Sebastiaan De Wilde (born 2 February 1993) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Knokke Knokke () is a town in the municipality of Knokke-Heist, which is located in the province of West Flanders in Flanders, Belgium. The town itself has 15,708 inhabitants (2007), while the municipality of Knokke-Heist has 33,818 inhabitants (2009). ...

Career

De Wilde played youth football for Eendracht Laarne,

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and

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. In the summer of 2013, he decided to leave Anderlecht to sign a contract with

FC Eindhoven Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known as FC Eindhoven, is a professional association football, football club based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football ...

. He made his debut on 25 October 2013 in a 3–1 home loss to

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, coming on as a substitute in the second half for Jasper Waalkens. His first goals followed in the 2016–17 season, his first being a first-half goal on 30 October 2016 against Cambuur. In March 2017, his expiring contract was extended by one year. In May 2018, De Wilde moved to

Lommel Lommel () is a municipality and city in the Belgian province of Limburg. Lying in the Kempen, it has about 34,000 inhabitants and is part of the arrondissement of Maaseik. Besides the residential town, Lommel also has a number of nature reserv ...

on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract. In May 2019, De Wilde and Lommel decided to terminate the agreement by mutual consent. Ahead of the 2019–20 season, De Wilde joined

on a three-year contract.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Wilde, Sebastiaan 1993 births Living people Belgian men's footballers Belgian expatriate men's footballers FC Eindhoven players Lommel S.K. players Eerste Divisie players Challenger Pro League players Men's association football defenders Sportspeople from Wetteren K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Footballers from East Flanders 21st-century Belgian sportsmen