Christophe Arnold Janssens (born 9 March 1998) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Deinze Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Lei ...

Club career

Genk

Janssens is a youth product of

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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 Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...

in the

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play-offs in Belgium. On 27 May he played, again, in a UEFA Europa League play-offs match as a substitute replacing

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in the 85th minute of a 3–0 home win over Sint-Truidense.

Loan to MVV Maastricht

On 1 July, Janssens was signed by

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side

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eers ...

. 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. On 19 September he played in the first round of the

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in a 3–2 home defeat against

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Deinze

On 22 June 2021, he joined

on a two-year contract.

Personal life

Janssens' twin brother Mathias is also a footballer and plays for

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in Canada.

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* * 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Verviers Footballers from Liège Province Belgian men's footballers Men's association football defenders K.R.C. Genk players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players MVV Maastricht players K.V.C. Westerlo players K.M.S.K. Deinze players Eerste Divisie players Belgium men's youth international footballers Belgian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub