FC Utrecht Born in
IJsselstein to a Dutch mother and a
Surinamese father, Vorm began his career at
FC Utrecht. In order to gain more experience, he spent the 2005–06 season on loan to
FC Den Bosch. He made his debut on 12 August 2005 against
FC Emmen, the first of 35 appearances that season. In August 2006, Vorm made his debut for Utrecht against
Willem II. Although he joined FC Utrecht as the third-choice goalkeeper, behind
Franck Grandel and
Joost Terol, his pre-season performances impressed manager
Foeke Booy, and saw him promoted to first choice keeper at the start of the league season. During this first season Vorm played 33 out of 34 matches, and his position as number one at the club remained unchallenged thereafter. Vorm missed a handful matches during the 2007–08 season due to knee and shoulder injuries. He left Utrecht at the start of the 2011–12 season, having played 136 matches in the
Eredivisie.
Swansea City In August 2011, Vorm joined
Swansea City for a fee of around £1.5 million. He took the vacant number 1 shirt and made his debut for the club against
Manchester City on 15 August 2011 in a 4–0 defeat. Although he conceded four goals, he also made eleven saves – more than any other Premier League goalkeeper, in a single match, in the whole of the 2011–12 season. In his second match for Swansea against
Wigan Athletic, on 20 August, Vorm saved a 72nd-minute penalty from
Ben Watson, to give Swansea their first ever point in the Premier League. On 6 November 2011, Vorm arguably saved Swansea from defeat against
Liverpool and earned them the draw at
Anfield by pulling off two outstanding saves to earn the
clean sheet. On 10 December, he was instrumental in Swansea's 2–0 win over
Fulham as he saved
Clint Dempsey's 87th-minute penalty, with Swansea 1–0 up. During his first season with Swansea he helped keep 13 clean sheets in 37 league appearances. His performances were so impressive that he won three awards at the club's end-of-season dinner – Supporters' Player of the Year, Players' Player and the Away Player awards. On 27 September 2012, Vorm signed a new four-year contract with Swansea. On 28 October 2012, he was ruled out for up to eight weeks due to a groin injury picked up in a match against
Manchester City. On 3 November 2013, in the
South Wales derby against Cardiff City, Vorm was shown a straight red card by referee
Mike Dean for a stoppage-time foul on
Fraizer Campbell. The match ended 1–0 to Cardiff City.
Tottenham Hotspur On 23 July 2014, Vorm announced via Dutch radio that he would sign for
Tottenham Hotspur to compete with
Hugo Lloris. He signed on a four-year deal costing Spurs £3.5 million after three years at Swansea, joining on the same day as Swansea's
Ben Davies made the same move and
Gylfi Sigurðsson was exchanged as part of the deal. The transfer was disputed by Utrecht, who complained to FIFA that they were contractually due 30% of the fee received by Swansea. FIFA rejected Utrecht's claim, and the case was heard in the
Court of Arbitration for Sport in January 2016. He made his debut for Tottenham on 24 September, in the third round of the
League Cup at home against
Nottingham Forest. Despite conceding first to
Jorge Grant, Tottenham won 3–1. Vorm featured again in the next round on 29 October, keeping his first clean sheet for the club as Tottenham defeated
Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0. Eight days later he played his first
UEFA Europa League match for Tottenham, a 2–1 win away to
Asteras Tripoli. Vorm's first league appearance for Tottenham came on 21 March 2015, after Lloris went off injured in the fourth minute of a home match against
Leicester City. Tottenham won 4–3. On 5 April he made his first league start, a goalless draw against
Burnley at
Turf Moor. On 13 August 2016, Vorm made his first appearance of the 2016–17 season for Tottenham Hotspur in a 1–1 draw with Everton at Goodison Park, in which he replaced the injured Lloris after 35 minutes. Vorm's contract was extended in 2018, however, in the
2018–19 season, he was replaced as the number two goalkeeper for Tottenham by
Paulo Gazzaniga, having started in fewer games when
Hugo Lloris was not available. After the 2018–19 season Vorm was released by Tottenham following the end of his contract with the club. Three months into the
2019–20 season, Vorm re-signed on a contract until the end of the season as cover for Gazzaniga who had stepped into the starting eleven to replace the injured Lloris. Vorm made his first appearance of the season in the FA Cup match against
Norwich City on 5 March 2020, which ended in a loss after a penalty shoot-out. On 27 July 2020, Tottenham confirmed that Vorm would be leaving the club following the end of the season. On 26 October 2020, Vorm announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 37. ==International career==