Cyriel Dessers
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Dessers with Utrecht in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Cyriel Kolawole Dessers | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 December 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tongeren, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | FC De Zwaluw Vechmaal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Union FC Rutten | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Tongeren | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Sint-Truiden | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Tongeren | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | OH Leuven | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | OH Leuven | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Lokeren | 40 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | NAC Breda | 40 | (29) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | FC Utrecht | 56 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Heracles Almelo | 29 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Genk | 43 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Feyenoord (loan) | 41 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Cremonese | 29 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Rangers | 73 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Panathinaikos | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Nigeria | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 December 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Cyriel Kolawole Dessers (born 8 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Nigeria national team.
Dessers has spent the majority of his club career playing in Belgian and Dutch football. He was the top scorer in the Eredivisie in the 2019–20 season, while playing for Heracles Almelo. He was the top scorer in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League and was named in the competition's Team of the Season, while playing for Feyenoord.
Dessers qualified to play for Nigeria at international level because of his Nigerian mother. He made his senior international debut in October 2020.