkadiusz Milik">Arkadiusz Milik</a>, Mertens assumed a more senior role in the centre of Napoli's attack for the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Serie_A" title="2016–17 Serie A">2016–17 Serie A season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Juventus_complete_Gonzalo_Higuain_signing_from_Napoli-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-JH-32">[32]</a> On 11 December 2016, he netted a hat-trick in a 5–0 Serie A victory over <a href="/wiki/Cagliari_Calcio" title="Cagliari Calcio">Cagliari</a> before taking it a step further in the next match by scoring four goals in a 5–3 win over <a href="/wiki/Torino_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Torino F.C.">Torino</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> Mertens' four goals, which included the fourth fastest hat-trick in Serie A history, was the first haul scored by a Napoli player since <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Savoldi" title="Giuseppe Savoldi">Beppe Savoldi</a> in 1977. It also saw him become the first player to score successive league hat-tricks since Juventus' <a href="/wiki/Pietro_Anastasi" title="Pietro Anastasi">Pietro Anastasi</a> in 1974, and the first to score seven goals across two matches since <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Angelillo" title="Antonio Angelillo">Antonio Angelillo</a> in 1958.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-JH-32">[32]</a> His form for club and country was rewarded when, on 30 December, he was named Belgian Footballer of the Year for 2016, beating <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Eden_Hazard" title="Eden Hazard">Eden Hazard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radja_Nainggolan" title="Radja Nainggolan">Radja Nainggolan</a> of <a href="/wiki/A.S._Roma" class="mw-redirect" title="A.S. Roma">Roma</a> to the award.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-BFOTY-40">[40]</a> On 4 February 2017, Mertens and Hamšík both scored hat-tricks in a 7–1 win over <a href="/wiki/Bologna_F.C._1909" class="mw-redirect" title="Bologna F.C. 1909">Bologna</a>, a result which saw Napoli score seven away goals in a match for the first time in the club's history.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> On the final day of the season he scored his 50th league goal for Napoli, and 28th for the campaign, ultimately ending one goal behind Golden Boot winner <a href="/wiki/Edin_D%C5%BEeko" title="Edin Džeko">Edin Džeko</a>.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> He maintained his goal scoring form the following season during which he scored 22 goals for the campaign.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> On 28 November 2018, Mertens scored his 100th goal for Napoli when he netted twice in a 3–1 <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> win over <a href="/wiki/Red_Star_Belgrade" title="Red Star Belgrade">Red Star Belgrade</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> He then made his 200th Serie A appearance for the club on 14 April 2019 in a 3–1 win over <a href="/wiki/A.C._ChievoVerona" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. ChievoVerona">Chievo</a>, marking the occasion with an assist for <a href="/wiki/Kalidou_Koulibaly" title="Kalidou Koulibaly">Kalidou Koulibaly</a>'s opening goal.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> On 28 April, Mertens scored in a 2–0 away win over <a href="/wiki/Frosinone_Calcio" title="Frosinone Calcio">Frosinone</a>, which allowed him to equal <a href="/wiki/Diego_Maradona" title="Diego Maradona">Diego Maradona</a>'s tally of 81 goals in Serie A for Napoli.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> The following season, in October 2019, he surpassed Maradona's tally of 115 goals for the club across all competitions when he netted twice in a 3–2 <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2019–20 UEFA Champions League">Champions League</a> win over <a href="/wiki/FC_Red_Bull_Salzburg" title="FC Red Bull Salzburg">Red Bull Salzburg</a>, becoming the club's second-highest scorer of all time, behind Hamšík.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> On 25 February 2020, Mertens scored the opening goal in an eventual 1–1 home draw against <a href="/wiki/FC_Barcelona" title="FC Barcelona">Barcelona</a> in the first leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League; with this goal, he tied Hamšík as Napoli's all-time highest goalscorer, with 121 goals. He was later substituted early in the second half due to injury.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> On 13 June, he scored the equalizing goal in a 1–1 home draw against <a href="/wiki/Inter_Milan" title="Inter Milan">Inter Milan</a> in the second leg of <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Coppa_Italia" title="2019–20 Coppa Italia">2019–20 Coppa Italia</a> semi-final, which saw him overtake Hamšík to become Napoli's outright all-time leading goalscorer with 122 goals; the result also allowed Napoli to advanced to the <a href="/wiki/2020_Coppa_Italia_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Coppa Italia Final">Coppa Italia Final</a>.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> On 17 June, he signed a two–year contract extension with the club. Later that day, he started in the Coppa Italia final against Juventus, and was later substituted for Milik in the second half; Napoli won 4–2 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after regulation time.<a href="#cite_note-2020-CI-51">[51]</a> On 21 March 2021, Mertens scored his 99th and 100th Serie A goals for Napoli in a 2–0 win against Roma.<a href="#cite_note-Century-52">[52]</a> Later that year, on 21 November, he scored his 103rd Serie A goal for Napoli in a 3–2 defeat to Inter, becoming the club's top scorer of all time in Serie A.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Galatasaray">Galatasaray</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Galatasaray">edit</a>]</div> On 8 August 2022, Mertens joined Turkish club <a href="/wiki/Galatasaray_S.K._(football)" title="Galatasaray S.K. (football)">Galatasaray</a> on a free transfer.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> He clinched the <a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="Süper Lig">Süper Lig</a> title in the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="2022–23 Süper Lig">2022–23 season</a> with his club, defeating <a href="/wiki/MKE_Ankarag%C3%BCc%C3%BC" title="MKE Ankaragücü">Ankaragücü</a> 4–1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, as they secured the 23rd league title in their history.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> On 26 May 2024, Galatasaray achieved a 3–1 away win against <a href="/wiki/Konyaspor" title="Konyaspor">Konyaspor</a> on the final matchday of the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="2023–24 Süper Lig">2023–24 season</a>, becoming the Süper Lig champion for the 24th time with a record 102 points.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> Mertens finished his second season at the club as the top assist provider in the league with 18 assists, in addition to scoring 9 goals and in 35 matches.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> On 3 July 2024, Galatasaray announced that Mertens had signed a new one-year contract.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: International career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Youth_career_and_early_senior_career">Youth career and early senior career</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Youth career and early senior career">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mertens_celebrating_bronze.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Mertens_celebrating_bronze.jpg/156px-Mertens_celebrating_bronze.jpg" decoding="async" width="156" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Mertens_celebrating_bronze.jpg/234px-Mertens_celebrating_bronze.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Mertens_celebrating_bronze.jpg 2x" data-file-width="307" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Mertens celebrating winning the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</a> bronze medal following Belgium's 2–0 win over <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> in the third place play-off</figcaption></figure> Having previously represented Belgium at youth level, Mertens received his first senior call-up by <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">national team</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Georges_Leekens" title="Georges Leekens">Georges Leekens</a> on 1 October 2010 for the nation's <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches</a> against <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_national_football_team" title="Kazakhstan national football team">Kazakhstan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Austria_national_football_team" title="Austria national football team">Austria</a>.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Though he never featured in either match, Mertens would make his debut on 9 February the following year in a <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game#association_football" title="Exhibition game">friendly</a> match against <a href="/wiki/Finland_national_football_team" title="Finland national football team">Finland</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jules_Ottenstadion" title="Jules Ottenstadion">Ghent</a>.<a href="#cite_note-f442-10">[10]</a> He scored his first goal for Belgium on 15 August 2012 in the 125th <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries_derby" title="Low Countries derby">Derby der Lage Landen</a>. Mertens, having come on as substitute for <a href="/wiki/Nacer_Chadli" title="Nacer Chadli">Nacer Chadli</a>, scored once and assisted twice, to help Belgium overcome a 2–1 deficit versus the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands</a> and win 4–2.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014_FIFA_World_Cup">2014 FIFA World Cup</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2014 FIFA World Cup">edit</a>]</div> Mertens was named in <a href="/wiki/Marc_Wilmots" title="Marc Wilmots">Marc Wilmots</a>' 23-man squad for Belgium's <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 FIFA World Cup</a> campaign in Brazil on 13 May 2014.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> In the nation's final warm-up match for the tournament on 7 June, Mertens scored a late winner to secure a 1–0 victory over <a href="/wiki/Tunisia_national_football_team" title="Tunisia national football team">Tunisia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> He made his first appearance in Belgium's opening match of the World Cup, replacing Chadli at half time and scoring a late winner in a 2–1 victory over <a href="/wiki/Algeria_national_football_team" title="Algeria national football team">Algeria</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belo_Horizonte" title="Belo Horizonte">Belo Horizonte</a>.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Prior to the World Cup, Mertens had made a bet with his father that he would score at the tournament. After the match, he posted a photo on <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a> of him shaving his father's mustache off as reward for winning the bet.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> He made five appearances in total at the World Cup as Belgium were eliminated in the quarter-finals at the hands of eventual runners-up, <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a>.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UEFA_Euro_2016">UEFA Euro 2016</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: UEFA Euro 2016">edit</a>]</div> Following the World Cup, Belgium embarked on their <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016_qualifying_Group_B" title="UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group B">qualification campaign</a> for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016" title="UEFA Euro 2016">Euro 2016</a>. Mertens netted his first brace for Belgium in their opening qualifying match, netting twice in three minutes in a 6–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Andorra_national_football_team" title="Andorra national football team">Andorra</a>.