Bjorn 'El Toro' Ruytinx (born 18 August 1980) is a retired
Belgian professional football player who last played for
Halen in the
Belgian Provincial Leagues as a forward.
Career
Ruytinx spent most of his career with OH Leuven, where he was signed in 2002 when the team was playing in the
Belgian Third Division. With OH Leuven he enjoyed promotion to the
Belgian Second Division
The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Associa ...
in 2005 and to the
Belgian Pro League
The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...
in 2011. After staying with the team for a decade (and becoming a club-icon in the process), Ruytinx finally moved to Oostende in 2014. At Oostende, he regularly featured in the squad during his first season, however during his second season he did not play a single minute and as such he moved to third division team
Beerschot Wilrijk during the
winter 2015–16 transfer window.
After a following season at Hasselt and a final one at his initial club Halen, Ruytinx retired in 2019.
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
Belgian footballers
Belgian Pro League players
Challenger Pro League players
Oud-Heverlee Leuven players
K.V. Oostende players
K Beerschot VA players
Association football forwards
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