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 he was technical director at Club Brugge before he resinged after bad results. 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 Boot 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 FIFA World Cup
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 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