David Wijns (born 9 January 1987) is a

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footballer who currently plays for Heist in the

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Career

Wijns started his professional football career with Heist in the

Belgian Promotion The Belgian Fourth Division was the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. The division was split into four separate leagues, A, B, C and D. The team with the most points in the four leagues together was declared the overall winner ...

, helping the team promote twice to end up in 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 ...

before being transferred to

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team

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Regio ...

in 2011. For Kortrijk, he played 29 league games in two seasons, before moving back to his birth town to join

OH Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven (), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian 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 number it inherited, ''D ...

in 2013. In August 2014, Wijns was loaned back to Heist for one seaso

with the loan eventually being made permanent following the 2014–15 season.

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* * 1987 births Living people Belgian footballers Challenger Pro League players Belgian Pro League players K.V. Kortrijk players Oud-Heverlee Leuven players K.S.K. Heist players Footballers from Flemish Brabant Men's association football defenders Sportspeople from Leuven {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub