Stéphane Demol

Stéphane Demol
Personal information
Full name Stéphane Auguste Demol
Date of birth 11 March 1966 (1966-03-11) (age 45)
Place of birth Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club PAS Giannina (coach)
Youth career
1974–1980 Drogenbos
1980–1984 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 Anderlecht 52 (6)
1988–1989 Bologna 21 (2)
1989–1990 FC Porto 31 (11)
1990–1991 Toulouse 33 (2)
1991–1993 Standard Liège 56 (5)
1993–1994 Cercle Brugge 12 (0)
1994 Braga 3 (0)
1995 Panionios 3 (0)
1995–1996 Lugano 6 (0)
1996–1998 Toulon 27 (1)
1998–1999 Denderleeuw 6 (1)
1999–2000 SK Halle ? (?)
National team
1986–1991 Belgium 38 (1)
Teams managed
1999–2000 SK Halle (player/coach)
2000–2001 Turnhout
2001–2002 KFC Geel
2002–2003 Mechelen
2003 Denderleeuw
2004–2005 Egaleo
2005–2006 Standard Liège (assistant)
2006–2008 Belgium (assistant)
2008–2009 Ethnikos Achna
2009 Charleroi
2010 Aris Limassol
2010–2011 PAS Giannina
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Stéphane Auguste Demol (born 11 March 1966) is a former Belgian footballer who played as a central defender. On November 24 he was fired as coach of PAS Giannina FC.

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Club career

Born in Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels, Demol joined local R.S.C. Anderlecht's youth system at the age of 14, moving to the first-team setup four years later, and scoring four league goals in just 17 matches in his first full professional season, as the capital outfit renewed its domestic supremacy.

Demol soon became noticed by several clubs abroad, moving to Italy for Bologna FC, but his breakthrough would arrive the following year, in Portugal with F.C. Porto: he scored an astonishing 11 first division goals, and helped his team win the national championship.

Demol moved countries again after just one year, now signing with French side Toulouse FC, but he returned in late 1991 to his country, for Standard Liège, where he helped to consecutive UEFA Cup qualifications, finishing second to Anderlecht in his second season.

Aged 27, he signed with Cercle Brugge KSV, but did not receive regular playing time, subsequently trying another abroad spell, and being equally unsuccessful for Sporting de Braga, Panionios FC, FC Lugano and Sporting Toulon Var (the latter in the French second division).

Demol ended his career in 2000 at 34, after playing one year apiece with lowly FC Denderleeuw and amateurs SK Halle, in which he began his manager career. In 2005, after several brief head coaching spells,[1][2] he became assistant manager at former side Standard Liège, helping lead the club to another runner-up position, trailing, once again, Anderlecht.

On 2 November 2009, Demol quit R. Charleroi S.C. due to poor results.[3]

International career

Demol played 38 matches for the Belgian national team and scored one goal,[4] heading in the legendary round of 16 contest versus the Soviet Union at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico (4–3 after extra time).

In 2006, his good friend and ex-teammate René Vandereycken became the Red Devils' coach, and he invited Demol to become its assistant manager. He left the post two years later, returning to club action.

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