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.
[4] He made just two appearances for St. Pauli's reserve side in the Regionalliga Nord during his loan spell.
[6] On 2 September 2019 Verlinden joined League One side Bolton Wanderers on loan until January 2020.
[9] 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.