Mathias Janssens (born 9 March 1998) is a Belgian professional

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who plays for club UR La Louvière as a

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Club career

Early career

Janssens began playing football in 2003 with

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. In 2012, he switched to the academy of

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and then to

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for one season in 2014.

Waasland-Beveren

In 2015, Janssens signed with

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. In 2016 he began playing for the reserve team and made his first appearance on first-team bench on 30 April 2016. He left Waasland-Beveren in summer 2018.

La Louvière

On 5 October 2018, Janssens signed with

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RAAL La Louvière Royal Association Athlétique Louviéroise La Louvière (known by its abbreviation RAAL La Louvière) is a football in Belgium, Belgian professional football club based in La Louvière, in the province of Hainaut (province), Hainaut. The club f ...

. On 11 December 2018, he made his debut in a 2–2 draw against

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Valour FC

On 31 January 2019, Janssens signed with

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Valour FC Valour FC is a Canadian professional soccer club in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays their home matches at Princess Auto Stadium. The team is coached by Phillip Dos Santos and community owned throu ...

. On 12 May 2019, he made his professional debut in a 1–0 win over

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. In his second game for Valour, he kept another clean sheet in a 1–0 victory over

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. During the

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, Janssens split the goalkeeping duties at Valour with Tyson Farago. He ended up playing 12 out of 28 league games, as well as one

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match.

Return to La Louvière

After one and a half years without club, Janssens returned to

, signing with the club in the summer 2021.BIENVENUE JANSSENS !
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Personal life

Janssens' twin brother

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is also a footballer and plays for

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in Belgium.

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Mathias Janssens
at freekick.be {{DEFAULTSORT:Janssens, Mathias Living people 1998 births Men's association football goalkeepers Belgian men's footballers Belgian expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Brussels Belgium men's youth international footballers Royale Union Tubize-Braine players R.A.E.C. Mons (1910) players KAA Gent players S.K. Beveren players Valour FC players RAAL La Louvière players Olympic Charleroi players UR La Louvière Centre players Canadian Premier League players Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Canada 21st-century Belgian sportsmen