Marc Degryse
Personal information
Full name Marc Gabriel Degryse
Date of birth (1965-09-04) 4 September 1965 (age 58)
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

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.

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
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total Ref
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Club Brugge 1983–84 20 9 2 0 — — — 22 9 [6]
1984–85 34 21 4 0 — 4 1 — 42 22 [6]
1985–86 31 16 8 4 — 3 0 — 42 20 [6]
1986–87 32 15 4 0 — 2 0 — 38 15 [6]
1987–88 34 22 3 2 — 10 0 — 47 24 [6]
1988–89 28 12 5 1 — 2 0 — 35 13 [6]
Total 179 95 26 7 — 21 1 — 226 103 [6]
Anderlecht 1989–90 31 18 5 4 — 9 4 — 45 26 [7]
1990–91 32 12 3 2 — 7 0 — 42 14 [7]
1991–92 28 5 2 0 — 9 4 — 39 9 [7]
1992–93 32 11 4 1 — 5 2 — 41 14 [7]
1993–94 19 9 3 2 — 3 0 — 25 11 [7]
1994–95 28 11 5 2 — 4 0 — 37 13 [7]
Total 170 66 22 11 — 37 10 — 229 87 [7]
Sheffield Wednesday 1995–96 34 8 1 0 3 4 — — 38 12 [8]
PSV 1996–97 23 3 — — 3 0 1 2 27 5 [9]
1997–98 8 1 2 0 — 3 0 1 0 14 1 [9]
Total 31 4 2 0 — 6 0 2 2 41 6 [9]
Gent 1998–99 29 10 — — — — 29 10 [10]
Germinal Beerschot 1999–2000 31 10 — — — — 31 10 [10]
2000–01 33 8 — — — — 33 8 [10]
2001–02 33 8 — — — — 33 8 [10]
Total 97 26 — — — — 97 26 [10]
Career total 540 209 51 18 3 4 64 11 2 2 660 244 [10]

International

[11]

Country Season Competitive Friendlies Total Ref
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Belgium 1984–85 1 0 1 0 2 0
1985–86 1 0 — 1 0
1986–87 — — —
1987–88 3 1 4 1 7 2
1988–89 3 2 2 1 5 3
1989–90 7 2 6 3 13 5
1990–91 3 1 2 0 5 1
1991–92 4 1 2 0 6 1
1992–93 6 1 — 6 1
1993–94 3 1 3 4 6 5
1994–95 6 4 — 6 4
1995–96 2 0 1 0 3 0
1996–97 3 1 — 3 1
Career total 42 14 21 9 63 23
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. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 11 November 1987 Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Luxembourg 2–0 3–0 Euro 1988 qualifying
2 19 January 1988 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Israel 1–0 3–2 Friendly
3 29 April 1989 Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Czechoslovakia 1–0 2–1 1990 World Cup qualification
4 2–1
5 8 June 1989 Terry Fox, Ottawa, Canada  Canada 2–0 2–0 Friendly
6 23 August 1989 Olympiastadion, Bruges, Belgium  Denmark 1–0 3–0 Friendly
7 11 October 1989 St. Jakob, Basel, Switzerland   Switzerland 1–1 2–2 1990 World Cup qualification [12]
8 2 June 1990 Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Mexico 1–0 3–0 Friendly [13]
9 2–0
10 12 June 1990 Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona, Italy  South Korea 1–0 2–0 1990 FIFA World Cup [14]
11 27 March 1991 Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium  Wales 1–0 1–1 Euro 1992 qualifying
12 11 September 1991 Neie Stadium, Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 2–0 2–0 Euro 1992 qualifying
13 18 November 1992 Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium  Wales 2–0 2–0 1994 World Cup qualification
14 4 June 1994 Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Zambia 3–0 9–0 Friendly [15]
15 4–0
16 8–0
17 8 June 1994 Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Hungary 2–0 3–1 Friendly
18 19 June 1994 Citrus Bowl, Orlando, United States  Morocco 1–0 1–0 1994 World Cup [16]
19 7 September 1994 Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium  Armenia 2–0 2–0 Euro 1996 qualifying
20 12 October 1994 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 1–0 1–3 Euro 1996 qualifying
21 17 December 1994 Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium  Spain 1–0 1–4 Euro 1996 qualifying [17]
22 29 March 1995 Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain  Spain 1–1 1–1 Euro 1996 qualifying [18]
23 31 August 1996 King Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium  Turkey 1–0 2–1 1998 World Cup qualification [19]

Honours

Club Brugge[20]

Anderlecht[22]

PSV[24]

Individual

References

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