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
Teams managed
	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
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

André Riou (known as L'homme au béret) (8 August 1918– 5 October 2005^[1]) was a former 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[]

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.)

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2010-02-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ 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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