Laurent Jans


Laurent Jans is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Beveren and the Luxembourg national team.

Club career

Jans has played club football for Fola Esch and Waasland-Beveren. He went on trial with Scottish club Dundee in August 2014.
In July 2019, Jans joined SC Paderborn, newly promoted to the Bundesliga, from Metz on a season-long loan. Paderborn secured an option to sign him permanently. In May 2021 he left Belgian club Standard Liège for Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam.
On 19 August 2022, Jans moved to Waldhof Mannheim in the German 3. Liga.
In the summer of 2024, Jans signed for his former club, S.K. Beveren.

International career

Jans represented Luxembourg at under-19 and under-21 youth level. He made his senior international debut for Luxembourg in 2012 in a match against Israel during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. On 19 November 2023, he played his 100th international match in a 1–0 away win over Liechtenstein during the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying.

Career statistics

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 June 2019Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg3–33–3Friendly