# Olivier Deschacht

Olivier Deschacht (born 16 February 1981) is a Belgian professional football coach and a former football player who played as a left-back or centre-back. He is currently an assistant coach for the Belgium national under-21 football team.

## Career
### Early career

At the age of 7, Deschacht began playing for S.K. Begonia Lochristi before he moved to K.A.A. Gent in 1991. He then spent two years (1995–1997) at K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen.

### Anderlecht

In 1997 he signed for R.S.C. Anderlecht to play in their academy. He made his first team debut on 18 December 2001 under the coaching of Aimé Anthuenis.
For the 2007 season, Deschacht was awarded the captain's armband replacing teammate Bart Goor during Goor's injuries. After Goor's move to Germinal Beerschot, he was awarded captaincy full-time in 2008.

### Lokeren

In August 2018, free agent Deschacht joined Lokeren on a season-long contract, returning to his former youth club.

### Retirement

In April 2021, Deschacht announced that he would retire at the end of the 2020–21 season.

## Coaching career

In October 2021, Deschact was appointed assistant coach for the Belgium under-21 national team.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total | Ref. |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Ref. |
| Anderlecht | 2001–02 | First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Anderlecht | 2002–03 | First Division | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |
| Anderlecht | 2003–04 | First Division | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 0 | |
| Anderlecht | 2004–05 | First Division | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |
| Anderlecht | 2005–06 | First Division | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 43 | 0 | |
| Anderlecht | 2006–07 | First Division | 34 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
| Anderlecht | 2007–08 | First Division | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Anderlecht | 2008–09 | Pro League | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Anderlecht | 2009–10 | Pro League | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 53 | 0 | |
| Anderlecht | 2010–11 | Pro League | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| Anderlecht | 2011–12 | Pro League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Anderlecht | 2012–13 | Pro League | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
| Anderlecht | 2013–14 | Pro League | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
| Anderlecht | 2014–15 | Pro League | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 55 | 4 | |
| Anderlecht | 2015–16 | Pro League | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Anderlecht | 2016–17 | First Division A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Anderlecht | 2017–18 | First Division A | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Anderlecht | Total | Total | 395 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 602 | 11 | – |
| Lokeren | 2018–19 | First Division A | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
| Zulte Waregem | 2019–20 | First Division A | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Zulte Waregem | 2020–21 | First Division A | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
| Zulte Waregem | Total | Total | 57 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 2 | – |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 476 | 12 | 48 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 688 | 15 | – |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Appearances in the Belgian Super Cup
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in the Champions League
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Appearances in the Belgian Pro League playoffs
* ↑ Nine appearances in the Europa League and four in the Champions League
* ↑ Three appearances in the Europa League and three in the Champions League
* 1 2 3 Appearances in the Europa League
* ↑ Two appearances in the Europa League and six in the Champions League
* 1 2 Appearances in the Belgian First Division A playoffs

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Belgium | 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2004 | 5 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2005 | 6 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2009 | 4 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 20 | 0 |

## Honours

Anderlecht
* Belgian First Division: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17
* Belgian Cup: 2007–08
* Belgian Super Cup: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017
Individual
* Player with the most games for RSC Anderlecht (2018): 602
* DH The Best RSC Anderlecht Team Ever (2020)