Sebastiaan De Wilde (born 2 February 1993) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Knokke Knokke () is a town in the municipality of Knokke-Heist, which is located in the province of West Flanders in Flanders, Belgium. The town itself has 15,708 inhabitants (2007), while the municipality of Knokke-Heist has 33,818 inhabitants (2009). ...

Career

De Wilde played youth football for Eendracht Laarne,

Lokeren Lokeren () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second ...

and

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

. In the summer of 2013, he decided to leave Anderlecht to sign a contract with

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

. He made his debut on 25 October 2013 in a 3–1 home loss to

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, coming on as a substitute in the second half for

Jasper Waalkens Jasper Waalkens (born 13 February 1989 in Schijndel) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger for DOVO on loan from SV Spakenburg in the Dutch Tweede Divisie. Career Waalkens started his career with Avanti'31. At young age he was scouted by ...

. His first goals followed in the 2016–17 season, his first being a first-half goal on 30 October 2016 against

Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league sy ...

. In March 2017, his expiring contract was extended by one year. In May 2018, De Wilde moved to

Lommel Lommel () is a municipality and a city in the Belgian province of Limburg. The Kempen city has about 34,000 inhabitants and is part of the electoral district and the judicial district Lommel Neerpelt. Besides residential town of Lommel also has ...

on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract. In May 2019, De Wilde and Lommel decided to terminate the agreement by mutual consent. Ahead of the 2019–20 season, De Wilde joined

on a three-year contract.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Wilde, Sebastiaan 1993 births Living people Belgian footballers Belgian expatriate footballers FC Eindhoven players Lommel S.K. players Eerste Divisie players Belgian First Division B players Association football defenders People from Wetteren K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Footballers from East Flanders