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> The following year, he scored one and assisted another in a 3–1 win over <a href="/wiki/Israel_national_football_team" title="Israel national football team">Israel</a> which ensured that Belgium secured top spot in their qualifying group.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> He was later named in Belgium's squad for the tournament proper and featured in all five of the nation's matches as Belgium fell at the quarter-final stage once again, this time losing out to <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dries_Mertens_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Dries_Mertens_2021.jpg/223px-Dries_Mertens_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="223" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Dries_Mertens_2021.jpg/334px-Dries_Mertens_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Dries_Mertens_2021.jpg/445px-Dries_Mertens_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="491" /></a><figcaption>Mertens after a Belgium goal in 2021</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018_FIFA_World_Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2018 FIFA World Cup">edit</a>]</div> Under new manager <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Roberto Martínez">Roberto Martínez</a>, Mertens scored five goals in <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_I" title="2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I">Belgium's qualification</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</a>, including two in an 8–1 home win over <a href="/wiki/Estonia_national_football_team" title="Estonia national football team">Estonia</a> on 13 November 2016.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> He was then selected in Belgium's tournament squad and scored in the nation's opening match in a 3–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Panama_national_football_team" title="Panama national football team">Panama</a>.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> He featured interchangeably as a starter and substitute for the remainder of the tournament as Belgium ended third, defeating <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_knockout_stage#Third_place_play-off" title="2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stage">third place play-off</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Belgium_secured_third_place-74">[74]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UEFA_Euro_2020">UEFA Euro 2020</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: UEFA Euro 2020">edit</a>]</div> On 17 June 2021, Mertens played his 100th match for Belgium in a 2–1 win over <a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a> during the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020" title="UEFA Euro 2020">UEFA Euro 2020</a>.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022_FIFA_World_Cup">2022 FIFA World Cup</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2022 FIFA World Cup">edit</a>]</div> Mertens was part of the Belgian squad for the <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022 World Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, where the team performed badly, failing to make it out of the group stages. On 17 March 2023 new Belgian coach <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Tedesco" title="Domenico Tedesco">Domenico Tedesco</a> dropped Mertens from the squad for <a href="/wiki/European_Championship" title="European Championship">European Championship</a> qualifying games, citing the player's lack of match fitness.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Style_of_play">Style of play</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Style of play">edit</a>]</div> A versatile and hard-working forward,<a href="#cite_note-4-4-2-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> Mertens is a fast, creative, diminutive, and agile player, with a low centre of gravity, who possesses good technique and <a href="/wiki/Dribbling#Association_football" title="Dribbling">dribbling</a> skills, which enables him to get past opponents when in possession of the ball.<a href="#cite_note-4-4-2-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> Possessing good vision, passing, shooting ability, movement off the ball, and an eye for goal, he is known for his ability both to score and <a href="/wiki/Assist_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assist (football)">create</a> goals, and is capable of getting onto the end of passes or creating space for himself or his teammates by making attacking runs into the box.<a href="#cite_note-4-4-2-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gazza-81">[81]</a> His favoured role is as a <a href="/wiki/Winger_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winger (association football)">winger</a> on the left flank, a position which allows him to cut into the centre and strike on goal from outside the area with his stronger right foot,<a href="#cite_note-4-4-2-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> although he is also capable of playing on the right, and has even been used as an <a href="/wiki/Midfielder#Attacking_midfielder" title="Midfielder">attacking midfielder</a> by manager <a href="/wiki/Dick_Advocaat" title="Dick Advocaat">Dick Advocaat</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4-4-2-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gazza-81">[81]</a> He is also an accurate <a href="/wiki/Direct_free_kick" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct free kick">free kick</a> taker.