Rémy Riou
 Riou with Toulouse in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 August 1987[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lyon,[1] France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1995 | FC Des Deux Fontaines | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2003 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | Lyon | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | → Lorient (loan) | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Auxerre | 42 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Auxerre B | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Toulouse | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Nantes | 157 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Nantes B | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Alanyaspor | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Charleroi | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Caen | 82 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Lyon | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2026 | Paris FC | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | France U21 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Rémy Riou (born 6 August 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He was a France youth international, having earned four caps with the country's under-21 team.
Club career
Riou was a member Lyon's first team since 2003, but failed to make his Ligue 1 debut for the club and moved to Lorient on a one-season loan[3] in July 2006. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 4 November 2006 in the Lorient's 1–0 away victory over Marseille. In July 2007, he moved to Auxerre on a four-year contract,[4] making his Ligue 1 debut for the club on 18 August 2007 in their 1–0 home victory over Caen.
In the summer of 2012, he signed with Nantes.[5]
On 19 July 2017, Riou moved to the Süper Lig joining Alanyaspor on a three-year contract.[6]
On 24 May 2022, aged 34, Riou returned to Lyon, signing a two-year contract.[7] 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 Anthony Lopes in a 2–1 home win over Ajaccio.[8]
On 9 January 2024, Riou signed for Ligue 2 club Paris FC.[9]
International career
In 2004, Riou was part of the team that won the U17 Euro. He was the second choice goalkeeper during the tournament and didn't make any appearance.[10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 10 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2006–07 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lorient (loan) | 2006–07 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Auxerre | 2007–08 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 52 | 0 | |||
| Auxerre B | 2010–11 | Championnat de France Amateur | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Toulouse | 2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nantes | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 166 | 0 | ||||
| Nantes B | 2014–15 | Championnat de France Amateur | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Alanyaspor | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Charleroi | 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Caen | 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 82 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 84 | 0 | |||||
| Lyon | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Paris FC | 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 341 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 370 | 0 | ||
Honours
Lyon
France U17
References
- 1 2 3 "Rémy Riou". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ↑ "Rémy Riou". Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ↑ "Rémy Riou". Paris FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "Rémy Riou - biography, stats, rating, footballer's profile | Football Top.com". www.footballtop.com. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "Rémy Riou à Nantes pour deux ans" (in French). Eurosport. 22 June 2012.
- ↑ "Rémy Riou s'engage pour trois saisons avec Alanyaspor". L'Équipe (in French). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ↑ "Foot, Transferts : retour de Rémy Riou (Caen) à Lyon" [Football. Transfers: return of Rémy Riou (Caen) to Lyon]. Le Figaro (in French). 24 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ↑ "Rémy Riou heureux de faire ses grands débuts avec l'OL". Made in Gones (in French). 5 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ↑ "Rémy Riou rejoint le Paris FC" (in French). Paris FC. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ↑ "Foot, moins de 17 ans : que sont devenus les champions d'Europe 2004 ?" (in French). Le Parisien. 22 May 2015.
- ↑ "Fédération Française de Football".
- ↑ "Résultat et résumé Lyon - Paris-SG, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Dimanche 30 Juillet 2006". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
External links
- Rémy Riou at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Rémy Riou – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)
- 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 SC players
- Stade Malherbe Caen players
- Paris FC 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
- 21st-century French sportsmen
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