Bertrand Crasson (born 5 October 1971) is a Belgian

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manager and former player who played as a defender, in the position of

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. Most recently he was the manager of Luxemburger team

F91 Dudelange F91 Dudelange (; lb, F91 Diddeleng, italic=no, ) is a Luxembourger professional football club based in Dudelange which plays in the Luxembourg National Division. It was formed in 1991 as a merger between three teams in the town: Alliance Dudel ...

Club career

Crasson was born in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

. He started his career at

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

in 1989. He moved abroad to

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club

Napoli Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

in 1996, where he remained until 1998, before rejoining his previous side for five more seasons. Crasson then played with

Lierse Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Be ...

during the 2003–04 season, and

the following season, retiring afterwards.

International career

Internationally, Crasson was a member of the Belgium national team squad that took part at the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...

, where he played 22 minutes (as a starter) in the team's 0–0 draw against the

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. In total, he obtained 26 caps between 1991 and 2001, scoring once.

Managerial career

From 2012 to 2018, Crasson worked in a role as Head of Academy Coaching for Police Tero in Thailand. On 10 September 2019, Crasson was appointed assistant manager of

under head manager

Emilio Ferrera Emilio Ferrera (born 19 June 1967 in Schaerbeek) is a Belgian football manager and former player, who is currently managing the U21 squad of Gent. His last former club was OH Leuven in the Belgian First Division B. Before he also worked at G ...

. Just one week after his arrival, Ferrera was fired and Crasson took charge on interim basis.

Honours

Anderlecht *

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2000–01 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: 1993–94 Belgian Cup, 1993–94 *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champion ...

: 1993, 1995,

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Individual * Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 1990–91

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* * * 1971 births Living people Belgian footballers Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian football managers Belgian expatriate football managers SSC Napoli players R.S.C. Anderlecht players R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C. players Lierse S.K. players 1998 FIFA World Cup players Belgium men's international footballers Serie A players Belgian Pro League players Footballers from Brussels Men's association football defenders Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate football managers in Luxembourg Expatriate football managers in Thailand F91 Dudelange managers {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub