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