<a href="#cite_note-4-4-2-77">[77]</a> During the 2016–17 season, following the departure of Gonzalo Higuaín to rivals Juventus and an injury to the club's main striker Arkadiusz Milik, Napoli coach <a href="/wiki/Maurizio_Sarri" title="Maurizio Sarri">Maurizio Sarri</a> frequently deployed Dries Mertens either as a main striker, or in a <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#False_9" title="Forward (association football)">false nine</a> role, seemingly positioned as a lone <a href="/wiki/Centre-forward" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre-forward">centre-forward</a>, rather than as a left winger, where he had previously faced competition from <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Insigne" title="Lorenzo Insigne">Lorenzo Insigne</a> for a starting position; Sarri's tactical change was met with great results, and Mertens's goalscoring output increased dramatically as a result of this switch.<a href="#cite_note-Juventus_complete_Gonzalo_Higuain_signing_from_Napoli-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-JH-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-self-sabotage-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-divertirmi-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Career statistics">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club">Club</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Club">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dd>As of match played 21 September 2024<a href="#cite_note-SW-89">[89]</a></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Appearances and goals by club, season and competition </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Club </th> <th rowspan="2">Season </th> <th colspan="3">League </th> <th colspan="2">National cup<a href="#cite_note-90">[a]</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Europe </th> <th colspan="2">Other </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th>Division</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SC_Eendracht_Aalst" class="mw-redirect" title="SC Eendracht Aalst">Eendracht Aalst</a> (loan) </td> <td>2005–06 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Third_Division" title="Belgian Third Division">Belgian Third Division</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>14</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AGOVV_Apeldoorn" class="mw-redirect" title="AGOVV Apeldoorn">AGOVV Apeldoorn</a> (loan) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Eerste_Divisie" title="2006–07 Eerste Divisie">2006–07</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eerste_Divisie" title="Eerste Divisie">Eerste Divisie</a> </td> <td>35</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>35</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">AGOVV Apeldoorn </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Eerste_Divisie" title="2007–08 Eerste Divisie">2007–08</a> </td> <td>Eerste Divisie </td> <td>38</td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>38</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Eerste_Divisie" title="2008–09 Eerste Divisie">2008–09</a> </td> <td>Eerste Divisie </td> <td>35</td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>37</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>108</th> <th>30</th> <th>2</th> <th>1</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th>110</th> <th>31 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/FC_Utrecht" title="FC Utrecht">Utrecht</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Eredivisie" title="2009–10 Eredivisie">2009–10</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eredivisie" title="Eredivisie">Eredivisie</a> </td> <td>38</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>39</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Eredivisie" title="2010–11 Eredivisie">2010–11</a> </td> <td>Eredivisie </td> <td>31</td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>12<a href="#cite_note-UEL-91">[b]</a></td> <td>3</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>47</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>69</th> <th>17</th> <th>5</th> <th>1</th> <th>12</th> <th>3</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th>86</th> <th>21 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/PSV_Eindhoven" title="PSV Eindhoven">PSV Eindhoven</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_PSV_Eindhoven_season" title="2011–12 PSV Eindhoven season">2011–12</a> </td> <td>Eredivisie </td> <td>33</td> <td>21</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>11<a href="#cite_note-UEL-91">[b]</a></td> <td>3</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>49</td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_PSV_Eindhoven_season" title="2012–13 PSV Eindhoven season">2012–13</a> </td> <td>Eredivisie </td> <td>29</td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>6<a href="#cite_note-UEL-91">[b]</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-92">[c]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>39</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>62</th> <th>37</th> <th>8</th> <th>4</th> <th>17</th> <th>4</th> <th>1</th> <th>0</th> <th>88</th> <th>45 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="10"><a href="/wiki/SSC_Napoli" title="SSC Napoli">Napoli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_SSC_Napoli_season" title="2013–14 SSC Napoli season">2013–14</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>10<a href="#cite_note-93">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>47</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_SSC_Napoli_season" title="2014–15 SSC Napoli season">2014–15</a> </td> <td>Serie A </td> <td>31</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>15<a href="#cite_note-94">[e]</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-SCI-95">[f]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>51</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_SSC_Napoli_season" title="2015–16 SSC Napoli season">2015–16</a> </td> <td>Serie A </td> <td>33</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>5<a href="#cite_note-UEL-91">[b]</a></td> <td>5</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>40</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_SSC_Napoli_season" title="2016–17 SSC Napoli season">2016–17</a> </td> <td>Serie A </td> <td>35</td> <td>28</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>8<a href="#cite_note-UCL-96">[g]</a></td> <td>5</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>46</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_SSC_Napoli_season" title="2017–18 