Henri Depireux (1 February 1944 – 8 April 2022) was a Belgian
football
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player and manager.
Career
Depireux played club football for
RFC Liège
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and
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. He also played twice for
Belgium
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.
After his playing career ended, Depireux became a manager in Switzerland, France. He also coached
Belenenses, the
Cameroon national team. and RFC Liège.
In 2006, Depireux was named manager of
Congo DR national team and resigned in 2007. In 2008, he coached North African sides
Olympique de Khouribga
Olympique Club de Khouribga, also called OCK, is a Moroccan football club based in Khouribga.
History
The club was founded in 1923 and is considered one of the oldest clubs in Morocco. The club first entered the first division of the Moroccan ...
and
USM Annaba
Union Sportive Médinat d'Annaba ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة عنابة), known as USM Annaba or simply USMAN for short, is an Algerian football club based in Annaba. It was founded in 1983 and its colours are red and white. ...
.
In 2011, Depireux joined the women's team of Standard Femina Liège as head coach.
In February 2019, he took over as head coach of KVW Zaventem, a team in the 3rd amateur league, in an attempt to prevent the club being relegated to a lower division, following a difficult season.
Honours
;RFC Liège
*
Belgian Football League
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third place:
1966–67
;Standard Liège
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Belgian Football League
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winner:
1968–69,
1969–70,
1970–71
;R.W.D. Molenbeek
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Belgian Football League
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runner-up:
1972–73;
third place:
1973–74
References
External links
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Henri Depireux: «Je suis toujours deuxième...», La Libre Belgique*
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1944 births
2022 deaths
Belgian footballers
Association football midfielders
Belgium international footballers
RFC Liège players
Standard Liège players
R.W.D. Molenbeek players
Belgian Pro League players
Belgian football managers
FC Metz managers
Red Star F.C. managers
Cameroon national football team managers
Democratic Republic of the Congo national football team managers
RFC Liège managers
AC Bellinzona managers
C.S. Visé managers
Olympique Club de Khouribga managers
AS FAR (football) managers
R.F.C. Tilleur managers
Belgian expatriate football managers
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate football managers in Portugal
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate football managers in Italy
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate football managers in France
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Cameroon
Expatriate football managers in Cameroon
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
Expatriate football managers in Morocco
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Expatriate football managers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo