Rémy Riou (born 6 August 1987) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

. He was a France youth international having, earned four caps with the country's under-21 team.

Club career

Riou was a member

's first team since 2003, but failed to make his

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debut for the club and moved to

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on a one-season loan in July 2006. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 4 November 2006 in the Lorient's 1–0 away victory over

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. In July 2007, he moved to

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on a four-year contract, making his Ligue 1 debut for the club on 18 August 2007 in their 1–0 home victory over

Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

. On 19 July 2017, Riou moved to the

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joining

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on a three-year contract. On 24 May 2022, aged 34, Riou returned to Lyon, signing a two-year contract. He made his club debut in the first league game of the 2022–23 season, coming on as a substitute to replace the sent-off

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in a 2–1 home win over

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International career

Riou made four appearances for France's U21 team.

Career statistics

Honours

Lyon *

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* * 1987 births Living people Footballers from Lyon French men's footballers France men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Olympique Lyonnais players FC Lorient players AJ Auxerre players Toulouse FC players FC Nantes players Alanyaspor footballers Royal Charleroi S.C. players Stade Malherbe Caen players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Süper Lig players Belgian Pro League players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey {{France-footy-goalkeeper-stub