Kevin Janssens (footballer)

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Kevin Janssens
Personal information
Full name Kevin Janssens
Date of birth (1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 36)
Place of birth Turnhout, Belgium
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder
Club information
Current team
Wezel Sport
Youth career
1991–2004 Turnhout
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2008 Turnhout 95 (13)
2008–2011 Lierse 38 (2)
2010–2011Turnhout (loan) 14 (5)
2011–2013 Cercle Brugge 40 (3)
2013–2015 Eendracht Aalst 62 (3)
2015–2020 Dessel Sport 138 (23)
2020– Wezel Sport
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:37, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Kevin Janssens (born 29 May 1986 in Turnhout) is a Belgian professional football player, currently playing for Wezel Sport. His best position is left-midfielder.

Career

He made his senior debut for K.V. Turnhout in third division, and was transferred to second division team Lierse in December 2008. He achieved promotion with Lierse to the highest level in 2010, but was quickly loaned out to his former club Turnhout, who had also achieved promotion in 2010. With Turnhout, Janssens was relegated back to third division but received a new chance at the highest level of Belgian football when he signed a 2-year deal with Cercle Brugge. In 2013, he signed for Belgian Second Division team SC Eendracht Aalst.

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