Dries Mertens

Dries Mertens is a Belgian footballer, born on 6 May 1987 in Leuven, Belgium. Mertens played as an attacking-midfielder for Napoli and Galatasaray. Mertens scored 295 goals in 940 games for club and country and won 10 trophies, including 3 league titles.

Mertens's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions831274
Belgium10921
Total940295

Goals per game: 0.31.

Mertens's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 10
  • League titles: 3
  • Domestic cups: 7
  • Individual awards: 6

PSV

  • KNVB Cup: 1 (2011–12)
  • Johan Cruyff Shield: 1 (2012)

Napoli

  • Coppa Italia: 2 (2013–14, 2019–20)
  • Supercoppa Italiana: 1 (2014)

Galatasaray

  • Süper Lig: 3 (2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25)
  • Turkish Cup: 1 (2024–25)
  • Turkish Super Cup: 1 (2023)

Individual

  • Di Tommaso Trophy: 1 (2010)
  • Belgian Footballer of the Year: 1 (2016)
  • Serie A Team of the Year: 1 (2016–17)
  • All-time topscorer of Napoli: 1 (2020)
  • Süper Lig top assist provider: 1 (2023–24)
  • Honorary citizen of Naples, Italy: 1 (2025)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 2005–2007: Gent, 0 games, 0 goals
  2. 2005–2006: Eendracht Aalst (loan), 14 games, 4 goals
  3. 2006–2007: AGOVV (loan), 35 games, 2 goals
  4. 2007–2009: AGOVV, 73 games, 28 goals
  5. 2009–2011: Utrecht, 69 games, 17 goals
  6. 2011–2013: PSV Eindhoven, 62 games, 37 goals
  7. 2013–2022: Napoli, 295 games, 113 goals
  8. 2022–2025: Galatasaray, 100 games, 20 goals

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