[2] Until age 16, Hesse played amateur football in Creutzwald before moving to ply his trade with a club in Saint-Avold and then in Merlebach.
[1] Three years later, in 2014, the Creutzwald native went back to France as the Laval manager at the time, Denis Zanko, contacted him for the assistant job, which he took and signed a one-and-a-half-year contract.
[7] Hesse was given the Young Lions manager role ahead of the 2016 S.League as part of a coaching contingent summoned by FAS technical director Michel Sablon to go to Singapore.
[8] Even though the Frenchman arrived in Singapore in January, his official appointment as coach was deferred until he got his work pass one month later and was sanctioned to do business in the country.
[9] His first match in charge was a 1–0 triumph over Balestier Khalsa before losing twice in a row to Albirex Niigata S and Geylang International by 5–0 and 2–0 goal deficits.