Dries Wouters
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 January 1997 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2021 | Genk | 52 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | Schalke 04 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Mechelen (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2023– | Lommel | 26 | (2) |
| 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 1 April 2024 | |||
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]
Career[edit]
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[edit]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Genk | 2014–15 | First Division A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | First Division A | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | First Division A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | First Division A | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | First Division A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | First Division A | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | First Division A | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 52 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 3 | ||
| Schalke 04 | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mechelen (loan) | 2021–22 | First Division A | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | First Division A | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Total | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 72 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 4 | ||
- ^ Appearance in First Division A Europa League play-offs
Honours[edit]
Genk[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Dries Wouters at Soccerway
- ^ "Zulte Waregem - Genk - 10 May 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "FC Schalke 04 holt Dries Wouters vom KRC Genk". kicker (in German). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Dries Wouters terug bij KVM" (in Dutch). Mechelen. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Dries Wouters signs for Lommel SK". FC Schalke 04. 27 June 2023.
- ^ Dries Wouters at WorldFootball.net
External links[edit]
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Belgian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Belgian Pro League players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- K.V. Mechelen players
- Lommel S.K. players
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Footballers from Tongeren