Marc Degryse

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Marc Degryse
Personal information
Full name Marc Gabriel Degryse
Date of birth (1965-09-04) 4 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Roeselare, Belgium
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
VC Ardooie
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 (26)
Total540(209)
International career
1981 Belgium U16 10 (2)
1981 Belgium U17 3 (0)
1982–1984 Belgium U18 9 (2)
1983–1984 Belgium U19 7 (6)
1985–1987 Belgium U21 4 (0)
1984–1996 Belgium 63 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marc Gabriel Degryse (born 4 September 1965), nicknamed Le Lutin d'Ardooie ("The Lutin/Imp of Ardooie") and The Little One, [1] is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

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In a 19-year professional career he played mainly for Club Brugge and Anderlecht (six seasons apiece), making his senior debuts at 17 and scoring nearly 200 official goals both clubs combined to win a total of ten major titles. He also competed briefly in England for Sheffield Wednesday.

A Belgium international for 12 years, Degryse represented the nation in two World Cups.

Club career

Born in Roeselare, West Flanders, Degryse played with equal success in the Belgian Pro League with giants Club Brugge and Anderlecht, moving to the latter in 1989 for a then-record €2.25 million [1] and proceeding to win five national championships combined, three in a row.

He moved for £1.5 million to Sheffield Wednesday in the 1995 summer, [2] but left after just one season as an important unit in helping the English club's eventual escape from relegation, after a 15th-place finish. During his time in South Yorkshire, 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.

In the following two campaigns Degryse played in the Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven, where he often struggled with injuries. He retired in 2002 at the age of nearly 37, after spells back in his country with K.A.A. Gent and Germinal Beerschot, having played 540 professional matches and scored 209 goals.

Degryse returned to Club Brugge as a technical director the following year, [3] [4] 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 international level, Degryse played 63 matches with the Belgium national team and scored 23 goals. He was summoned for the squads at two FIFA World Cups: 1990 and 1994, netting twice in seven games. [5]

Degryse's debut came just one day after his 19th birthday, in a friendly with Argentina.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalRef
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Club Brugge 1983–84 20920———229 [6]
1984–85 342140—41—4222 [6]
1985–86 311684—30—4220 [6]
1986–87 321540—20—3815 [6]
1987–88 342232—100—4724 [6]
1988–89 281251—20—3513 [6]
Total17995267—211—226103 [6]
Anderlecht 1989–90 311854—94—4526 [7]
1990–91 321232—70—4214 [7]
1991–92 28520—94—399 [7]
1992–93 321141—52—4114 [7]
1993–94 19932—30—2511 [7]
1994–95 281152—40—3713 [7]
Total170662211—3710—22987 [7]
Sheffield Wednesday 1995–96 3481034——3812 [8]
PSV 1996–97 233——3012275 [9]
1997–98 8120—3010141 [9]
Total31420—6022416 [9]
Gent 1998–99 2910————2910 [10]
Germinal Beerschot 1999–2000 3110————3110 [10]
2000–01 338————338 [10]
2001–02 338————338 [10]
Total9726————26 [10]
Career total540209511834641122244 [10]

International

[11]

CountrySeasonCompetitiveFriendliesTotalRef
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Belgium 1984–85101020
1985–8610—10
1986–87———
1987–88314172
1988–89322153
1989–907263135
1990–91312051
1991–92412061
1992–9361—61
1993–94313465
1994–9564—64
1995–96201030
1996–9731—31
Career total42142196323
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Degryse goal.
List of international goals scored by Marc Degryse
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
111 November 1987 Heysel Stadium, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2–03–0 Euro 1988 qualifying
219 January 1988 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, IsraelFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 1–03–2 Friendly
329 April 1989Heysel Stadium, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1–02–1 1990 World Cup qualification
42–1
58 June 1989 Terry Fox, Ottawa, CanadaFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2–02–0Friendly
623 August 1989 Olympiastadion, Bruges, BelgiumFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1–03–0Friendly
711 October 1989 St. Jakob, Basel, SwitzerlandFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1–12–2 1990 World Cup qualification [12]
82 June 1990Heysel Stadium, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1–03–0Friendly [13]
92–0
1012 June 1990 Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona, ItalyFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1–02–0 1990 FIFA World Cup [14]
1127 March 1991 Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1–01–1 Euro 1992 qualifying
1211 September 1991 Neie Stadium, Luxembourg, LuxembourgFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2–02–0 Euro 1992 qualifying
1318 November 1992Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 2–02–0 1994 World Cup qualification
144 June 1994Heysel Stadium, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 3–09–0Friendly [15]
154–0
168–0
178 June 1994Heysel Stadium, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2–03–1Friendly
1819 June 1994 Citrus Bowl, Orlando, United StatesFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–01–0 1994 World Cup [16]
197 September 1994Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2–02–0 Euro 1996 qualifying
2012 October 1994 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, DenmarkFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1–01–3Euro 1996 qualifying
2117 December 1994Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 1–01–4Euro 1996 qualifying [17]
2229 March 1995 Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, SpainFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 1–11–1Euro 1996 qualifying [18]
2331 August 1996King Baudouin, Brussels, BelgiumFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–02–1 1998 World Cup qualification [19]

Honours

Club Brugge [20]

Anderlecht [22]

PSV [24]

Individual

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