SSC Napoli season">2017–18</a> </td> <td>Serie A </td> <td>38</td> <td>18</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>9<a href="#cite_note-97">[h]</a></td> <td>3</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>49</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_SSC_Napoli_season" title="2018–19 SSC Napoli season">2018–19</a> </td> <td>Serie A </td> <td>35</td> <td>16</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>11<a href="#cite_note-98">[i]</a></td> <td>3</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>47</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_SSC_Napoli_season" title="2019–20 SSC Napoli season">2019–20</a> </td> <td>Serie A </td> <td>31</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>8<a href="#cite_note-UCL-96">[g]</a></td> <td>6</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>42</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_SSC_Napoli_season" title="2020–21 SSC Napoli season">2020–21</a> </td> <td>Serie A </td> <td>29</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>7<a href="#cite_note-UEL-91">[b]</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-SCI-95">[f]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>38</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_SSC_Napoli_season" title="2021–22 SSC Napoli season">2021–22</a> </td> <td>Serie A </td> <td>30</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>6<a href="#cite_note-UEL-91">[b]</a></td> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>37</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>295</th> <th>113</th> <th>21</th> <th>7</th> <th>79</th> <th>28</th> <th>2</th> <th>0</th> <th>397</th> <th>148 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Galatasaray_S.K._(football)" title="Galatasaray S.K. (football)">Galatasaray</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Galatasaray_S.K._season" title="2022–23 Galatasaray S.K. season">2022–23</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="Süper Lig">Süper Lig</a> </td> <td>30</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>33</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Galatasaray_S.K._season" title="2023–24 Galatasaray S.K. season">2023–24</a> </td> <td>Süper Lig </td> <td>36</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>13<a href="#cite_note-99">[j]</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-TSC-100">[k]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>51</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Galatasaray_S.K._season" title="2024–25 Galatasaray S.K. season">2024–25</a> </td> <td>Süper Lig </td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2<a href="#cite_note-UCL-96">[g]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-TSC-100">[k]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>9</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>72</th> <th>18</th> <th>4</th> <th>1</th> <th>15</th> <th>3</th> <th>2</th> <th>0</th> <th>93</th> <th>22 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Career total </th> <th>620</th> <th>219</th> <th>40</th> <th>14</th> <th>123</th> <th>38</th> <th>5</th> <th>0</th> <th>788</th> <th>271 </th></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a> Appearance in <a href="/wiki/Johan_Cruyff_Shield" title="Johan Cruyff Shield">Johan Cruyff Shield</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-93"><a href="#cite_ref-93">^</a> Six appearances in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>, four appearances in UEFA Europa League </li> <li id="cite_note-94"><a href="#cite_ref-94">^</a> Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, thirteen appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League </li> <li id="cite_note-SCI-95">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SCI_95-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-SCI_95-1">b</a> Appearance in <a href="/wiki/Supercoppa_Italiana" title="Supercoppa Italiana">Supercoppa Italiana</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-UCL-96">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_96-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_96-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_96-2">c</a> Appearances in UEFA Champions League </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a> Eight appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League </li> <li id="cite_note-98"><a href="#cite_ref-98">^</a> Six appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a> Eleven appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League </li> <li id="cite_note-TSC-100">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TSC_100-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-TSC_100-1">b</a> Appearance in <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Super_Cup" title="Turkish Super Cup">Turkish Super Cup</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: International">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dd>As of match played 1 December 2022<a href="#cite_note-Belgium_profile-101">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[91]</a></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Appearances and goals by national team and year </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>National team</th> <th>Year</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="12"><a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a> </td> <td>2011</td> <td>8</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td>8</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td>6</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td>13</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td>7</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td>13</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>10</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>16</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>9</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>4</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>9</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td>6</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th>109</th> <th>21 </th></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">As of match played 1 December 2022. Belgium score listed first, score column indicates score after each Mertens goal.