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Christophe Janssens
Personal information
Full name Christophe Janssens
Date of birth (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Belgium
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Westerlo
Number 32
Youth career
2014–2015 Club Brugge
2015–2017 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Genk 0 (0)
2017–2018 → MVV Maastricht (loan) 22 (1)
2018– Westerlo 15 (0)
International career‡
2013 Belgium U15 4 (0)
2013–2014 Belgium U16 16 (2)
2014–2015 Belgium U17 24 (1)
2016 Belgium U18 1 (0)
2016–2017 Belgium U19 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2017

Christophe Janssens (born 9 March 1998) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Westerlo.

Club career

Genk

Janssens is a youth product of Genk

On 14 May 2017, Janssens made his debut in the first team as a substitute replacing Sebastien Dewaest in the 84th minute of a 2–0 away win over Royal Excel Mouscron in the UEFA Europa League play-offs in Belgium.[1]On 27 May he played, again, in a UEFA Europa League play-offs match as a substitute replacing Omar Colley in the 85th minute of a 3–0 home win over Sint-Truidense.[2]

Loan to MVV Maastricht

On 1 July, Janssens was signed by Eerste Divisie side MVV Maastricht. On 18 August he made his debut for Maastricht as a starter, he score his first professional goal in the 28th minute of a 4–3 home win over Go Ahead Eagles.[3] On 19 September he played in the first round of the KNVB Beker in a 3–2 home defeat against AZ Alkmaar.[4]

Personal life

Janssens' twin brother Mathias is also a footballer and plays for Valour FC in Canada.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Royal Excel Mouscron vs. Genk – 14 May 2017 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Genk vs. Sint-Truiden – 27 May 2017 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. ^ "MVV vs. Go Ahead Eagles – 18 August 2017 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. ^ "MVV vs. AZ – 19 September 2017 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. ^ Nathalie Dumont (26 February 2019). "Mathias Janssens quitte la Raal pour le Canada". dhnet.be (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2019.

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