{{short description|Belgian basketball coach and former player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | image = | caption = | name = Christophe Beghin | position = [[Coach (basketball)|Assistant coach]] | career_position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|center]] | height_m = 2.06 | league = [[BNXT League]] | team = Antwerp Giants | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|1|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Schaerbeek]], Belgium | career_start = 2009 | career_end =2017 | coach_start = 2017 | years1 = 1999–2004 | team1 = [[BC Oostende|Oostende]] | years2 = 2004–2005 | team2 = [[Roseto Sharks]] | years3 = 2005 | team3 = [[Spirou Charleroi]] | years4 = 2005–2007 |team4 = [[RBC Verviers-Pepinster|Verviers-Pepinster]] | years5 = 2007–2008 | team5 = Spirou Charleroi | years6 = 2008–2010|team6 = [[Antwerp Giants]] | years7 = 2010–2017 | team7 = Spirou Charleroi | cyears1= 2017–2019 | cteam1 = [[Antwerp Giants]] (assistant) | cyears2= 2019–2022 | cteam2 = Antwerp Giants | cyears3= 2022–2024 | cteam3 = [[Kortrijk Spurs]] | cyears4= 2024–present | cteam4 = Antwerp Giants (assistant) | highlights = '''As player:''' *3× [[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|Belgian Player of the Year]] (2002, 2009, 2010) '''As coach:''' * 2× [[Belgian Basketball Cup|Belgian Cup]] champion ([[2019–20 Belgian Basketball Cup|2020]], [[2025–26 Belgian Basketball Cup|2026]]) }} '''Christophe Beghin''' (born 2 January 1980) is a Belgian retired basketball player and current coach. Born in [[Schaerbeek]], Beghin had a long and successful professional career in which he was elected [[Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)|Belgium's Player of the Year]] three times.<ref>{{cite news |title=Christophe Beghin élu basketteur de l'année |url=http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1516/Omnisports/article/detail/1106392/2010/05/16/Christophe-Beghin-elu-basketteur-de-l-annee.dhtml |work=7sur7 |publisher=[[De Persgroep]] |date=16 May 2010 |accessdate=17 January 2012 }}</ref>
Beghin holds the record for most games played with the [[Belgium national basketball team|Belgian national team]], with 137 played games.
==Coaching career== On 18 June 2019, Beghin was announced as [[Antwerp Giants]] head coach after [[Roel Moors]] left the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hln.be/sport/meer-sport/roel-moors-verlaat-telenet-giants-antwerp-christophe-beghin-nieuwe-coach~a2d7f477/|title=Roel Moors verlaat Telenet Giants Antwerp, Christophe Beghin nieuwe coach|accessdate=18 June 2019}}</ref> He coached the team for two seasons, winning the Belgian Cup in 2020. On 14 January 2022, Beghin and Antwerp parted ways.<ref>{{cite web |title=Telenet Giants Antwerp en head coach Christophe Beghin in onderling overleg uit elkaar – Telenet Giants Antwerp |date=14 January 2022 |url=https://antwerpgiants.be/telenet-giants-antwerp-en-head-coach-christophe-beghin-na-onderling-overleg-uit-elkaar/ |access-date=15 January 2022 |language=nl-BE}}</ref>
On 11 March 2022, Beghin signed a two-year contract with [[Kortrijk Spurs]] of the [[Belgian Second Division (basketball)|Top Division 1]].<ref>{{cite news |title=OFFICIEEL Christophe Beghin twee jaar coach bij Kortrijk Spurs |url=https://basket360.be/2022/03/11/officieel-christophe-beghin-twee-jaar-coach-bij-kortrijk-spurs/ |access-date=23 March 2022 |work=Basket360 |date=11 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
== Career statistics==
{{Euroleague player statistics legend}}
===EuroLeague=== {{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2001–02 Euroleague|2001–02]] | style="text-align:left;"| [[BC Oostende|Telindus Oostende]] | '''14''' || '''10''' || '''28.4''' || '''.452''' || .000 || '''.653''' || '''5.4''' || '''.5''' || '''.9''' || '''.6''' || '''10.3''' || '''9.4''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2010–11 Euroleague|2010–11]] | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2 | [[Spirou Charleroi]] | 4 || 0 || 9.6 || .222 || .000 || .500 || 1.3 || .3 || .5 || .0 || 1.3 || –0.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2011–12 Euroleague|2011–12]] | 9 || 9 || 18.3 || .431 || '''.333''' || .607 || 2.7 || .6 || .0 || .0 || 7.0 || 4.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career | 27 || 19 || 22.3 || .435 || .222 || .633 || 3.9 || .6 || .5 || .3 || 7.9 || 6.3 {{S-end}}
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