Dries Wouters

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Dries Wouters
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Tongeren, Belgium
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Lommel
Number 5
Youth career
2003–2006 KSK Jecora
2006–2014 Genk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2021 Genk 52 (2)
2021–2023 Schalke 04 2 (0)
2022–2023Mechelen (loan) 18 (1)
2023– Lommel 56 (4)
International career
2012–2013 Belgium U16 12 (0)
2013–2014 Belgium U17 5 (0)
2014–2015 Belgium U18 6 (0)
2015–2016 Belgium U19 10 (0)
2018–2019 Belgium U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2025

Dries Wouters (born 28 January 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Belgian club Lommel. [1]

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Career

Wouters played with Genk as a junior. He made his Belgian Pro League debut with K.R.C. Genk on 10 May 2015 against SV Zulte Waregem. [2]

He signed for Schalke 04, newly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, in July 2021. [3] On 12 January 2022, Wouters returned to Belgium to join Mechelen on loan until the end of the season. [4] On 20 June 2022, the loan was extended. [5]

On 27 June 2023, Wouters agreed to join Challenger Pro League club Lommel. [6]

Career statistics

As of 26 June 2023 [1] [7]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Genk 2014–15 First Division A 100010
2015–16 First Division A102030
2016–17 First Division A7000301 [a] 0110
2017–18 First Division A15140191
2018–19 First Division A701120101
2019–20 First Division A1312000151
2020–21 First Division A800080
Total522915010673
Schalke 04 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 201030
Mechelen (loan) 2021–22 First Division A4040
2022–23 First Division A14120161
Total18120201
Career total7221215010904

Honours

Genk [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dries Wouters at Soccerway
  2. "Zulte Waregem - Genk - 10 May 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. "FC Schalke 04 holt Dries Wouters vom KRC Genk". kicker (in German). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. "DONE DEAL: DRIES WOUTERS WORDT GEHUURD" (in Dutch). K.V. Mechelen. 12 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. "Dries Wouters terug bij KVM" (in Dutch). Mechelen. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  6. "Dries Wouters signs for Lommel SK". FC Schalke 04. 27 June 2023.
  7. Dries Wouters at WorldFootball.net