Bjorn 'El Toro' Ruytinx (born 18 August 1980) is a retired Belgian professional football player who last played for Halen in the Belgian Provincial Leagues as a forward.[1]

Bjorn Ruytinx
Bjorn Ruytinx, is a retired Belgian football player
Personal information
Full name Bjorn Ruytinx
Date of birth (1980-08-18) 18 August 1980 (age 44)
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998–2000 Halen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Halen
2002–2004 Kermt-Hasselt 49 (34)
2004–2014 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 188 (64)
2014–2015 Oostende 29 (3)
2016–2017 Beerschot Wilrijk 21 (3)
2017–2018 Sporting Hasselt 0 (0)
2018–2019 Halen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2016

Career

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Ruytinx spent most of his career with OH Leuven, where he was signed in 2002 when the team was playing in the Belgian Third Division. With OH Leuven he enjoyed promotion to the Belgian Second Division in 2005 and to the Belgian Pro League in 2011.[2] After staying with the team for a decade (and becoming a club-icon in the process), Ruytinx finally moved to Oostende in 2014.[3] At Oostende, he regularly featured in the squad during his first season, however during his second season he did not play a single minute and as such he moved to third division team Beerschot Wilrijk during the winter 2015–16 transfer window.[4] After a following season at Hasselt and a final one at his initial club Halen, Ruytinx retired in 2019.

References

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  1. ^ Voetbal International profile
  2. ^ "I will prove I can handle the first division level" (in Dutch). Stampmedia. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Ruytinx moves from Leuven to Oostende" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 18 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Ruytinx tekent voor 2,5 jaar bij Beerschot-Wilrijk" [Ruytinx signs for 2,5 years with Beerschot-Wilrijk] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2 January 2016.
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