Rudy Riou

Rudy Riou (born 22 January 1980) is a French former professional football goalkeeper who is the goalkeeper coach of Toulouse FC.

Rudy Riou
Riou in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-01-22) 22 January 1980
Place of birth Béziers, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Toulouse (goalkeeper coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 Montpellier 116 (0)
2004–2007 Istres 101 (0)
2007–2008 Toulouse 3 (0)
2008–2011 Marseille 1 (0)
2011 Charleroi 11 (0)
2011–2012 Nantes 33 (0)
2012–2015 Lens 73 (0)
2015–2016 OH Leuven 9 (0)
Total 347 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2018 Fréjus Saint-Raphaël (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Montpellier

Riou made his Ligue 1 début on 31 July 1999, being a key figure in a 2–1 victory over Olympique Lyonnais. He played 20 games for Montpellier before they were relegated. He signed his first professional contract in 2000.

In Ligue 2 he played 18 games and participated in the club's promotion back to Ligue 1. He then spent three seasons in Ligue 1 but at the end of the 2003–04 season he left Montpellier, who were once again relegated to Ligue 2.

Istres and Toulouse

In 2004 Riou agreed to sign for FC Istres, who were newly promoted to Ligue 1. He remained with FC Istres for three years before they were relegated to National. Riou then went on to sign for Toulouse FC, but rarely featured.

Marseille

At the beginning of the 2008–2009 season, he moved to Olympique de Marseille to cover for Steve Mandanda, with Cedric Carrasso in turn moving in the opposite direction to Toulouse.

On 29 October 2008, he made his first appearance for the club, replacing Steve Mandanda due to a thigh injury at halftime against Nantes. The match ended 1–1.

Charleroi

In January 2011 he signed a six-month contract with Sporting Charleroi after being released by Marseille.

Nantes

After a short spell at Charleroi, Riou signed a three-year contract with FC Nantes on 20 July 2011.

OH Leuven

In July 2015, free agent Riou signed for OH Leuven.[1] He left the club at the end of season following their relegation to the Belgian First Division B.

Coaching career

After retiring in the summer 2016, Riou immediately started his coaching career at Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël where he was appointed assistant manager to Charles Paquille.[2]

In October 2018 Riou was appointed goalkeeper's coach for the Gabon national team by manager Daniel Cousin.[3] He left the position in March 2019. In October 2019, he was appointed goalkeeper coach under manager Antoine Kombouaré at Toulouse FC.[4]

Honours

Montpellier

References
  1. "Rudy Riou signs for Oud-Heverlee Leuven of Belgium (in French)". m.lequipe.fr. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  2. [ANCIEN] QUE DEVIENT RUDY RIOU ?, allezpaillade.com, 10 January 2019
  3. GABON : RUDY RIOU NOUVEL ENTRAÎNEUR DES GARDIENS, BRUNO MBANANGOYE ADJOINT, football365.fr, 1 October 2018
  4. Toulouse. Ligue 1 : Antoine Kombouaré tout proche de succéder à Alain Casanova sur le banc du TFC ?, actu.fr, 14 October 2019
  5. "Hamburg 1-1 Montpellier (Aggregate: 2 – 2p)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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