Henri Depireux (1 February 1944 – 8 April 2022) was a Belgian

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player and manager.

Career

Depireux played club football for

RFC Liège Royal Football Club de Liège (more commonly known as RFC Liège) is a professional football club based in Liège, Belgium. It currently plays in the Belgian First Amateur Division. Its matricule is 4, meaning that it was the fourth club to regi ...

and

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. He also played twice for

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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 *

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third place: 1966–67 ;Standard Liège *

winner: 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71 ;R.W.D. Molenbeek *

runner-up: 1972–73; third place: 1973–74

References

External links

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Henri Depireux: «Je suis toujours deuxième...», La Libre Belgique
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Depireux, Henri 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