Robert-Jan Van Wesemael

Robert-Jan Van Wesemael is a product of the STVV youth academy. He signed his first professional contract in March 2022 together with fellow academy products Alouis Diriken, Mathias Delorge and Keo Boets, before being sent to Tienen on loan for the 2022–2023 season to get regular first-team football. He returned to St. Truiden for the 2023–2024 campaign and has since worked his way into a regular starting role.

His game is built on defensive discipline and a high work rate rather than attacking output, and St. Truiden have pointed to his contribution as part of why the side has been considered the best team in the league "without the ball". That makes one moment stand out all the more: against RAAL La Louvière, he opened the scoring in the 20th minute with what was described as a striker's finish, an unusual highlight for a player whose value lies mainly at the other end of the pitch.

His importance to the team showed in his minutes rather than his goals — he was on the pitch for the vast majority of St. Truiden's football in the 2024/2025 season. When the club secured qualification for the UEFA Europa Conference League, Van Wesemael pointed to his own role in that success, a reflection of how central he had become to a team he had once left on loan to gain experience elsewhere.