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, capital of Liège Province, Belgium. The team currently play in Challenger Pro League, the second tier in Belgian football. It ...

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

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, 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

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and

USM Annaba Union Sportive Médinat d'Annaba (), 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. Their home stadium, 19 May 1956 Stadium has a capacity of ...

. 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:

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; third place: 1973–74

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