Marc Degryse

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 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, 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, before he eventually resigned due to bad results in late January 2007, alongside longtime former teammate, coach Franky Van der Elst.

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

Club

International

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Degryse goal.

Club Brugge

Belgian First Division: 1987–88 Belgian Cup: 1985–86 Belgian Super Cup: 1986 Bruges Matins: 1984 Anderlecht

Belgian First Division: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 Belgian Cup: 1993–94 Belgian Super Cup: 1993 European Cup Winners' Cup: runner-up 1989–90 PSV

Eredivisie: 1996–97 Johan Cruyff Shield: 1996, 1997 KNVB Cup: runner-up 1997–98 Individual

Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 1987–88, 2000–01 Belgian Golden Shoe: 1991 Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1999–2000 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Player of the Year: 1995–96 Belgian Fair Play Award: 2000–01, 2001–02 Goal of the Season: 2000 Golden Shoe Lifetime Achievement Award: 2001 Platina Eleven (Best Team in 50 Years of Golden Shoe Winners) (2003)