Kevin Van Dessel

Personal information

Date of birth(1979-04-09)9 April 1979(age 47)

Place of birthKapellen, Belgium

Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

PositionMidfielder

Team information

Current teamRoda JC Kerkrade (manager)

Senior career*

Years Team Apps (Gls)

1996–1997 Germinal Ekeren 3 (0)

1997–1998 NAC Breda 2 (0)

1998–1999 Genoa 0 (0)

1999–2007 Roda JC Kerkrade 172 (10)

2007–2008 Sint-Truiden 21 (0)

2008–2010 VVV-Venlo 43 (1)

2010–2011 APOP Kinyras Peyias FC 18 (0)

2011–2015 EVV 76 (2)

International career

1992–1993 Belgium U15 2 (0)

1995–1997 Belgium U18 15 (0)

1996–1998 Belgium U19 17 (7)

2000–2002 Belgium U21 18 (1)

Managerial career

2011–2016Roda JC Kerkrade (youth)

2015–2017EVV Echt (assistant)

2016–2018Genk (U17)

2017–2018EVV Echt

2018–2020Genk (U21)

2020–2022Mechelen (assistant)

2022–2024Genk (assistant)

2024–2025Gent (assistant)

2025–Roda JC Kerkrade

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Van Dessel (born 9 April 1979) is a Belgian football coach and a former player who is the manager of Dutch Eerste Divisie club Roda JC Kerkrade.

Coaching career

On 2 June 2025, Van Dessel returned to the Dutch club Roda JC Kerkrade, for which he played for many years, as a manager, on a one-season contract.

Honours

Roda JC

KNVB Cup: 1999–2000

External links

at the Royal Belgian Football Association