.jpg) Faes celebrating promotion with Leicester City in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wout Felix Lina Faes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Mol, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Rauw Sport Mol | ||
| 2006–2012 | Lierse | ||
| 2012–2016 | Anderlecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Anderlecht | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Heerenveen (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Excelsior (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Oostende | 57 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Reims | 73 | (5) |
| 2020 | → Oostende (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022– | Leicester City | 85 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Belgium U15 | 5 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Belgium U17 | 27 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Belgium U19 | 9 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | Belgium U21 | 21 | (0) |
| 2022– | Belgium | 25 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:55, 10 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:33, 17 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Wout Felix Lina Faes (born 3 April 1998) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Premier League club Leicester City and the Belgium national team.
A promising talent from the Anderlecht academy, Faes was sent on loan with Heerenveen and Excelsior in the Eredivisie, but never experienced his breakthrough with Anderlecht. As a result, he moved to Oostende, where he was able to grow into a solid starter. In January 2020, Faes was signed by Ligue 1 club Reims and was sent back on loan to Oostende for the rest of the season. He subsequently joined Leicester City in 2022.
Faes represented Belgium in youth levels, where he gained attention as the captain of Belgian national youth teams. He made his senior debut for Belgium in 2022 and was part of their squads for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.
- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015: List of Players: Belgium" (PDF). FIFA. 28 October 2015. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Wout Faes". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 1 November 2022.