Olivier Deschacht

Olivier Deschacht (born 16 February 1981) is a Belgian professional football coach and a former player who played as a left-back or centre-back. He is an assistant coach for the Belgium national under-21 football team.

Olivier Deschacht
Deschacht with Anderlecht in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-02-16) 16 February 1981
Place of birth Ghent, Belgium
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Belgium U21 (assistant coach)
Youth career
1988–1991 Begonia Lochristi
1991–1995 Gent
1995–1997 Lokeren
1997–2001 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2018 Anderlecht 395 (8)
2018–2019 Lokeren 24 (2)
2019–2021 Zulte Waregem 57 (2)
Total 476 (12)
International career
2002–2003 Belgium U21 6 (0)
2003−2014 Belgium 20 (0)
Managerial career
2021– Belgium U21 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Early career

At the age of 7, Deschacht began playing for S.K. Begonia Lochristi before he moved to K.A.A. Gent in 1991. He then spent two years (1995–1997) at K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen.

Anderlecht

In 1997 he signed for R.S.C. Anderlecht to play in their academy. He made his first team debut on 18 December 2001[1] under the coaching of Aimé Anthuenis.

For the 2007 season, Deschacht was awarded the captain's armband replacing teammate Bart Goor during Goor's injuries. After Goor's move to Germinal Beerschot, he was awarded captaincy full-time in 2008.

Lokeren

In August 2018, free agent Deschacht joined Lokeren on a season-long contract, returning to his former youth club.[1]

Retirement

In April 2021, Deschacht announced that he would retire at the end of the 2020–21 season.[2]

Coaching career

In October 2021, Deschact was appointed assistant coach for the Belgium under-21 national team.[3]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total Ref.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Anderlecht 2001–02 First Division 120000000120 [4]
2002–03 1903000—220
2003–04 29050100—440
2004–05 33120801[lower-alpha 1]0441
2005–06 330109[lower-alpha 2]0–430 [5]
2006–07 341606[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 1]0471
2007–08 27050901[lower-alpha 1]0420
2008–09 Pro League 320201[lower-alpha 2]03[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3]0380
2009–10 2703013[lower-alpha 4]010[lower-alpha 3]0530
2010–11 121006[lower-alpha 5]02[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3]0201
2011–12 130203[lower-alpha 6]03[lower-alpha 3]0210
2012–13 202308[lower-alpha 2]08[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3]0392
2013–14 182202[lower-alpha 2]011[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3]0332
2014–15 301708[lower-alpha 7]010[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3]3554 [4]
2015–16 2801010[lower-alpha 6]04[lower-alpha 3]0430 [4]
2016–17 First Division A 120004[lower-alpha 6]04[lower-alpha 8]0200 [4]
2017–18 160104[lower-alpha 2]05[lower-alpha 8]0260 [4]
Total 3958430101063360211 –
Lokeren 2018–19 First Division A 242200000262 [4]
Zulte Waregem 2019–20 First Division A 240300000270 [4]
2020–21 332000000332 [4]
Total 572300003602 –
Career total 47612480101063368815 –
  1. Appearances in the Belgian Super Cup
  2. Appearances in the Champions League
  3. Appearances in the Belgian Pro League playoffs
  4. Nine appearances in the Europa League and four in the Champions League
  5. Three appearances in the Europa League and three in the Champions League
  6. Appearances in the Europa League
  7. Two appearances in the Europa League and six in the Champions League
  8. Appearances in the Belgian First Division A playoffs

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Belgium 200330
200450
200560
200600
200700
200800
200940
201020
Total200

Honours

Anderlecht

Individual

  • Player with the most games for RSC Anderlecht (2018): 602 [7]
  • DH The Best RSC Anderlecht Team Ever (2020) [8]

References
  1. "Officieel: Olivier Deschacht (37) trekt naar Lokeren en wordt maandag voorgesteld". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 25 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. Nuyens, Rudy (30 April 2021). "Onze man volgde Olivier Deschacht de voorbije 20 jaar: "Een diepe buiging, voor de voetballer én de mens"". He Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. "Olivier Deschacht wordt assistent-coach bij Belgische U21: "Ik ben ambitieus"" (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. "Olivier Deschacht » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  5. Profile at Footballdatabase, footballdatabase.eu
  6. Olivier Deschacht at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. "Deschacht zet een punt achter schitterend carrière".
  8. "La Dernière Heure | Het Beste Elftal Aller Tijden".


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