Rudy Riou

Rudy Riou ( born January 22, 1980 in Béziers ) is a French football goalkeeper who is currently engaged at RC Lens in the French Ligue 2.

  • 2.1 with HSC Montpellier
  • 2.2 with Olympique Marseille

Career

Career start at RCO Agde

Born in the Languedoc- Roussillon region in southern France Riou began his active career as a soccer goalie in 1990 at RCO Agde in the town of Agde, which also lies in the Languedoc- Roussillon region. There he came to 1996 in various youth teams to use and then moved to the junior level of Montpellier, where he at first in the youth teams, but at the same time even in the B- team of the club with gaming operations in the fourth division Championnat de France amateur which at that time still under the name National 2 (N2 ) ran, was used. After he had already come to the 1996/97 season in the National 2 in two championship games for the B team of Montpellier HSC used, he completed after the renaming of the League in the Championnat de France amateur ( CFA) in 1997/ 98 more nine championship games for the B team.

UI Cup win and relegation to Division 2

A further 13 League Appearances followed in the 1998/99 season, was the group's first in the Riou in the cadre of professional team with gaming operations in the highest French football league. After he was in this season still without professional use, he came in the following season 1999/2000 already in 20 league games for use. His league debut, the then 19 -year-old on 31 July 1999 in a 2-1 away win over Olympique Lyon, where he guarded the gate of his team over the full duration. This Riou was to advance from this season the best way to number one goal of the professional team, even though he had the more experienced Stéphane Cassard to defer the remaining 14 league games. However, it was not enough for the team at the end of the season to secure the whereabouts in the league and so increased times as Table with only 31 points in the Division 2 from. Although the team was relegated to the second French league at the end of the season, they still won in August 1999, one of the three finals in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1999. Riou was on the team that reached a 1-1 draw in the final first leg against Hamburger SV and won the return match after a further 1-1 on penalties 3-0, used in a total of three UI Cupspielen. Furthermore, the 1.85 m wide keeper came in three other games of the B- team to use.

Return to France excellence

The 2000/01 season was much better than the previously gone for the young goalkeeper. In 18 of 38 possible gewesenen inserts Riou reached at the end of the season with the team to third place in France's second division and was automatically eligible for the recent rise in the Division 1. There he came in the following season in 19 championship games for use and culminated with the team in the dense graded final table the 13th Place. After renaming the League of Division 1 in Ligue 1, the committed keeper advanced from the 2002/03 season to the real number 1 in the gate of HSC Montepellier and came in 28 league games for use. In the remaining games, he let the two Montepellier - coming talents Laurent Pionnier and Jody Viviani, who both made ​​their professional debut this season, the first. The negative peak for Riou was this season October 19, 2002, when he was sent in the away game against EA Guingamp in 26 minutes with a red card early from the field. For Riou, this meant the first red card in his professional career. The game was lost at the end with 1:3 after all the goals were scored by Riou's dismissal. At the end of the season the team just managed to avoid relegation in Ligue 1 and was two points clear at first relegated, the Le Havre AC, Sixteenth.

In the following season 2003/ 04 Riou was indeed again goalkeeper, but still could not prevent the re- descent of his team in the second French football league and decided to switch to end of the season the club. Overall, he came in 31 league games for the HSC Montepellier used in the remaining games he had, as in the previous season, the two talents go first. In his six seasons at the professional team, he was a total of three appearances in the League Cup games (one game in the season 1999/2000, 2002/ 03 and 2003/ 04) reported.

Team regular at FC Istres

For the season 2004 /05 was followed for Riou within the highest French league a transfer to FC Istres, which was represented in the preceding season nor in Ligue 2 and in third place automatically rose to the Ligue 1. In his first league match for FC Istres against AJ Auxerre (0-0 ) was the newcomer Riou with his quick reflexes and the successful parades, the player of the evening. For the dedicated goalkeeper followed by a further 25 appearances this season in the top French league before he Scrapping with the team after 38 rounds on the bottom of the table had to play the new path in the second division.

