Jenthe Mertens (born 18 October 1999) is a

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professional

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who plays for

Belgian First Division A 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 ...

side

Beveren Beveren () is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders which comprises the towns of Beveren, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene. The port of the Waasland (Dutch: ''Waaslandhaven'') is in Beveren, ...

Career

Mertens made his professional debut for OH Leuven on 5 August 2017 in the home match against

Lierse Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Be ...

Go Ahead Eagles

On 2 September 2019 it was confirmed, that Mertens had joined

Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...

on a contract until the summer 2020 with an option for one further year.JENTHE MERTENS: ‘HELE FLANK VOOR MIJN REKENING’
ga-eagles.nl, 2 September 2019

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* * 1999 births Living people Belgian footballers Belgian expatriate footballers Association football defenders Oud-Heverlee Leuven players Go Ahead Eagles players S.K. Beveren players Belgian Pro League players Belgian First Division B players Eerste Divisie players Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Sportspeople from Genk Footballers from Limburg (Belgium) {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub