| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Standard Liège | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2014 | Anderlecht | ||
| 2014–2018 | Standard Liège | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Standard Liège | 64 | (7) |
| 2019 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | → MVV Maastricht (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | DR Congo U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | DR Congo | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:57, 31 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
William Balikwisha (born 12 May 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Standard Liège. Born in Belgium, he represents the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally.
Balikwisha joined Anderlecht's youth academy at the age of 4, and moved to Standard Liège in 2014.[2] Balikwisha made his professional debut for Standard in a 3–0 Belgian First Division A win over Lokeren on 18 August 2018.[3]
On 9 August 2019, he joined Cercle Brugge on a one-season loan.[4]
Born in Belgium, Balikwisha is of Congolese descent.[5] Balikwisha represented the DR Congo U23s for a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2019.[6][7] He debuted for the senior DR Congo national team in a 3–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Mauritania on 24 March 2023.[8]
Balikwisha is the brother of the footballer Michel-Ange Balikwisha.[9]