Christophe Paul F. Lepoint (; born 24 October 1984) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Seraing Seraing (; wa, Serè) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Boncelles, Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, Ougrée, and Seraing. With Liège, Herstal, Saint ...

Club career

On 31 January 2011, he was seriously injured in a car accident. He fell asleep in the passenger seat of a car being driven by his teammate

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who, it is alleged, had been drinking. Afterwards, he struggled to get back into the first team and was loaned out to

Waasland-Beveren Sportkring Beveren is a professional Belgian association football club located in the municipality of Beveren, East Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division B. History The club was founded in 1936 as Red Star and registered to an amate ...

in the summer of 2012. After a series of good performances for Waasland-Beveren and with Gent struggling in the league, Gent offered to loan out

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and

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to allow Lepoint to return to Gent early. On 29 January 2015, Lepoint signed for

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on a -year deal. On 17 June 2015, Lepoint signed for

Zulte Waregem Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem (), commonly known as Zulte Waregem or by their nickname Essevee (), is a Belgian professional football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. Zulte Waregem plays in the Belgian First Division A. Their highest finish a ...

for an undisclosed fee. On 17 January 2021, he returned to

Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch and vls, Moeskroen, ; Picard and Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropoli ...

and signed a contract until July 2022. On 3 June 2022, Lepoint signed a two-year contract with

International career

On 19 May 2010, he made his debut in the Belgian national team in a friendly match against

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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 ...

and scored the equaliser in a 2–1 win.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

Gent *

Belgian Pro League 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 ...

: 2009–10 runners-up *

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 ...

: 2010 Belgian Cup Final, 2009–10 Zulte Waregem *

: 2016-17 Belgian Cup, 2016-17

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* * * 1984 births Living people Footballers from Brussels Association football midfielders Belgian footballers Eredivisie players Belgium international footballers Belgium under-21 international footballers Belgium youth international footballers Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in England R.S.C. Anderlecht players TSV 1860 Munich players TSV 1860 Munich II players Willem II (football club) players Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers A.F.C. Tubize players Royal Excel Mouscron players K.A.A. Gent players S.K. Beveren players Charlton Athletic F.C. players S.V. Zulte Waregem players K.V. Kortrijk players R.F.C. Seraing (1922) players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Süper Lig players Belgian Pro League players English Football League players {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub