Koen Weuts (born 18 September 1990) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for Lyra-Lierse Berlaar in the Belgian Third Amateur Division.

Career

Before joining OH Leuven, Weuts played with youth teams of

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and Lierse. At only 16 years of age, he played his first official senior match for Lierse against Antwerp. In 2007, he was also part of the Belgium squad at the

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, together with players such as

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and Christian Benteke. He moved to

Oud-Heverlee Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven (), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian association football, football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, ''F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee'', whose registration num ...

in August 2009 and was part of the team that achieved promotion to the

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in 2011. In 2013, Weuts was released bu OHL and moved to

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in the

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. Koen's older brother Kurt Weuts is also a professional footballer and played together with him for

until 2011.

External links

Voetbal International profile
* * 1990 births Living people Belgian footballers Belgian Pro League players Belgian First Division B players Lierse S.K. players Oud-Heverlee Leuven players Helmond Sport players Eerste Divisie players Belgian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Belgium youth international footballers Belgium under-21 international footballers Association football forwards RWDM47 players People from Lier, Belgium Footballers from Antwerp Province {{Belgium-footy-forward-stub