André Riou

André Riou
	André Riou in 1943
Personal information
Date of birth	8 August 1918
Place of birth	France
Date of death	5 October 2005 (aged 87)
Place of death	Toulouse, France
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
–	Racing de Paris
–	Toulouse
Managerial career
	Toulouse
	Béziers
1948–1949	Red Star
1950–1951	Amiens
1953–1958	Standard Liège
1958–1961	Daring Club Bruxelles
1962–1965	RAEC Mons
1965–1966	Union Saint-Gilloise
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

André Riou (8 August 1918– 5 October 2005),^[1] nicknamed l'homme au béret (French for 'the man with a beret'), was a French footballer.

Riou was born in Toulouse, and played for Toulouse FC at the end of the 1930s as a striker, but was best known as a manager all over France.

He was also head of youth development for the FFF, at the beginning of the 1950s, and was also regional head of technical coaching until the 1980s.

Playing career[edit]

Playing honours[edit]

Champion of Zone Sud in 1943 (TFC)

Coaching career[edit]

Toulouse FC
AS Biterroise (D2)
Red Star Olympique Audonien/Stade Français: 1948 to 1950
Amiens SC^[2]
Standard de Liège: 1953 (1st pro. coach at the club) in 1958
Daring Club Bruxelles: 1958 to 1961
RAEC Mons: 1962 to 1965
Union Saint-Gilloise: 1965 to 1966

Honours as coach[edit]

Champions of Belgium : 1958 (with Standard, 1st national professional title for the club)
Coupe de Belgique : 1954 (with Standard, 1st cup for the club, as pros.)

References[edit]

^ "Nécropole1 OCTOBRE 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
^ Garin, Erik (12 July 2007). "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2010.

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[1] "Nécropole1 OCTOBRE 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2010-02-06.

[fr_league-2] Garin, Erik (12 July 2007). "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2010.

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v t e R.W.D. Molenbeek managers
Royal Racing White	Höfling (1964–67) Vliers (1967–69) Week (1969–73)
R. Daring Club Molenbeek	Butler (1932–54) Gibon (1955–57) Riou (1958–61) Denayer (1962–63) Langrand (1964–66) Elliott (1966–68) Renders (1968) Béres (1968–69) Höfling (1969–71) Hornig (1971–73)
R.W.D. Molenbeek	Week (1973–76) De Visser (1976–77) Horváth (1977–79) Borremans (1979–81) Boskamp (1981) Brom (1981–82) Dockx (1982–83) Vermeersch (1983–84) Garot (1984–86) Frivaldszky (1986–87) Horváth (1987) Van Himst (1987–88) Vandendaele (1988) Broos (1988–91) Novák (1991) Smets (1991–94) Lippens (1994) Vandereycken (1994–97) Renders (1997–98) Vandersmissen (1998) Jacobs (1998–2001) Thairet (2001) Ferrera (2001–02)