Jean-Louis Bessé
 Bessé in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Valery Jean-Louis Bessé | ||
| Date of birth | July 5, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Trois-Rivières Sélect | 13 | (11) |
| 2006 | Laval Dynamites | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Trois-Rivières Attak | 30 | (7) |
| 2008 | Montreal Impact | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Trois-Rivières | 29 | (29) |
| 2012–2015 | FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière | 65 | (5) |
| Total | 141 | (52) | |
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Québec | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2017 | |||
Jean-Louis Bessé (born July 5, 1980) is a retired Ivoirian footballer who played mostly in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Playing career
Besse began his Canadian career in 2000 in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec with Francheville. In 2006, he played with Trois-Rivières Sélect where he scored 11 goals finishing as the third highest goalscorer in the league.[1] For the remainder of the season he played with Laval Dynamites of the Canadian Soccer League.[1] He made his debut for the club on September 9, 2006 against the Caribbean Selects which resulted in a 4-1 victory.[2]
The following CSL season, he signed with expansion franchise Trois-Rivières Attak. He was the first player along with Nicolas Lesage to sign a contract with the new franchise, and was announced on January 17, 2007.[3] He made his debut on May 13 in a match against Toronto Croatia in a scoreless draw.[4] He scored his first goal on May 20, 2007 in a 2-1 over the Canadian Lions.[5] He helped Attak to claim their first piece of silverware by claiming the Open Canada Cup, and finished as runner-up in the National Division.[6]
He returned for the 2008 season where he helped the Attak claim their first National Division title, and helped the club reach a 13-game undefeated streak. In the postseason he contributed by scoring the opening goal in a 2-0 victory over the St. Catharines Wolves in the quarterfinal match.[7] He reached the final of the CSL Championship, where once again the Attak were defeated by the Serbian White Eagles, which ended in 2-2 draw and decided through penalties by a score of 2-1.[8] In the same season Besse was loaned out to the Montreal Impact in the USL First Division where he appeared in one match.[9][10]
In 2014, he played in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec with FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière.[11]
International career
Bessé made his international debut for the Québec official soccer team on June 25, 2013 against Provence in the International Peoples, Cultures, and Tribes Tournament.[12]
Honours
Club
- Trois-Rivières Attak
- Open Canada Cup: 2007
- National Division Champions: 2008
References
- ^ a b "Attak FC". 2007-11-06. Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Glover, Robin (September 9, 2006). "Result of the Saturday September 9th, 2006 CSL game between Caribbean Selects and Laval Dynamites played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 8:00pm". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
- ^ "The Trois-Rivières Attak FC is born".
- ^ "Attak FC". 2007-11-06. Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "May 20, 2007 CSL summary of Sunday's games (from CSL media release)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ Glover, Robin. "September 3, 2007 CSL Open Canada Cup Final Columbus Clan vs Trois-Rivieres Attak (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
- ^ "October 11, 2008 CSL Quarterfinal summary (from CSL menu)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ Glover, Robin. "October 21, 2007 CSL Semi-Final Serbian White Eagles vs Trois-Rivieres Attak (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ "Statistiques de l'Impact de Montréal". ImpactSoccer.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ "Valery Jean-Lou Besse | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ "Le FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière livre ses effectifs pour la saison". Hebdo Rive Nord (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-22.
- ^ "Quebec stun Provence to claim fine win on non-FIFA debut". nonfifafootball.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 2017-05-14.