<a href="#cite_note-103">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-Belgium_profile-101">[90]</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Cap </th> <th scope="col">Opponent </th> <th scope="col">Score </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col">Competition </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">1 </th> <td>15 August 2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_Baudouin_Stadium" title="King Baudouin Stadium">King Baudouin Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, Belgium</td> <td align="center">11</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands</a></td> <td align="center">2–2</td> <td align="center">4–2</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game#Association_football" title="Exhibition game">Friendly</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">2 </th> <td>6 February 2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jan_Breydel_Stadium" title="Jan Breydel Stadium">Jan Breydel Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a>, Belgium</td> <td align="center">16</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_national_football_team" title="Slovakia national football team">Slovakia</a></td> <td align="center">2–1</td> <td align="center">2–1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">3 </th> <td>7 June 2014</td> <td>King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium</td> <td align="center">24</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Tunisia_national_football_team" title="Tunisia national football team">Tunisia</a></td> <td align="center">1–0</td> <td align="center">1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">4 </th> <td>17 June 2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mineir%C3%A3o" title="Mineirão">Mineirão</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belo_Horizonte" title="Belo Horizonte">Belo Horizonte</a>, Brazil</td> <td align="center">25</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Algeria_national_football_team" title="Algeria national football team">Algeria</a></td> <td align="center">2–1</td> <td align="center">2–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_H" title="2014 FIFA World Cup Group H">2014 FIFA World Cup</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">5 </th> <td>4 September 2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stade_Maurice_Dufrasne" title="Stade Maurice Dufrasne">Stade Maurice Dufrasne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a>, Belgium</td> <td align="center">30</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national soccer team">Australia</a></td> <td align="center">1–0</td> <td align="center">2–0</td> <td>Friendly </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">6 </th> <td rowspan="2">10 October 2014</td> <td rowspan="3">King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">31</td> <td rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /> <a href="/wiki/Andorra_national_football_team" title="Andorra national football team">Andorra</a></td> <td align="center">5–0</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">6–0</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016_qualifying_Group_B" title="UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group B">UEFA Euro 2016 qualification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">7 </th> <td align="center">6–0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">8 </th> <td>13 October 2015</td> <td align="center">41</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel_national_football_team" title="Israel national football team">Israel</a></td> <td align="center">1–0</td> <td align="center">3–1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">9 </th> <td>10 October 2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_Algarve" title="Estádio Algarve">Estádio Algarve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Faro,_Portugal" title="Faro, Portugal">Faro</a>/<a href="/wiki/Loul%C3%A9" title="Loulé">Loulé</a>, Portugal</td> <td align="center">52</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar_national_football_team" title="Gibraltar national football team">Gibraltar</a></td> <td align="center">2–0</td> <td align="center">6–0</td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_H" title="2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H">2018 FIFA World Cup qualification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">10 </th> <td rowspan="2">14 November 2016</td> <td rowspan="2">King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">55</td> <td rowspan="3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_national_football_team" title="Estonia national football team">Estonia</a></td> <td align="center">2–0</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">8–1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">11 </th> <td align="center">6–1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">12 </th> <td>9 June 2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Le_Coq_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="A. Le Coq Arena">A. Le Coq Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tallinn" title="Tallinn">Tallinn</a>, Estonia</td> <td align="center">59</td> <td align="center">1–0</td> <td align="center">2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">13 </th> <td>31 August 2017</td> <td>Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium</td> <td align="center">60</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar_national_football_team" title="Gibraltar national football team">Gibraltar</a></td> <td align="center">1–0</td> <td align="center">9–0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">14 </th> <td>11 June 2018</td> <td>King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium</td> <td align="center">69</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica_national_football_team" title="Costa