Marc Gabriel Degryse (born 4 September 1965), nicknamed ''Le Lutin d'Ardooie'' ("The
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of Ardooie") and ''The Little One'',
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UEFA.com, 17 May 2002 is a Belgian retired professional
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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.
In a 19-year professional career he played mainly for
Club Brugge
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062. and
Anderlecht
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(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
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.
A
Belgium international for 12 years, Degryse represented the nation in two
World Cups
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.
Club career
Born in
Roeselare
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,
West Flanders
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, Degryse played with equal success in the
Belgian Pro League
The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...
with giants
Club Brugge
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062. and
Anderlecht
Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...
, moving to the latter in 1989 for a then-record
€
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2.25 million
and proceeding to win five national championships combined, three in a row.
He moved for
£1.5 million to
Sheffield Wednesday
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in the 1995 summer, 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
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In N ...
, he and teammate
Orlando Trustfull
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had a cameo role in Sheffield-based film ''
The Full Monty
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'', but the scenes did not make the final cut.
In the following two campaigns Degryse played in the Netherlands with
PSV Eindhoven
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, 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
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and
Germinal Beerschot
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, having played 540 professional matches and scored 209 goals.
Degryse returned to Club Brugge as a technical director the following year, before he eventually resigned due to bad results in late January 2007, alongside longtime former teammate,
coach
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Franky Van der Elst
Franky Van der Elst (born 30 April 1961) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He later worked as a manager.
During a 21-year professional career he played mainly with Club Brugge, being regarded a ...
.
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 Cup
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s:
1990
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and
1994
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, netting twice in seven games.
Degryse's debut came just one day after his 19th birthday, in a
friendly with
Argentina
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Degryse goal.''
Honours
Club Brugge
*
Belgian First Division
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:
1987–88
*
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...
: List of Belgian Cup finals, 1985–86
*
Belgian Super Cup
The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champion ...
: 1986
*
Bruges Matins
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: 1984
Anderlecht
*
Belgian First Division
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:
1990–91,
1992–93,
1993–94,
1994–95
*
Belgian Cup
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: List of Belgian Cup finals, 1993–94
*
Belgian Super Cup
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: 1993
*
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup: runner-up
1989–90
PSV
*
Eredivisie
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:
1996–97
*
Johan Cruyff Shield
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:
1996
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,
1997
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*
KNVB Cup
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: runner-up
1997–98
Individual
*
Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 1987–88, 2000–01
*
Belgian Golden Shoe In association football, the Belgian Golden Shoe ( nl, Gouden Schoen, french: Soulier d'Or) is an award given in Belgium at the beginning of each civil year to the best footballer of the Belgian First Division A for the past year. The trophy is spon ...
: 1991
*
Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1999–2000
*
Sheffield Wednesday Player of the Year: 1995–96
*
Belgian Fair Play Award: 2000–01, 2001–02
*
Goal of the Season
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: 2000
*Golden Shoe Lifetime Achievement Award: 2001
*
Platina Eleven (Best Team in 50 Years of Golden Shoe Winners) (2003)
References
External links
Club Brugge archives
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1965 births
Living people
People from Roeselare
Footballers from West Flanders
Belgian footballers
Association football forwards
Belgian Pro League players
Club Brugge KV players
R.S.C. Anderlecht players
K.A.A. Gent players
Beerschot A.C. players
Eredivisie players
PSV Eindhoven players
Premier League players
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
Belgium international footballers
1990 FIFA World Cup players
1994 FIFA World Cup players
Belgian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in England
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England