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Marc Degryse

Belgian footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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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*
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 (26)
Total 540 (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
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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

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total Ref
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]
Total 17995267—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]
Total 170662211—3710—22987[7]
Sheffield Wednesday 1995–96 3481034——3812[8]
PSV 1996–97 233——3012275[9]
1997–98 8120—3010141[9]
Total 31420—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]
Total 9726————26[10]
Career total 540209511834641122244[10]
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International

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Country Season Competitive Friendlies Total Ref
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Belgium 1984–85 101020
1985–86 10—10
1986–87 ———
1987–88 314172
1988–89 322153
1989–90 7263135
1990–91 312051
1991–92 412061
1992–93 61—61
1993–94 313465
1994–95 64—64
1995–96 201030
1996–97 31—31
Career total 42142196323
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Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Degryse goal.
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List of international goals scored by Marc Degryse
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
111 November 1987Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Luxembourg2–03–0Euro 1988 qualifying
219 January 1988Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Israel1–03–2Friendly
329 April 1989Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Czechoslovakia1–02–11990 World Cup qualification
42–1
58 June 1989Terry Fox, Ottawa, Canada Canada2–02–0Friendly
623 August 1989Olympiastadion, Bruges, Belgium Denmark1–03–0Friendly
711 October 1989St. Jakob, Basel, Switzerland  Switzerland1–12–21990 World Cup qualification[12]
82 June 1990Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Mexico1–03–0Friendly[13]
92–0
1012 June 1990Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona, Italy South Korea1–02–01990 FIFA World Cup[14]
1127 March 1991Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium Wales1–01–1Euro 1992 qualifying
1211 September 1991Neie Stadium, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Luxembourg2–02–0Euro 1992 qualifying
1318 November 1992Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium Wales2–02–01994 World Cup qualification
144 June 1994Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Zambia3–09–0Friendly[15]
154–0
168–0
178 June 1994Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Hungary2–03–1Friendly
1819 June 1994Citrus Bowl, Orlando, United States Morocco1–01–01994 World Cup[16]
197 September 1994Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium Armenia2–02–0Euro 1996 qualifying
2012 October 1994Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark1–01–3Euro 1996 qualifying
2117 December 1994Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium Spain1–01–4Euro 1996 qualifying[17]
2229 March 1995Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain Spain1–11–1Euro 1996 qualifying[18]
2331 August 1996King Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium Turkey1–02–11998 World Cup qualification[19]
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Honours

Club Brugge[20]

Anderlecht[22]

PSV[24]

Individual

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