Luc Nilis

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Personal information
Luc Nilis
Full name	Luc Gilbert Cyrille Nilis
Date of birth	May 25, 1967
Place of birth	Hasselt, Belgium
Nickname	Lucky Luke
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Retired since September 23, 2000
Youth clubs
1973-80	F.C. Halveweg Zonhoven
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-86 1986-94 1994-2000 2000-01	K.F.C. Winterslag (D2) R.S.C. Anderlecht PSV Eindhoven Aston Villa F.C.	47 (16) 224 (127) 164 (110) 3 (1)
National team²
1988-2000	Belgium	56 (10)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2005. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2005. * Appearances (Goals)

Luc Nilis (born May 25, 1967 in Hasselt, Belgium) is a former Belgian football striker. He ended his career early in the 2000-01 season after he broke his leg in a match with his club Aston Villa following a clash with goalkeeper Richard Wright.

His former clubs include K.F.C. Winterslag, R.S.C. Anderlecht, PSV Eindhoven. During his time with PSV, Nilis formed one of the deadliest partnerships in Europe with team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooij. In the 1998-1999 season, Nilis and van Nistelrooij scored 55 league goals between them. van Nistelrooij finished as top-scorer, Nilis came second. In the following season, Nilis' last for PSV, they scored 48 league goals between them.

Nilis played 56 times for the Belgian national team, scoring 10 times. A prolific goalscorer with his clubs, he scored his first goal for Belgium only on his 24th cap (a 9-0 win against Zambia). Nilis played in the 1994 World Cup, the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 which Belgium co-hosted with The Netherlands.

1 Honours
- 1.1 Club honours
- 1.2 Individual honours
2 References

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club honours

[edit] Individual honours

Eredivisie Player of the Year - 1995
Eredivisie topscorer - 1996, 1997

[edit] References

(Dutch) Voetbal international website - Nilis stats
(Dutch) Beijen website - CV
(English) Eurosoccer website - End of career report
(English) Google Video - Luc Nilis Compilation

Preceded by Ronaldo	Dutch Eredivisie Topscorer 1995-1997	Succeeded by Nikos Machlas

	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 \| 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

	Belgium squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 De Wilde \| 2 Crasson \| 3 Staelens \| 4 Vidović \| 5 Borkelmans \| 6 Van Der Elst \| 7 Wilmots \| 8 Oliveira \| 9 M. Mpenza \| 10 Nilis \| 11 Van Kerckhoven \| 12 Vande Walle \| 13 Verlinden \| 14 Scifo \| 15 Clement \| 16 De Boeck \| 17 Verstraeten \| 18 Verheyen \| 19 Van Meir \| 20 E. Mpenza \| 21 Boffin \| 22 Deflandre \| Coach: Leekens