Christophe Janssens

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Christophe Janssens
Personal information
Full name Christophe Arnold Janssens [1]
Date of birth (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Verviers, Belgium
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Deinze
Number 16
Youth career
2014–2015 Club Brugge
2015–2017 Genk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Genk 2 (0)
2017–2018MVV Maastricht (loan) 22 (1)
2018–2021 Westerlo 38 (1)
2021– Deinze 46 (1)
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 13 October 2023

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

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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. [2] 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. [3]

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. [4] On 19 September he played in the first round of the KNVB Beker in a 3–2 home defeat against AZ Alkmaar. [5]

Deinze

On 22 June 2021, he joined Deinze on a two-year contract. [6]

Personal life

Janssens' twin brother Mathias is also a footballer and plays for Valour FC in Canada. [7]

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References

  1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015: List of Players: Belgium" (PDF). FIFA. 28 October 2015. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019.
  2. "Royal Excel Mouscron vs. Genk – 14 May 2017 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. "Genk vs. Sint-Truiden – 27 May 2017 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. "MVV vs. Go Ahead Eagles – 18 August 2017 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. "MVV vs. AZ – 19 September 2017 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. "CHRISTOPHE JANSSENS VULT DE VERDEDIGING VERDER AAN" (in Dutch). Deinze. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  7. Nathalie Dumont (26 February 2019). "Mathias Janssens quitte la Raal pour le Canada". dhnet.be (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2019.