Jan Wuytens

January Wuytens ( born June 9, 1985 in Hechtel ) is a Belgian footballer. Since the summer of defenders 2013steht the Dutch first division club AZ Alkmaar under contract.

Career

Association

Wuytens already played in amateur youth teams before he came to the youth program of the Belgian Topvereins RSC Anderlecht. At the age of 13 he moved already abroad and joined the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven. When he should change in the professional sector, transferred to the defensive player to Ligakokurenten Heracles Almelo. At that time he was promoted to the 2005/06 season to his Eredivisie debut and got some league practice. The following year he was again more often zufinden on the bench, then managed but in 2007 /08 the breakthrough and played thirty league games for his team. 2008/ 09 Wuytens then scored his first Eredivisie matches. A total of five it should be this season. These services were also other Dutch team will not go unheeded. So in the summer of 2009 that the defender will move to FC Utrecht.

National

Wuytens was national player of the Belgian U21. In 2006 he qualified with his team for the final round of the U-21 European Football Championships 2007 in the Netherlands. By a 1-1 draw in which Wuytens received the red card and a 4-1 win in the return leg we paved the way. However, the defense was no longer considered for the final round and thus he missed the Junior European Championships.

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• Wuytens is the uncle of Stijn Wuytens, with whom he also played at PSV Eindhoven and his younger brother Dries Wuytens, which plays in the youth department of the PSV