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Jessy Reindorf

Rwandan footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ16234129
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Jessy Yapo Reindorf (born 10 July 1991) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he represented Rwanda at international level.

Club career

Born in Paris, France, Reindorf spent his early career in Italy, France and Belgium with Comacchio Lidi, CA Paris-Charenton and Union Royale Namur. While with Comacchio Lidi, Reindorf's contract and transfer arrangements was investigated by the footballing authorities.

He signed a two-year contract with English club Bury in July 2013. Reindorf scored his first goal for Bury on 27 August 2013 in 6–3 defeat to Norwich City in the League Cup; the goal was described by the BBC as a "spectacular strike," and Reindorf's performance was praised by manager Kevin Blackwell.

On 16 January 2014, Reindorf had his contract cancelled at Bury. Later that month he went on trial with Scottish club Falkirk. He signed for Tamworth in February 2014.

Reindorf signed for Sutton United in June 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from Jessy Reindorf” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.