Dario Van den Buijs (born 12 September 1995) is a Belgian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

for Dutch club

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

. He formerly played for

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042. They pl ...

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to t ...

and

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 ...

Club career

Van den Buijs spent his youth career at Club Brugge, but failed to make an appearance at the club. He then moved on to play professionally at multiple Dutch clubs. On 30 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with

Personal life

His father Stan van den Buijs was a professional footballer with Lierse and

KV Mechelen Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen (), often called KV Mechelen (, KVM) or simply by their former French name Malinois /ˌmalɪˈnwɑː/, is a Belgian professional association football, football club based in Mechelen in the Antwerp (pr ...

and his grandfather Herman Helleputte played for Lierse and managed Beveren.De zoon van Stan van den Buijs is in Nederland gewoon Dario
- Tubantia

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Van den Buijs, Dario 1995 births Footballers from Lier, Belgium Living people Men's association football central defenders Belgian men's footballers Club Brugge KV players FC Eindhoven players Heracles Almelo players K Beerschot VA players Fortuna Sittard players RKC Waalwijk players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Belgian Pro League players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Belgian sportsmen