Jimmy Hempte (born 24 March 1982 in

Tournai Tournai ( , ; ; ; , sometimes Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicised in older sources as "Tournay") is a city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies by ...

) is a

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retired footballer who played as a

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and current head coach of CS PV Ostiches.

Club career

He joined R.E. Mouscron in 2004 from

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. In the summer of 2010 he left

K.V. Kortrijk Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk (often simply called KV Kortrijk or KVK) is a Belgian professional football club based in Kortrijk, West Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division, and they achieved their best ranking ever during the 20 ...

and signed with

Roda JC Kerkrade Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; ), shortly as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or simply Roda, is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the ...

. After three years he was released and he signed with

KV Oostende Koninklijke Voetbalclub Oostende, also called KV Oostende () or KVO, was a Belgian professional football club based in Ostend, West Flanders. The team was founded in 1904 as ''VG Oostende'' and had ''matricule'' number 31. The club was declare ...

Coaching and later career

In the summer 2015, Hempte joined RFC Tournai. On 14 October 2015, he was promoted to player-head coach at Tournai. He left the club in August 2016. A few days after leaving Tournai, Hempte joined RE Acren-Lessines as a player, which he played for, for one season. In the summer 2017, Hempte then joined F.C. Gullegem. In the summer 2018 the club announced, that Hempte had retired and would continue as a youth coach at

Royal Excel Mouscron Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...

. However, in September, it was reported that he would continue to play for Gullegem alongside his coaching position at Mouscron. In February 2020, he was appointed head coach of CS Pays Vert Ostiches Ath.L'AVENIR-JIMMY HEMPTE AU PAYS VERT: «UN CHALLENGE QUI ME PLAÎT»
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References

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