David Wijns

{{short description|Belgian footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = David Wijns

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|01|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Leuven, Belgium

| height = 1.82m

| currentclub = ASV Geel

| clubnumber =

| position = Right back

| years1 = 2005–2011 |clubs1 = Heist |caps1 = 163 |goals1 = 22

| years2 = 2011–2013 |clubs2 = Kortrijk |caps2 = 29 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2013–2015 |clubs3 = OH Leuven |caps3 = 18 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2014–2015 |clubs4 = → Heist (loan) |caps4 = 29 |goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2015–2023 |clubs5 = Heist |caps5 = 149 |goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2023– |clubs6 = ASV Geel |caps6 = 0 |goals6 = 0

| pcupdate = 16 August 2023

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David Wijns (born 9 January 1987) is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for ASV Geel in the Belgian Division 3.

Career

Wijns started his professional football career with Heist in the Belgian Promotion, helping the team promote twice to end up in the Belgian Second Division before being transferred to Belgian Pro League team Kortrijk in 2011. For Kortrijk, he played 29 league games in two seasons, before moving back to his birth town to join OH Leuven in 2013. In August 2014, Wijns was loaned back to Heist for one season [http://www.ohl.be/heren/nieuws/berichten/7757] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902232221/http://www.ohl.be/heren/nieuws/berichten/7757 |date=2014-09-02 }}, with the loan eventually being made permanent following the 2014–15 season.