Jean-Louis Bessé

Jean-Louis Bessé (born July 5, 1980) is a retired Ivoirian footballer who played mostly in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Jean-Louis Bessé
Bessé in 2007
Personal information
Full name Valery Jean-Louis Bessé
Date of birth (1980-07-05) July 5, 1980
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 UQTR Patriotes
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)
National team
2013 Québec 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 November 2017

Playing career

Bessé began his Canadian career in 2000 in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec (LSEQ) with Francheville.[1] In 2004, he began playing at the college level with UQTR Patriotes.[2][3] He later played with Trois-Rivières Sélect where he scored 11 goals finishing as the third highest goalscorer in the league in 2006.[1][4] 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.[5]

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.[6][7] He made his debut on May 13 in a match against Toronto Croatia in a scoreless draw.[8] He scored his first goal on May 20, 2007 in a 2-1 over the Canadian Lions.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11] He featured in the CSL Championship final, where 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.[12][13] In the same season Besse was loaned out to the Montreal Impact in the USL First Division where he appeared in one match.[14][15]

In 2009, he returned to play with Trois-Rivières Sélect and received the golden boat award as the top goal scorer in the LSEQ.[16] In 2012, he played in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ) with FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière where he recorded the first goal in the history of the PLSQ.[17][18]

International career

Bessé was selected for the Québec official soccer team to participate in the 2013 International Peoples, Cultures, and Tribes Tournament held in Marseille, France.[19]

He made his international debut for Québec on June 25, 2013 against Provence in the International Peoples, Cultures, and Tribes Tournament.[20]

Managerial career

In 2009, he was appointed the technical director for Les Dragons de Drummondville.[21]

Honours

Club
Trois-Rivières Attak

References
  1. "Attak FC". 2007-11-06. Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2017-05-11.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières - Patriotes / Profil de l'athlète". oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  3. "Patriote de la semaine". RDS.ca (in French). 2004-03-08. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  4. "Historique du Club de Soccer de Trois-Rivières". Club de Soccer de Trois-Rivières (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  5. 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.
  6. Chiarello, Stéphane (January 17, 2007). "The Trois-Rivières Attak FC is born". impactmontreal.com. Impact Media.
  7. "À l'Attak!". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). January 17, 2007. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  8. "Attak 0 Toronto Croatia 0". 2007-11-06. Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2017-05-14.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. "Victoire historique pour l'Attak". RDS.ca (in French). 2007-05-20. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  10. "2007 CSL season" (PDF). canadiansoccerleague.ca. September 3, 2007.
  11. Lavoie, Alexandre (2008-10-13). "Attak: un premier pas vers la finale". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  12. "Serbian White Eagles win 2008 CSL Championship". www.caribbeanstars.com. Caribbean Stars Inc. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  13. "2008 CSL Season" (PDF). canadiansoccerleague.ca. October 26, 2008.
  14. "Statistiques de l'Impact de Montréal". ImpactSoccer.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  15. "Valery Jean-Lou Besse | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  16. "Bessé et Ménard à l'honneur". Le Nouvelliste (in French). 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  17. "Le FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière livre ses effectifs pour la saison". Hebdo Rive Nord (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  18. "Victoire historique". Le Journal de Montréal. April 15, 2012. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  19. King, Ronald (2013-06-20). "Équipe Québec: l'idée fait son chemin". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  20. "Quebec stun Provence to claim fine win on non-FIFA debut". nonfifafootball.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  21. Allard, Danny (2009-07-10). "Jean-Louis Bessé apporte son coffre d'outils aux Dragons". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-13.
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