Stéphane Besle (; born 23 January 1984 in Haguenau) is a retired French

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club

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

having signed with the team in summer 2005, along with teammate

Matar Coly Matar Coly (born 10 November 1984) is a Senegalese former professional footballer. Career Coly began his career in 1994 in Dakar with Génération Foot, at 10 years old. Aged 18 he joined the youth team of RC Lens, in 2003 was called up to the s ...

. Besle established himself as a first-choice central defender for Xamax and was the club's captain before being released in December 2011.

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Neuchatel Xamax profile
* 1984 births Living people People from Haguenau Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Association football defenders French expatriate footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland French footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players RC Lens players FC Metz players FC St. Gallen players FC Aarau players Swiss Super League players Footballers from Alsace Sportspeople from Bas-Rhin {{France-footy-defender-1980s-stub