Yentl Van Genechten

Yentl Van Genechten
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium[1]
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Eupen
Number 2
Youth career
Heist
2010–2013 Westerlo
2013–2015 Mechelen
2015–2018 Westerlo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Westerlo 7 (2)
2019–2020 →Thes Sport (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2021 Lierse Kempenzonen 25 (1)
2021–2022 Genk 0 (0)
2022– Eupen 56 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:40, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Yentl Van Genechten (born 18 August 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Belgian Pro League club Eupen.

Club career

Van Genechten is a youth product of Heist, Mechelen, and Westerlo. He signed his first professional contract with Westerlo on 13 March 2018.[2] He had a season-long loan with Thes Sport in the 2019–20 season.[3] He then transferred to Lierse Kempenzonen on 17 April 2020.[1] The following season he joined the Genk U21s on 10 July 2021.[4] On 28 June 2022, he transferred to the Belgian Pro League club Eupen until 2025.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "YENTL VAN GENECHTEN NAAR LIERSE". www.lierse.com.
  2. ^ "Mooi! Westerlo is Schalke en Roda te snel af voor 17-jarig talent: "Eerste balcontact was stressen"". Voetbalkrant.com. 13 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Van Genechten in de basis?". www.hbvl.be.
  4. ^ "Officiel : Genk annonce l'arrivée de Yentl Van Genechten". Walfoot.be. 10 July 2021.
  5. ^ "L'AS Eupen engage Yentl Van Genechten, un défenseur de 21 ans de Genk". sudinfo.be. 28 June 2022.