Stoke City Verlinden was born in
Brussels and began his career playing in the youth teams at
Club Brugge and
Standard Liège. In the summer of 2015, he joined English club
Stoke City from Standard Liège for a fee of €40,000. He made his professional debut on 23 August 2017 in a 4–0
EFL Cup win over
Rochdale. In January 2018, it Verlinden's joined
2. Bundesliga side
FC St. Pauli on loan until the end of the
2017–18 season. Verlinden had already participated at two training camps of the club. He made just two appearances for St. Pauli's
reserve side in the
Regionalliga Nord during his loan spell. Verlinden made his league debut for Stoke on 16 March 2019 in a 0–0 draw against
Reading. On 2 September 2019 Verlinden joined
League One side
Bolton Wanderers on loan until January 2020. He made his debut on 14 September 2019, starting against
Rotherham United and scored in the fourth minute to give Bolton the lead, however Rotherham went on to win 6–1. At the end of his loan period Stoke chose to recall Verlinden. On his return to Stoke, Verlinden made a number of Championship appearances from the bench until he sustained an
anterior cruciate ligament injury in on 12 February 2020, ruling him out of the remainder of the
2019–20 season. After returning fitness in
2020–21, Verlinden was unable to force his way into
Michael O'Neill's team and in December 2020, stated he wanted to leave in order to find regular first team football.
Fortuna Sittard Verlinden joined Dutch
Eredivisie club
Fortuna Sittard in January 2021.
Dunajská Streda Verlinden signed a contract with
DAC Dunajská Streda on 3 September 2021. His tenure was to last one year.
OH Leuven On 3 February 2025, Verlinden signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with
OH Leuven. ==Personal life==