Stéphane Auguste Ernest Demol (born 11 March 1966) is a Belgian former professional

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who played as a

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, and a current

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. He amassed

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totals of 120 games and 11 goals over the course of seven seasons, mainly with

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and

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the mo ...

with which he won eight major titles combined. He also competed professionally in Italy, Portugal, France, Greece and Switzerland. Demol represented

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in two

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. In 2000 he started a managerial career, going on to work in several countries.

Club career

Born in

Watermael-Boitsfort Watermael-Boitsfort () or Watermaal-Bosvoorde () is a residential suburb of the city of Brussels in Belgium, and one of the 19 municipalities which form the Brussels-Capital Region. The municipality has a total area of of which 58 percent is co ...

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, Demol joined local

R.S.C. Anderlecht Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht (, , ) or RSCA (, , ), is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital-Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian First Division A and is the most successful B ...

's youth system at the age of 14, moving to the first-team setup four years later and scoring four

goals in just 17 matches in his first full professional season, as the

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side renewed their domestic supremacy. Demol soon became noticed by several clubs abroad, moving to Italy for

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, but his breakthrough would arrive the following year, in Portugal with

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: he scored an astonishing 11

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goals, and helped his team win the national championship. Demol moved countries again after just one year, now signing with French side

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, but he returned in late 1991 to his country after joining

, where he helped to consecutive

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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

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Panionios GSS Panionios G.S.S. ( Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Original ...

FC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lu ...

and

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(the latter in the French second division). Demol ended his career in 2000 at 34, after playing one year apiece with

FC Denderleeuw K.F.C. Denderleeuw Eendracht Hekelgem is a Belgian former association football club based in Denderleeuw. They used to play their home games at the Florent Beeckmanstadion. Their home colours were striped blue-black shirts and black shorts. Their h ...

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

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International career

Demol played 38 matches for the Belgium national team and scored one goal, heading home in the round-of-16 clash against the

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at the

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(4–3 after

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). In 2006, his good friend and ex-teammate

René Vandereycken René Vandereycken (born 22 July 1953) is a Belgian football manager and a former player. He was the head coach of the Belgium national team from 1 January 2006 to 7 April 2009. Club career Vandereycken was born in Spalbeek. He played for Clu ...

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.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Belgium goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

RSC Anderlecht *

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: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 *

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: List of Belgian Cup finals, 1987-88 *

Belgian Supercup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champio ...

: 1985, 1987 FC Porto *

: 1989–90 Standard Liège *

: 1992–93

International

Belgium *

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(

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)

Individual

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: 1986 * World Soccer Magazine World XI:

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