:Stéphane Besle

{{Short description|French footballer (born 1984)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Stéphane Besle

| image = Entraînement du Racing Club de Lens - 19 août 2015 15.JPG

| fullname = Stéphane Besle

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|1|23}}

| birth_place = Haguenau, France

| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Centre back

| currentclub =

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| years1 = 2002–2003 |clubs1 = Lens B |caps1 = 5 |goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2003–2004 |clubs2 = Lens |caps2 = 1 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2004–2005 |clubs3 = Lens B |caps3 = 28 |goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2005–2012 |clubs4 = Neuchâtel Xamax |caps4 = 132 |goals4 = 9

| years5 = 2012 |clubs5 = Metz |caps5 = 15 |goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2012–2015 |clubs6 = St. Gallen |caps6 = 86 |goals6 = 7

| years7 = 2015–2016 |clubs7 = Lens |caps7 = 13 |goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2016 |clubs8 = → Aarau (loan) |caps8 = 15 |goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2016–2017 |clubs9 = Aarau |caps9 = 36 |goals9 = 3

| pcupdate =

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Stéphane Besle ({{IPA|fr|stefan bɛl}}; born 23 January 1984 in Haguenau) is a retired French footballer.[https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/sport/aargau/karriereende-in-der-fussballoede-aarau-haudegen-stphane-besle-muss-unters-messer-131913645 Karriereende in der Fussballöde: Aarau-Haudegen Stéphane Besle muss unters Messer]‚ aargauerzeitung.ch, 17 November 2017 He previously played for Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax having signed with the team in summer 2005, along with teammate Matar Coly. Besle established himself as a first-choice central defender for Xamax and was the club's captain before being released in December 2011.