José Riga
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Riga in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 July 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Liège, Belgium | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1985 | Visé | ||
| 1985–1989 | JS Haccourt | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1991–1996 | JS Haccourt | ||
| 1996–2000 | Espanola Liège | ||
| 2000–2002 | Visé | ||
| 2002–2003 | Sprimont Comblain Sport | ||
| 2005–2008 | Mons | ||
| 2011–2012 | Standard Liège | ||
| 2014 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 2014 | Blackpool | ||
| 2015 | Standard Liège | ||
| 2015 | Metz | ||
| 2016 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 2016–2017 | Cercle Brugge | ||
| 2018 | Club Africain | ||
| 2019–2022 | Visé | ||
| 2022 | JS Kabylie | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José Riga (born 30 July 1957) is a Belgian football manager and former player. He had a fifteen-year playing career as a midfielder, beginning in 1974 when he joined C.S. Visé. He remained with the club for eleven years, before joining fellow Belgian club JS Haccourt in 1985. He played for JS Haccourt for four years. Two years after retiring from playing, he became JS Haccourt's manager.
Riga managed JS Haccourt for five years, departing in 1996. He then managed Espanola Liège (1996–2000), Visé (2000–2002), Sprimont Comblain Sport (2002–2003), Mons (2005–2008) and Standard Liège (2011–2012).
In 2014, he began a year of managing in England, firstly with Charlton Athletic, then Blackpool. In 2015, he returned to Standard Liège briefly, then managed Metz. In 2016, he returned to Charlton Athletic.
Later in 2016, he managed Cercle Brugge, then Club Africain (2018), Visé (2019–2022) and JS Kabylie (2022), his last known club.