Name: Veerle Buurman
Nationality: Netherlands
Date of Birth: April 21, 2006
Position: Defender
Current club: Chelsea
Women's Super League clubs played for: Chelsea
Veerle Buurman, the Chelsea defender, has played in the majority of the team's Women's Super League matches in 2025/2026, making 13 appearances overall and playing 997 minutes. She has started in 11 of these appearances across their 22 fixtures and been used as a substitute on two occasions.
The last league game that Buurman played came on May 16 for Chelsea versus Manchester United; a game that she played 90 minutes in during a 1-0 win. This season she has recorded one league assist. She has been booked once.
Buurman played 21 Eredivisie Women games last season for PSV, scored one goal and provided one assist.
Buurman rejoined Chelsea in July 2025 after a loan spell at PSV, for whom she made 53 league appearances in total, scoring two goals and providing two assists.
