Cédric Roussel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cédric Roussel | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Mons, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1998 | La Louvière | 107 | (49) |
| 1998–2000 | AA Gent | 32 | (8) |
| 1999–2000 | → Coventry City (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Coventry City | 28 | (6) |
| 2001–2003 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | → R.A.E.C. Mons (loan) | 33 | (22) |
| 2003–2004 | K.R.C. Genk | 31 | (14) |
| 2004 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Standard Liège | 15 | (6) |
| 2006 | S.V. Zulte Waregem | 14 | (4) |
| 2007 | Brescia | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | R.A.E.C. Mons | 43 | (12) |
| 2010 | AEK Larnaca | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | La Louvière | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | HSV Hoek | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | RUS Beloeil | ||
| 2012–2013 | CS Entité Manageoise | ||
| 2013 | R.R.C Waterloo | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1993–1994 | Belgium U16 | 4 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Belgium U18 | 7 | (5) |
| 1995 | Belgium U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Belgium U21 | 12 | (10) |
| 2003 | Belgium | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 August 2006 |
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Cédric Roussel (born 6 January 1978) is a former Belgian football striker.
In 1997, Roussel took part in the FIFA World Youth Championship. In the season that followed the tournament, he was promoted to the Gent senior team.
Roussel signed a season-long loan deal for Premiership club Coventry City on 12 October 1999. He made his debut on 16 October, during the 4–1 win over Newcastle United, coming on as a late substitute for Gary McAllister. On 22 November 1999 he scored his first goal for the club, a header against Aston Villa at Highfield Road. Having impressed during his initial loan spell, Coventry signed Roussel in January 2000 for a fee of £1.2 million, despite "substantial" bids from Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur. He finished his first season in the Premiership with six goals, including two goals in the 3–2 defeat to Manchester United in February 2000. Roussel also formed a successful strike partnership with young Irishman Robbie Keane. However, the following season he began to struggle on the goalscoring front, owing partly to injury setbacks.
Midway through January 2001, with Coventry struggling in the league, a number of bids were made for Roussel's services, including one from Wimbledon. After refusing to sign for Wimbledon, he criticized the Coventry board for trying to use him as a makeweight in a deal to bring John Hartson to the club. He was particularly critical of the club's chairman Bryan Richardson for forcing through the Wimbledon transfer, accusing him of not repaying the loyalty Roussel himself had shown in signing permanently for the club, despite interest from "several classier clubs." Roussel would however later describe his time at Coventry as "the best part of my career."
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