Marc Degryse
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Marc Degryse (born September 4, 1965 in Roeselare), nicknamed Le Lutin d'Aardoie ("The Imp of Aardoie") was a Belgian football midfielder and is now technical director at Club Brugge. On the club level, he played for V.C. Aardoie (as a young player), Club Brugge (1983-89), R.S.C. Anderlecht (89-95), Sheffield Wednesday (95-96), PSV Eindhoven (96-98), K.A.A. Gent (98-99) and K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot (99-02). He played 543 matches as a professional in those various clubs, scoring 212 goals.
On the national level, he played in 63 matches with the Belgium national football team and scored 23 times. As a member of the national team, he took part in the World Cups of 1990 and 1994 where he scored 2 goals in 7 matches. Degryse won several awards in Belgium: the Golden Shoe once and the Footballer of the Year award four times.
Preceded by Franky Van Der Elst |
Belgian Golden Shoe 1991 |
Succeeded by Philippe Albert |
Belgium squad - 1990 World Cup | ||
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1 Preud'homme | 2 Gerets | 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 World Cup | ||
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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 | 14 De Wolf | 15 Emmers | 16 Boffin | 17 Weber | 18 Wilmots | 19 Van Meir | 20 Verlinden | 21 Van Der Heyden | 22 Renier | Coach: Van Himst |
Categories: 1965 births | Living people | Belgian footballers | Football (soccer) midfielders | Club Brugge K.V. players | R.S.C. Anderlecht players | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players | K.A.A. Gent players | FIFA World Cup 1990 players | FIFA World Cup 1994 players | FIFA World Cup goalscorers | Belgian football biography stubs