But this time, Riou held his club loyalty and followed him after relegation to Ligue 2, where he was awarded the 2005/06 season to the absolute number one in goal for the South of France. On a balance of 37 league games Riou was so in just a single season, only in a single game, he granted the five years older Grégory Legrand, who in his entire career never really could prevail as the root force in its respective clubs go first. In the final standings to Riou strung with FC Istres in Ligue 2 at the 13th place in the table a. In the season 2006/07 was still significantly worse for the professional team. After 38 rounds played in which Riou always guarded the gate of his team, the team had 63 goals and thus the most in the league suffered and rose to rank 19 in the National ( D3), the third- highest league in French football, from. Overall, he came in his three seasons for FC Istres in three games in the Coupe de la Ligue (2005/ 06 (1 game ), 2006 /07 ( 2 games) ) is used and brought it also to each use in the Coupe de France 2004/ 05 and 2005/06.

As a reserve in Toulouse and Marseille

Even before the recent descent joined the goalkeeper once more and came up even in the highest French League, where he signed a contract signed at the end of May 2007 FC Toulouse with a term of three years. There was, however, only the number 2 behind Nicolas Douchez and brought it so in the 2007/ 08 season only three championship stakes, of which he, however, only two played by the full match duration. Furthermore, he brought it this season on an insert in the UEFA Cup 2007/ 08, where it was used in the group stage in Group E in the last group match against Spartak Moscow over the full 90 minutes. For Riou it was the first and to date (31 July 2010) only appearance in this competition. At the end of the group phase, the team finished last difference, however, from the current competition. Also in the league, it was not very good and it so happened that you just managed to avoid relegation in Ligue 1 after 38 league games on the 17th for the professional team of FC Toulouse.

After he recorded a single use only in the B team, followed by the conclusion of the season, the consensual termination of the contract with the club and an immediate change to the successful French club Olympique Marseille. Negotiations with OM started already at the championship end, the negotiations following the signing of Cédric Carrasso and the small Riou's view to prevail at FC Toulouse, have been further strengthened. On October 29, 2008, incorporating followed Riou's first assignment for the South of France when he came in a 1-1 away draw against FC Nantes for half-time for the ailing Steve Mandanda on the lawn. For the team it was enough finally in the final standings with three points behind Bordeaux for the runner-up title in the highest soccer league in France.

After serving in the same season as replacement goalkeeper in OM squad, who took part in the Coupe de la Ligue 2008/ 09, the Coupe de France in 2008 / 09, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League 2008 / 09 and later in the competition itself, stood and there was not a single record insert, the inserts were also reflected in the 2009/10 season. And in this season, the team reached with six points behind Olympique Lyon the French league title and also won the Coupe de la Ligue 2009/10 as well as the Trophée des Champions 2010. However Rudy Riou found in any of these games compliance and entered without obligation stake in the third season at Olympique Marseille.

Since his transfer to FC Toulouse before the season 2007 /08 and the subsequent transfer to Olympique Marseille to Riou was able to present more than true strain force in any team and has often been classified only as a second or third-choice goalkeeper within the team.

Team regular at RSC Charleroi

Due to the reservists role in Olympique Marseille to Riou decided to further change. The absteigsbedrohte Belgian first division side RSC Charleroi secured his services for six months from January 2011 .. In the course of the season he became the master force in goal. Still, he could not prevent Charleroi in the 2011 could only occupy the last place and relegation finally in the relegation round against KAS Eupen.

In the game against Standard Liège on 12 March 2011 ( 0:2 ) Riou was pelted by opposing fans with fireworks and slightly injured ..

Achievements

With HSC Montpellier

  • UI Cup winner: 1999
  • Promotion to Division 1: 2000/ 01

Olympique Marseille

  • French runners-up: 2008/ 09

( without insert):

  • French champion: 2009/10
  • French League Cup Winners: 2009/10
  • French Supercup winner: 2010
Toulouse FC 1999–2000 French Division 1 Olympique Lyonnais 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2000–01 French Division 2 2001–02 French Division 1 2002–03 Ligue 1 En Avant de Guingamp 2003–04 Ligue 1 2004–05 Ligue 1 Championnat National 2004–05 Coupe de France 2005–06 Coupe de France 2007–08 Ligue 1 2007–08 UEFA Cup FC Girondins de Bordeaux 2008–09 Coupe de France 2008–09 UEFA Champions League 2009–10 Ligue 1 2010–11 Ligue 1 2008–09 Ligue 1 Pierre Ducasse (footballer) Danijel Ljuboja Alaeddine Yahia
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