Jo Gilis (born 5 February 2000) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as an

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or a winger for

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 ...

and OH Leuven U23.

Club career

Gilis played his first match for

on 14 April 2018, coming on as a substitute for Nikola Storm in a 0-2 win at

Waasland-Beveren Sportkring Beveren is a professional Belgian association football club located in the municipality of Beveren, East Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division B. History The club was founded in 1936 as Red Star and registered to an amate ...

Personal life

Gilis has two older sisters, Nele Gilis and

Tinne Gilis Tinne Gilis (born 29 October 1997 in Mol) is a Belgian professional squash player. As of May 2022, she reached a career high ranking of number 13 in the world ''In the World'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded i ...

, who are both professional

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players representing Belgium.

References

2000 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's youth international footballers Oud-Heverlee Leuven players S.C. Eendracht Aalst players Lierse Kempenzonen players K.S.K. Heist players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub