Stéphane Demol

Stéphane Demol

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Personal information
Full name	Stéphane Auguste Ernest Demol
Date of birth	(1966-03-11) 11 March 1966
Place of birth	Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Hajer
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)
1994–1995	Braga	3	(0)
1995	Panionios	3	(0)
1995–1996	Lugano	6	(0)
1996–1998	Toulon	27	(1)
1998–1999	Denderleeuw	6	(1)
1999–2000	Halle
Total		250	(28)
International career
1986–1991	Belgium	38	(1)
Managerial career
1999–2000	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
2012	FC Brussels
2012–2013	BEC Tero Sasana
2014–2015	Al-Faisaly
2015–	Hajer
*Club domestic league appearances and 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 Saudi Club Hajer.

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, 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. 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, 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).

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

• Belgian League: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
• Belgian Cup: 1987–88
• Belgian Supercup: 1985, 1986, 1987

Porto

• Portuguese League: 1989–90

Standard

• Belgian Cup: 1992–93

External links

• Stéphane Demol at footballzz.co.uk
• Stéphane Demol profile at ForaDeJogo
• Stéphane Demol at National-Football-Teams.com
• Stéphane Demol – FIFA competition record