Stéphane Demol

Stéphane Demol
Personal information
Full nameStéphane Auguste Ernest Demol
Date of birth11 March 1966
Place of birthWatermael-Boitsfort, Belgium
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Free agent
Youth career
1974–1980Drogenbos
1980–1984Anderlecht
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1984–1988Anderlecht52(6)
1988–1989Bologna21(2)
1989–1990FC Porto31(11)
1990–1991Toulouse33(2)
1991–1993Standard Liège56(5)
1993–1994Cercle Brugge12(0)
1994–1995Braga3(0)
1995Panionios3(0)
1995–1996Lugano6(0)
1996–1998Toulon27(1)
1998–1999Denderleeuw6(1)
1999–2000Halle
Total250(28)
National team
1986–1991Belgium38(1)
Teams managed
1999–2000Halle (player-coach)
2000–2001Turnhout
2001–2002KFC Geel
2002–2003Mechelen
2003Denderleeuw
2004–2005Egaleo
2005–2006Standard Liège (assistant)
2006–2008Belgium (assistant)
2008–2009Ethnikos Achna
2009Charleroi
2010Aris Limassol
2010–2011PAS Giannina
2012FC Brussels
2012–2013BEC Tero Sasana
2014–2015Al-Faisaly
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Stéphane Auguste Ernest N. Demol (born 11 March 1966) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and the current manager of Al-Faisaly FC (Harmah).

He amassed Belgian Pro League totals of 120 games and 11 goals over the course of seven seasons, mainly with Anderlecht and Standard Liège with which he won eight major titles combined. He also competed professionally in Italy, Portugal, France, Greece and Switzerland.

Demol represented Belgium in two World Cups. In 2000 he started a managerial career, going on to work in several countries.

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 side 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 after joining Standard Liège, where he helped to consecutive UEFA Cup qualifications, finishing second to Anderlecht in his second year.

Aged 27, Demol signed with Cercle Brugge KSV, but did not receive regular playing time. He subsequently returned for another abroad spell, being equally unsuccessful for S.C. Braga, Panionios GSS, 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 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 club Standard Liège, helping it to another runner-up position, trailing, once again, Anderlecht.

On 2 November 2009, Demol quit R. Charleroi S.C. due to poor results.[3] On 15 February 2012, he was appointed at FC Brussels.

International career

Demol played 38 matches for the Belgian national team and scored one goal,[4] heading home in the round-of-16 clash against the Soviet Union at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico (4–3 after extra time).[5]

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.

Honours

Player

Anderlecht
Porto
Standard

References

  1. ↑ "Egaleo eager to shine". UEFA.com. 21 October 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "Demol models 2008 range". UEFA.com. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  3. ↑ Demol: «Nos points de vue respectifs étaient divergents» (Demol: «We had different points of view»); Footgoal, 2 November 2009 (French)
  4. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Belgium – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  5. ↑ Soviet Union – Belgium 3–4 aet (2–2, 1–0); Planet World Cup, 15 June 1986

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