Jens Naessens (born 1 April 1991) 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
striker 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).
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Club career
On 10 October 2020, he joined Italian
Serie C
The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing ...
club
Foggia
Foggia (, ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere delle Puglie, Tavoliere, also know ...
. On 4 November 2020 in a game against
Casertana, he
ruptured his achilles tendon.
His contract was terminated on 1 December 2020. Five months later he signed a one-year contract with
Lierse Kempenzonen
Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring is a Belgian association football club located in Lier, in the province of Antwerp. The club, founded in 1943 as Oosterzonen in Oosterwijk, was relocated to Lier following the bankruptcy of Lierse in 2018. Afte ...
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On 27 June 2023, Royal Knokke F.C. announced the signing of Naessens, on a two-year contract.
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1991 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
Belgian men's footballers
Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
S.V. Zulte Waregem players
K.V. Mechelen players
Royal Antwerp F.C. players
K.V.C. Westerlo players
K.S.V. Roeselare players
Calcio Foggia 1920 players
Lierse S.K. (2018) players
Belgian Pro League players
Challenger Pro League players
Serie C players
Belgian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
People from Deinze
Footballers from East Flanders
21st-century Belgian sportsmen