François Demol

François Demol

Personal information
Full name	François Demol
Date of birth	19 August 1895[1]
Place of birth	Beersel, Belgium
Date of death	14 February 1966 (aged 70)[1]
Playing position	Left back
Youth career
1907–1913	Union Saint-Gilloise
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1913–1927	Union Saint-Gilloise[2]	176	(19)
National team
1924–1927[1]	Belgium	19[3]	(0)
Teams managed
1927-1939	RC Tienen
1944-1946	Belgium[1]
1946-1947	RC Tienen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

François Demol (19 August 1895, Beersel – 14 February 1966), nicknamed Protje, was a former Belgian international footballer and manager of Belgium.

Player career

Having starting his youth career in Union Saint-Gilloise, Demol played also for Union's first squad from 1914 on. In his first professional year, he would already lift the Belgian Cup. With the same team (in the meantime named Union Royale Saint-Gilloise), he also won the Belgian Championship for clubs nine years later. In 1927, he changed Union after 176 games and 19 goals^[4] for Third Division team RC Tienen as coach, with which he celebrated promotion to Second Division in 1931.

During his last years in First Division with Union Royale Saint-Gilloise, he also gathered 19 caps for the Belgium national football team.^[3] He also got selected for the Belgian 1924 Olympic team, but did not play in Paris.

Managerial career

François Demol became a football manager in 1927 for RC Tienen and in 1944 for Belgium. Under his supervision the national side won twice, drew twice and suffered four losses.^[1] In 1946, Englishman Bill Gormlie became his successor as coach of Belgium. Just as for his player career, Demol's career as football manager ended up in Tienen; he would lead this team during only one year.

Player palmares

Union Saint-Gilloise

• Belgian First Division

Winner (1): 1922–23

• Belgian Cup

Winner (1): 1914

RC Tienen

• Belgian Third Division

Winner (1): 1931

• Belgian Second Division

Winner (1): 1937

Belgium national football team

• 19 selections
• Coupe Van den Abeele (friendly cup tournament between Belgium and the Netherlands in Belgium)^[1]

Winner (1): 1927

Co-Winner (1): 1926

References

1. "François Demol - national football team player - eu.football.info". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
2. Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)
3. "Alle Rode Duivels" (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
4. Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)