Cyriel Dessers
Nigerian footballer (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cyriel Kolawole Dessers (born 8 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Rangers. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Nigeria national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cyriel Kolawole Dessers[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Tongeren, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
FC De Zwaluw Vechmaal | |||
Union FC Rutten | |||
K.S.K. Tongeren | |||
Sint-Truiden | |||
0000–2011 | K.S.K. Tongeren | ||
2011–2014 | OH Leuven | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | OH Leuven | 1 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Lokeren | 32 | (4) |
2016–2017 | NAC Breda | 36 | (22) |
2017–2019 | FC Utrecht | 40 | (12) |
2019–2020 | Heracles Almelo | 26 | (15) |
2020–2022 | Genk | 38 | (10) |
2021–2022 | → Feyenoord (loan) | 27 | (9) |
2022–2023 | Cremonese | 26 | (6) |
2023– | Rangers | 35 | (16) |
International career‡ | |||
2020– | Nigeria | 6 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:23, 18 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:31, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Dessers has spent the majority of his club career playing in Belgian and Dutch football. He was the top scorer in the Eredivisie in the 2019–20 season, while playing for Heracles Almelo. He was the top scorer in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League and was named in the competition's Team of the Season, while playing for Feyenoord.
Dessers qualified to play for Nigeria at international level because of his Nigerian mother. He made his senior international debut in October 2020.