Rudy Riou

Rudy Riou (born 22 January 1980) is a retired French football goalkeeper who currently 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
Club information
Current team
 Toulouse (goalkeeper coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 Montpellier HSC 116 (0)
2004–2007 FC Istres 101 (0)
2007–2008 Toulouse FC 3 (0)
2008–2011 Olympique Marseille 1 (0)
2011 Sporting Charleroi 11 (0)
2011–2012 FC Nantes 33 (0)
2012–2015 RC Lens 73 (0)
2015–2016 OH Leuven 9 (0)
Teams managed
2016–2018 Fréjus Saint-Raphaël (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Montpellier HSC

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 League 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 2003-2004 season he left Montpellier, who were once again relegated to L2

FC Istres and Toulouse FC

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.

Olympique de 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 FC Nantes. The match ended 1-1.

Sporting 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.

Oud-Heverlee 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 Rudy Riou was appointed goalkeeper’s coach for the Gabon national football 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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