André Riou (1915 – 5 October 2005) was a former French footballer.

Riou was born in Toulouse

Toulouse

Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

, and played for Toulouse FC

Toulouse FC (1937)

Toulouse Football Club was a French association football team playing in the city of Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. The team was founded in 1937 and disappeared in 1967, in a merge with Red Star Olympique. Even though this team held the same name as Toulouse's current main club , the two teams are not to...

 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

French Football Federation

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, at the beginning of the 1950s, and was also regional head of technical coaching until the 1980s.

Playing career

• Racing de Paris
  RCF Paris
  Racing Club de France – Levallois 92 is a French association football club formerly based in Colombes, a suburb of Paris. In 2009, the club moved to nearby Levallois-Perret after the club reached a financial agreement with the commune. Racing was founded in 1882 as a sports club and is one of the...
  
    
• Toulouse FC
  Toulouse FC (1937)
  Toulouse Football Club was a French association football team playing in the city of Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. The team was founded in 1937 and disappeared in 1967, in a merge with Red Star Olympique. Even though this team held the same name as Toulouse's current main club , the two teams are not to...
  
    

Playing honours

• Champion of Zone Sud in 1943 (TFC)

Coaching career

• Toulouse FC
  Toulouse FC (1937)
  Toulouse Football Club was a French association football team playing in the city of Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. The team was founded in 1937 and disappeared in 1967, in a merge with Red Star Olympique. Even though this team held the same name as Toulouse's current main club , the two teams are not to...
  
    
• AS Biterroise
  AS Béziers (football)
  Association sportive de Béziers was a French association football team playing in the city of Béziers, Hérault. The team was founded in 1911 and disappeared in 1990, due to financial problems...
  
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• Red Star Olympique Audonien/Stade Français
  Red star
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     : 1948 to 1950
• Amiens SC
  Amiens SC
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• 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
  R. Union Saint-Gilloise
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     : 1965 to 1966

Honours as coach

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