Daan Heymans

Daan Heymans
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth Turnhout, Belgium
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Genk
Number 38
Youth career
2005−2009 KSK Retie
2009−2016 Westerlo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Westerlo 25 (4)
2018–2021 Waasland-Beveren 37 (8)
2019 → Lommel SK (loan) 12 (1)
2021–2022 Venezia 7 (0)
2022 → Charleroi (loan) 16 (4)
2022–2025 Charleroi 107 (22)
2025– Genk 38 (11)
International career‡
2017 Belgium U18 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 October 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 April 2019

Daan Heymans (born 15 June 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Genk.

Club career

On 27 January 2022, Heymans joined Charleroi on a 1.5-year loan with an option to buy. On 3 July 2022, he moved to Charleroi on a permanent basis and signed a three-year contract.

On 18 June 2025, Heymans signed a four-year contract with Genk.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 October 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Westerlo 2016–17 Belgian Pro League 1000——10
2017–18 Challenger Pro League 24420——264
Total 25420——274
Waasland-Beveren 2018–19 Belgian Pro League 2000——20
2019–20 5000——50
2020–21 32821——349
Total 39821——419
Lommel (loan) 2018–19 Challenger Pro League 12100——121
Venezia 2021–22 Serie A 7031——101
Charleroi 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 10200—62164
2022–23 33611——347
2023–24 35322——375
2024–25 291111—1034015
Total 1072244—16513331
Genk 2025–26 Belgian Pro League 291022104—4116
2026–27 9111——102
Total 381133104—5118
Career total 2284614910416526864
  1. ↑ Includes Belgian Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in play-off
  3. ↑ Nine appearances and three goals in European play-offs, One appearance in Europa League play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ↑ Daan Heymans at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Daan Heymans at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "BIENVENUE, DAAN !" (Press release) (in French). Charleroi. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "DAAN HEYMANS DÉFINITIVEMENT ZÈBRE !" (in French). Charleroi. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Daan Heymans is KRC Genk's first signing of the summer". KRC Genk. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.