Dries Wouters (born 28 January 1997) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for Belgian club

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 ...

Career

Wouters played with

Genk Genk () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality comprises only the town of Genk itself. It ...

as a junior. He made his

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debut with K.R.C. Genk on 10 May 2015 against SV Zulte Waregem. He signed for

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

, newly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, in July 2021. On 12 January 2022, Wouters returned to Belgium to join

Mechelen Mechelen (; ; historically known as ''Mechlin'' in EnglishMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical context. T ...

on loan until the end of the season. On 20 June 2022, the loan was extended. On 27 June 2023, Wouters agreed to join

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club

Career statistics

Honours

Genk *

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...

: 2018–19 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

: 2020–21 *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( ; ; ), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian Pro League champions (also received the Super Cup host) and the Belgian Cup winners. If both teams are the same, ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wouters, Dries 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 21st-century Belgian sportsmen