Cyriel Kolawole Dessers (born 8 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Rangers.

Dessers has spent the majority of his club career playing in Belgian and Dutch football.

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.

On 6 July 2023, Dessers joined Scottish Premiership club Rangers for an undisclosed fee.

[20] Four days later, Dessers scored his first goal for Rangers, against Swiss club Servette in a Champions League qualifying tie.

[26] Dessers scored his first goal in season 2024-25 in a Champions League qualification tie against Dynamo Kyiv.

[27] Dessers scored his second goal of the season in a home league match against Motherwell with the assist coming from team mate Mohamed Diomande.

In the same match Dessers also provided an assist for a goal scored by team mate Ross McCausland.

[30] Dessers provided an assist for team mate Tom Lawrence in the match against Dundee United in September 2024.

[32] Dessers eighth goal of the season came against Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup Semi Final.

[35] Dessers added goals 11 and 12 for the season after scoring a double against Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock at Ibrox in December 2024.

[36] In his next match against Ross County, Dessers turned provider with an assist for a goal scored by team mate James Tavernier.

[39] In a Europa league match against Manchester United in January 2025, Dessers scored Rangers equaliser in their 2-1 defeat.

[42] Born in Belgium to a Belgian father and Nigerian mother, Dessers chose to represent Nigeria at international level in December 2019.

[43] Earlier in his career, he was called up to the Belgium under-21 national team for a game against Moldova, but he was an unused substitute.

[3][44] On 4 March 2020, he was called up by Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr as part of the team players invited for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures against Sierra Leone.