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Marc Degryse Personal information Full name Marc Gabriel Degryse Date of birth 4 September 1965 Place of birth Roeselare, Belgium Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Playing position Attacking Midfielder Youth career VC Ardooie Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1983–1989 Club Brugge 179 (95) 1989–1995 Anderlecht 170 (66) 1995–1996 Sheffield Wednesday 34 (8) 1996–1998 PSV 31 (4) 1998–1999 Gent 29 (10) 1999–2002 Germinal Beerschot 97 (27) Total 542 (211) National team 1984–1996 Belgium 63 (23) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Marc Gabriel Degryse (born 4 September 1965 in Roeselare), nicknamed Le Lutin d'Ardooie ("The Imp of Ardooie") and The Little One,[1] is a former Belgian footballer, who played as a forward.
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Club career
Degryse played with equal success in the Belgian First Division with giants Club Brugge KV and R.S.C. Anderlecht, six years apiece, moving to the latter in 1989 for a then-record €2.25 million,[1] and proceeding to win five leagues combined, three in a row.
He then moved for £1.5 million to Sheffield Wednesday, but left after just one season (having scored eight goals in the Premier League, where the South Yorkshire club finished 15th and were just three places clear of relegation), moving to Holland with PSV Eindhoven, where he often struggled with injuries. During his time at Wednesday, he and teammate Orlando Trustfull had a cameo role in Sheffield based film The Full Monty but the scenes did not make the final cut.
Degryse retired in 2002, after spells back in Belgium with K.A.A. Gent and K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot, having played 543 professional matches and scored 212 clubs. He returned to Club Brugge as a technical director the following year,[2][3] before he eventually resigned due to bad results in late January 2007, alongside longtime former teammate, coach Franky Van der Elst.
International career
On the national level, Degryse played 63 matches with the Belgium national football team, and scored 23 times. He was summoned for the squads at two FIFA World Cups: 1990 and 1994, scoring twice in seven outings.
His debut came just one day after his 19th birthday, in a friendly with Argentina.
Honours
Team
- Belgian League: 1987–88, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
- Belgian Cup: 1985–86, 1993–94
- Belgian Supercup: 1985, 1993, 1995
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1989–90
- Dutch League: 1996–97
- Dutch Supercup: 1996, 1997
Individual
- Belgian Golden Shoe: 1991
- Belgian League: Footballer of the Year 1988, 1990, 1995, 2000
References
- ^ a b Degryse leaves his Marc; UEFA.com, 17 May 2002
- ^ Clément in his element; UEFA.com, 4 February 2005
- ^ Tottenham look to African future; BBC Sport, 19 December 2006
External links
- Club Brugge archives (Dutch)
- Marc Degryse at National-Football-Teams.com
- Marc Degryse career stats at Soccerbase
Belgium squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Preud'homme • 2 Gerets (c) • 3 Albert • 4 Clijsters • 5 Versavel • 6 Emmers • 7 Demol • 8 Van der Elst • 9 Degryse • 10 Scifo • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Bodart • 13 Grün • 14 Claesen • 15 De Sart • 16 De Wolf • 17 Plovie • 18 Staelens • 19 Van Der Linden • 20 De Wilde • 21 Wilmots • 22 Vervoort • Coach: Thys
Belgium squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Preud'homme • 2 Medved • 3 Borkelmans • 4 Albert • 5 Smidts • 6 Staelens • 7 Van der Elst • 8 Nilis • 9 Degryse • 10 Scifo • 11 Czerniatynski • 12 De Wilde • 13 Grün (c) • 14 De Wolf • 15 Emmers • 16 Boffin • 17 Weber • 18 Wilmots • 19 Van Meir • 20 Verlinden • 21 Van Der Heyden • 22 Renier • Coach: Van Himst1983–84: Ceulemans | 1984–85: Ceulemans | 1985–86: Ceulemans | 1986–87: Lozano | 1987–88: Degryse | 1988–89: Emmers | 1989–90: Degryse | 1990–91: Scifo | 1991–92: Albert | 1992–93: Zetterberg | 1993–94: Staelens | 1994–95: Degryse | 1995–96: Nilis | 1996–97: Zetterberg | 1997–98: Zetterberg | 1998–99: Oulare | 1999–2000: Degryse | 2000–01: Baseggio | 2001–02: Sonck | 2002–03: Simons | 2003–04: Dindane | 2004–05: Kompany | 2005–06: Boussoufa | 2006–07: Tchité | 2007–08: Jovanović | 2008–09: Boussoufa | 2009–10: Boussoufa | 2010–11: Perišić
Belgian Golden Shoe Winners 1954: Coppens | 1955: Van Brandt | 1956: Mees | 1957: Jurion | 1958: Storme | 1959: Olieslagers | 1960: Van Himst | 1961: Van Himst | 1962: Jurion | 1963: Nicolay | 1964: Puis | 1965: Van Himst | 1966: Van Moer | 1967: Boone | 1968: Polleunis | 1969: Van Moer | 1970: Van Moer | 1971: Vandendaele | 1972: Piot | 1973: Martens | 1974: Van Himst | 1975: Boskamp | 1976: Rensenbrink | 1977: Cools | 1978: Pfaff | 1979: Janssens | 1980: Ceulemans | 1981: Vandenbergh | 1982: Gerets | 1983: Vercauteren | 1984: Scifo | 1985: Ceulemans | 1986: Ceulemans | 1987: Preud'homme | 1988: Clijsters | 1989: Preud'homme | 1990: Van der Elst | 1991: Degryse | 1992: Albert | 1993: Zetterberg | 1994: De Bilde | 1995: Okon | 1996: Van der Elst | 1997: Zetterberg | 1998: Strupar | 1999: Staelens | 2000: Koller | 2001: Sonck | 2002: Simons | 2003: Aruna | 2004: Kompany | 2005: Conceição | 2006: Boussoufa | 2007: Defour | 2008: Witsel | 2009: Jovanović | 2010: Boussoufa
Categories:- 1965 births
- Living people
- Belgian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Belgian Pro League players
- Club Brugge K.V. players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- K.A.A. Gent players
- K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot players
- Eredivisie players
- PSV Eindhoven players
- Premier League players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Belgium international footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Belgian expatriates in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in England
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