Christophe Lepoint

Christophe Lepoint
Personal information
Full name Christophe Paul F. Lepoint
Date of birth (1984-10-24) 24 October 1984 (age 42)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kortrijk (caretaker manager)
Youth career
2002–2003 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 1860 Munich 9 (0)
2005 Willem II 10 (0)
2005–2006 Gençlerbirliği 4 (0)
2006–2008 Tubize 56 (6)
2008–2009 Mouscron 29 (5)
2009–2015 Gent 102 (11)
2012 → Waasland-Beveren (loan) 14 (5)
2015 Charlton Athletic 6 (0)
2015–2017 Zulte Waregem 73 (12)
2017–2021 Kortrijk 84 (5)
2021–2022 Mouscron 36 (3)
2022–2024 Seraing 52 (5)
International career
2003 Belgium U19 9 (2)
2003 Belgium U20 1 (2)
2004 Belgium U21 3 (0)
2010 Belgium 2 (1)
Managerial career
2024–2025 Kortrijk (U21)
2025– Kortrijk (assistant)
2026– Kortrijk (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christophe Paul F. Lepoint (French pronunciation: [kʁistɔf ləpwɛ̃]; born 24 October 1984) is a Belgian professional football coach and a former central midfielder who is the caretaker manager for Belgian Pro League club Kortrijk.

Club career

On 31 January 2011, he was seriously injured in a car accident. He fell asleep in the passenger seat of a car being driven by his teammate Sébastien Bruzzese who, it is alleged, had been drinking. Afterwards, he struggled to get back into the first team and was loaned out to Waasland-Beveren in the summer of 2012. After a series of good performances for Waasland-Beveren and with Gent struggling in the league, Gent offered to loan out Stijn De Smet and Jordan Remacle to allow Lepoint to return to Gent early.

On 29 January 2015, Lepoint signed for Charlton Athletic on a 2+1⁄2-year deal.

On 17 June 2015, Lepoint signed for Zulte Waregem for an undisclosed fee.

On 17 January 2021, he returned to Mouscron and signed a contract until July 2022.

On 3 June 2022, Lepoint signed a two-year contract with Seraing.

International career

On 19 May 2010, he made his debut in the Belgium national team in a friendly match against Bulgaria in Brussels and scored the equaliser in a 2–1 win.

Coaching career

On 14 September 2026, Lepoint was appointed caretaker manager of Kortrijk after the dismissal of Michiel Jonckheere.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gençlerbirliği 2005–06 Süper Lig 4000—40
Mouscron 2008–09 Belgian First Division 29500—295
Gent 2009–10 Belgian Pro League 3466040446
2010–11 1021050162
2012–13 12110—131
2013–14 29261—353
2014–15 17034—204
Total 102111759012816
Waasland-Beveren (loan) 2012–13 Belgian Pro League 1452020185
Charlton Athletic 2014–15 Football League Championship 6000—60
Zulte Waregem 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 371020—3910
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 36240—402
Total 731260007912
Kortrijk 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 23110—241
2018–19 33300—333
Total 5641000574
Career total 2843726511032142
  1. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ One Appearance in the Belgian Super Cup, Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League and Two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in the 2013 Europa League play-offs

International goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 May 2010Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels Bulgaria2–1WonFriendly

Honours

Gent

Zulte Waregem

References

  1. ↑ "The Football League Retained List". The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Lepoint to Gent, De Smet and Remacle to W-Beveren". sporza.be. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Charlton complete signing of Belgium international Christophe Lepoint". Charlton Athletic F.C. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Chrisophe Lepoint signs for SV Zulte Waregem". Charlton Athletic FC. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Lepoint signe son retour chez les Hurlus" (in French). Mouscron. 17 January 2021. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "MERCATO : BIENVENUE À CHRISTOPHE LEPOINT !" (in French). Seraing. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "KV Kortrijk en Michiel Jonckheere beëindigen samenwerking" [KV Kortrijk and Michiel Jonckheere end collaboration] (in Dutch). K.V. Kortrijk. 14 September 2026. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  8. ↑ Christophe Lepoint at Soccerway
  9. ↑ "Zulte Waregem win second Belgian Cup". UEFA. 18 March 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017.