Christophe Dessy (born 8 March 1966) is a Belgian former
football
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player and manager who played as a
defender.
During his playing career, he played in the
Belgian First Division A
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for
Racing Jet Wavre and
R. Charleroi S.C.[ After retiring he started working within football, mostly with youth development in French and Belgian clubs. In addition, he was the manager of ]R.A.E.C. Mons
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in 2008–09 and FC Brussels in 2009–10.
During his time at Standard Liège, Dessy oversaw the development of both Axel Witsel and Marouane Fellaini, "talents whose emergence is often attributed to Dessy".[ In 2022 he moved on to AC Ajaccio to take over as U17 coach.]
References
1966 births
Living people
Belgian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Wavre Sports FC players
Royal Charleroi S.C. players
R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes players
Francs Borains players
Belgian Pro League players
Belgian football managers
AS Nancy Lorraine non-playing staff
Standard Liège non-playing staff
R.A.E.C. Mons (1910) managers
R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C. managers
En Avant Guingamp non-playing staff
Olympique Lyonnais non-playing staff
AC Ajaccio non-playing staff
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
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