Cédric Berthelin (born 25 December 1976) is a French former professional

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er and currently the goalkeeper coach of

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Career

Berthelin started his professional career with

in 1999 and spent two seasons with the ''sang et or ''(literally blood and gold) making only occasional first team appearances. During the 2001/2 season he played for

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. Berthelin signed for

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in January 2003 on a free transfer following a brief period at

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. After six months, he was offered a two-year contract and played regularly for the first XI. An appearance at

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for Crystal Palace in an FA Cup match bought him to national attention as Palace won 2–0 with Berthelin in outstanding form. He lost his place shortly after

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became manager of Crystal Palace and was a non playing member of the side that gained promotion via the 1st Division Play Off Final in 2003–04 season. Berthelin did not make any further first team appearances for Palace during their first year back in the top division of English football and left during the season to join

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of Belgian Jupiler League where he was appointed to the coaching team. He spent three and a half seasons with Mons from 2004 to 2007 appearing in ninety league games for them before moving to Verbroedering Dender in the Belgian Top Division aka Jupiler League in January 2008. At the start of the 2009–10 season he moved again to R.E. Mouscron. When Mouscron collapsed in December 2009, Berthelin found himself without a club. He stopped briefly at his old club

where he was employed on a non contractual basis. He then joined another of his ex clubs Mons for whom he was a regular for the next three seasons and for whom he made over one hundred and thirty league appearances. He joined Oostende at the end of the 2012–13 season as a goalkeeper coach and reserve keeper behind Mulopo Kudimbana. In the 2013–14 season he played a number of first team league games for Oostende, but after they signed

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in November 2013, Berthelin chose to retire from playing continuing as a goalkeeper coach. Subsequently, in June 2015, he was hired as a goalkeeper coach at

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in West Flanders in Belgium. On 1 July 2019 Berthelin signed with

R. Charleroi S.C. Royal Charleroi Sporting Club, often simply known as Charleroi or Sporting Charleroi, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League. Their current ...

as a goalkeeper coach.Cédric Berthelin est le nouveau coach des gardiens de Charleroi
lesoir.be, 1 July 2019 In January 2025 he took up a similar position at Lens.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berthelin, Cedric 1976 births Living people People from Courrières French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers English Football League players RC Lens players ASOA Valence players Luton Town F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players R.A.E.C. Mons (1910) players K.V. Oostende players Men's association football goalkeepers F.C.V. Dender E.H. players Royal Excel Mouscron players Ligue 2 players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in England Footballers from Pas-de-Calais French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in England