Réginal Goreux

Standard Liège

Goreux started his football career before moving to Standard Liège when he was eight. In March 2005, while at the youth system at Standard Liège, Goreux suffered an injury that resulted in him sidelined for almost two years, almost threatened his football career. Having progressed through the youth system at Standard Liège, Goreux was promoted to the club's first team squad in November 2007. It wasn't until on 30 January 2008 when he made his Standard Liège debut, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute, in a 4–1 loss against Cercle Brugge in the quarter–final first leg of the Belgian Cup. Goreux then made his league debut for the club, coming on as a late substitute, in a 0–0 draw against Gent on 23 February 2008. In the quarter–final second leg of the Belgian Cup against Cercle Brugge, he scored the club's third goal of the game, in a 4–0 win to ensure Standard Liège's qualification to the next round. In a follow–up match against Westerlo, Goreux set up the club's second goal of the game, in a 3–1 win. In the matches afterwards, he was mostly given a place in the starting eleven. Goreux scored his first league goal, in a 2–0 win against Mons on 23 March 2008. He later helped the club win the league after beating Anderlecht on 20 April 2008. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Goreux went on to make sixteen appearances and scoring two times in all competitions. At the start of the 2008–09 season, Goreux made his first appearance of the season in a…

Goreux made his Belgium U21 debut, coming on as a second-half substitute, in a 2–1 loss against Switzerland U21 on 22 August 2007. He then made his first start for the U21 side, playing in the right–back position, in a 1–0 loss against Austria U21 on 7 September 2007. Goreux went on to make six appearances for the Belgium U21 side. Goreux was called up for Haiti's friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago and the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Curaçao, US Virgin Islands, and Antigua and Barbuda. He scored twice on his Haiti debut, as they won 7–0 against US Virgin Islands. A year later in September 2012, Goreux helped Haiti finish top of the Group One of the Caribbean Cup qualification. In October 2014, Goreux was called up to the squad for the 2014 Caribbean Cup qualification and appeared three times, as he helped Haiti qualify for the tournament. The following month, he was called up to the squad for the Caribbean Cup, appearing three times in the tournament. The following July, he was called up to the squad for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, appearing two times in the tournament. In May 2016, Goreux was called to Haiti's squad for the Copa América Centenario and appeared two times in the tournament. The following March, he played in both legs against Nicaragua in the Gold Cup Play-Off, as Haiti lost 4–3 on aggregate, in what turned out to be his last appearance for the national side.

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As of 12 July 2017

Born in Saint-Michel, Haiti, Goreux moved to Belgium when he was two and half years old; Goreux have since holds Belgian nationality. Growing up, he lived in a foster home, where his foster mother worked as an economics teacher and his foster father René worked as a financial director at the provincial government of Liège. Goreux began playing football when he was a toddler. Goreux said in an interview that he could considered to be 50-50 Belgian and Haiti. Following the earthquake in Haiti, Goreux said that he would plan a humanitarian action by establishing a school. During his time in Russia, Goreux was asked in an interview about Racism in Russia, which he responded by saying: "No, I have not encountered. In fact, racism is everywhere. In the world there is persecution of both white people and Arabs and black people." But Goreux recalled the racism incident in Samara, saying: "I calmly expected my taxi. We talked with an unknown guy, and then I got a blow in the face. I am not interested in football, only then they told me that the player of the Standard hit me. The guy really received a couple of slaps in the face from my friends, but I did not participate in this."