Rica national football team">Costa Rica</a></td> <td align="center">1–1</td> <td align="center">4–1</td> <td>Friendly </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">15 </th> <td>18 June 2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fisht_Olympic_Stadium" title="Fisht Olympic Stadium">Fisht Olympic Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi">Sochi</a>, Russia</td> <td align="center">70</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/23px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/35px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/45px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Panama_national_football_team" title="Panama national football team">Panama</a></td> <td align="center">1–0</td> <td align="center">3–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_G" title="2018 FIFA World Cup Group G">2018 FIFA World Cup</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">16 </th> <td>16 October 2018</td> <td rowspan="2">King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium</td> <td align="center">78</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands</a></td> <td align="center">1–0</td> <td align="center">1–1</td> <td>Friendly </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">17 </th> <td>8 June 2019</td> <td align="center">84</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_national_football_team" title="Kazakhstan national football team">Kazakhstan</a></td> <td align="center">1–0</td> <td align="center">3–0</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020_qualifying_Group_I" title="UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I">UEFA Euro 2020 qualification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">18 </th> <td>6 September 2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Marino_Stadium" title="San Marino Stadium">San Marino Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serravalle_(San_Marino)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serravalle (San Marino)">Serravalle</a>, San Marino</td> <td align="center">86</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/20px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/31px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/40px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/San_Marino_national_football_team" title="San Marino national football team">San Marino</a></td> <td align="center">2–0</td> <td align="center">4–0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">19 </th> <td>5 September 2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parken_Stadium" title="Parken Stadium">Parken Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>, Denmark</td> <td align="center">91</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a></td> <td align="center">2–0</td> <td align="center">2–0</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Nations_League_A" title="2020–21 UEFA Nations League A">2020–21 UEFA Nations League A</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">20 </th> <td>8 September 2020</td> <td>King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium</td> <td align="center">92</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_national_football_team" title="Iceland national football team">Iceland</a></td> <td align="center">3–1</td> <td align="center">5–1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: center">21 </th> <td>15 November 2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Den_Dreef" title="Den Dreef">Den Dreef</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leuven" title="Leuven">Leuven</a>, Belgium</td> <td align="center">93</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" 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Shield">2012</a><a href="#cite_note-JCS-21">[21]</a></li></ul> Napoli <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coppa_Italia" title="Coppa Italia">Coppa Italia</a>: <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Coppa_Italia" title="2013–14 Coppa Italia">2013–14</a>,<a href="#cite_note-CI1-29">[29]</a> <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Coppa_Italia" title="2019–20 Coppa Italia">2019–20</a><a href="#cite_note-2020-CI-51">[51]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supercoppa_Italiana" title="Supercoppa Italiana">Supercoppa Italiana</a>: <a href="/wiki/2014_Supercoppa_Italiana" title="2014 Supercoppa Italiana">2014</a><a href="#cite_note-CI-30">[30]</a></li></ul> Galatasaray <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="Süper Lig">Süper Lig</a>: <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="2022–23 Süper Lig">2022–23</a>,<a href="#cite_note-104">[93]</a> <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="2023–24 Süper Lig">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Super_Cup" title="Turkish Super Cup">Turkish Super Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/2023_Turkish_Super_Cup" title="2023 Turkish Super Cup">2023</a></li></ul> Individual <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_di_Tommaso#Di_Tommaso_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="David di Tommaso">Di Tommaso Trophy</a>: 2010<a href="#cite_note-start-8">[8]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgian</a> Footballer of the Year: 2016<a href="#cite_note-BFOTY-40">[40]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serie_A_Team_of_the_Year" title="Serie A Team of the Year">Serie A Team of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Serie_A_Team_of_the_Year#2016–17" title="Serie A Team of the Year">2016–17</a><a href="#cite_note-serieafootballer-105">[94]</a></li> <li>Süper Lig top assist provider: <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="2023–24 Süper Lig">2023–24</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[95]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_footballers_with_100_or_more_international_caps" title="List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps">List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dries_Mertens&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free 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