Enzo Scifo

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Enzo Scifo
Personal information
Full name	Vincenzo Scifo
Date of birth	February 19, 1966 (1966-02-19) (age 42)
Place of birth	Haine-Saint-Paul, Belgium
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1991 1991-1993 1993-1997 1997-2000 2000-2001	R.S.C. Anderlecht Inter Milan Girondins Bordeaux Auxerre Torino AS Monaco R.S.C. Anderlecht R. Charleroi S.C.	119 (32) 28 (4) 24 (7) 67 (25) 62 (16) 91 (20) 75 (14) 12 (3)
National team2
1984-1998	Belgium	84 (18)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 9, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 30, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Vincenzo "Enzo" Scifo (born February 19, 1966) is a Belgian former football midfielder. He was a member of the Belgian national team, for which he appeared in four FIFA World Cups, being one of three Belgian players ever to do so.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Club career 3 Statistics 4 National team 5 After retirement

[edit] Early life

Scifo was born to Italian parents in La Louvière. He proved himself a highly promising talent in youth football. He joined the local side R.A.A. Louviéroise aged fourteen but soon transferred to R.S.C. Anderlecht, making his first team debut in 1983.

[edit] Club career

He moved to Inter Milan in 1987 but did not do very well, and soon moved to Girondins Bordeaux in 1988 where he again disappointed. His career was revived by a successful move to Auxerre in 1989, which led to a return to Italy with Torino in 1991. He then moved to AS Monaco (1993) before ending his career with his first club, Anderlecht (1997). He retired in 2000 after being diagnosed with chronic arthritis.

[edit] Statistics

Club Performance			League		Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		Total
1983-84	Anderlecht	Belgian League	25	5
1984-85			30	14
1985-86			31	5
1986-87			33	8
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Total
1987-88	Inter Milan	Serie A	28	4
France			League		Coupe de France		Total
1988-89	Bordeaux	Division 1	24	7
1989-90	Auxerre	Division 1	33	11
1990-91			34	14
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Total
1991-92	Torino	Serie A	30	9
1992-93			32	7
France			League		Coupe de France		Total
1993-94	Monaco	Division 1	31	6
1994-95			11	2
1995-96			34	7
1996-97			15	5
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		Total
1997-98	Anderlecht	Belgian League	30	4
1998-99			27	8
1999-00			17	2
2000-01	Charleroi	Belgian League	12	3
Total	Belgium		205	49
	Italy		90	20
	France		182	52
Career Total			477	121

[edit] National team

Scifo debuted internationally for Belgium in June 1984 against Yugoslavia.

He appeared for Belgium in the World Cups of 1986, 1990, 1994, and 1998, playing 16 games. In total he gained 84 international caps and scored 18 goals.

[edit] After retirement

He tried his hand at coaching with R. Charleroi S.C., joining them for the 2000-01 season. Indifferent results led to his resignation in June 2002. He now trains R.E. Mouscron, a Belgian League team.

In May 2006, he was part of the historic first European Selection, led by Terry Venables and Josep Mª Fusté which had its début in Eindhoven in the first EFPA Match.

Preceded by Franky Vercauteren

Belgian Golden Shoe 1984

Succeeded by Jan Ceulemans

v • d • e Belgium squad - UEFA Euro 1984 1 Pfaff • 2 Grün • 3 Lambrichts • 4 Clijsters • 5 De Wolf • 6 Vercauteren • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Claesen • 9 Vandenbergh • 10 Coeck • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Munaron • 13 Baecke • 14 De Greef • 15 Verheyen • 16 Scifo • 17 Voordeckers • 18 Czerniatynski • 19 Mommens • 20 De Coninck • Coach: Thys

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Pfaff • 2 Gerets • 3 F. Van Der Elst • 4 De Wolf • 5 Renquin • 6 Vercauteren • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Scifo • 9 Vandenbergh • 10 Desmet • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Munaron • 13 Grün • 14 Clijsters • 15 L. Van Der Elst • 16 Claesen • 17 Mommens • 18 Veyt • 19 Broos • 20 Bodart • 21 Demol • 22 Vervoort • Coach: Thys

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Preud'homme • 2 Gerets • 3 Albert • 4 Clijsters • 5 Versavel • 6 Emmers • 7 Demol • 8 Van Der Elst • 9 Degryse • 10 Scifo • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Bodart • 13 Grün • 14 Claesen • 15 De Sart • 16 De Wolf • 17 Plovie • 18 Staelens • 19 Van Der Linden • 20 De Wilde • 21 Wilmots • 22 Vervoort • Coach: Thys

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Preud'homme • 2 Medved • 3 Borkelmans • 4 Albert • 5 Smidts • 6 Staelens • 7 Van Der Elst • 8 Nilis • 9 Degryse • 10 Scifo • 11 Czerniatynski • 12 De Wilde • 13 Grün • 14 De Wolf • 15 Emmers • 16 Boffin • 17 Weber • 18 Wilmots • 19 Van Meir • 20 Verlinden • 21 Van Der Heyden • 22 Renier • Coach: Van Himst

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 De Wilde • 2 Crasson • 3 Staelens • 4 Vidović • 5 Borkelmans • 6 Van Der Elst • 7 Wilmots • 8 Oliveira • 9 M. Mpenza • 10 Nilis • 11 Van Kerckhoven • 12 Vande Walle • 13 Verlinden • 14 Scifo • 15 Clement • 16 De Boeck • 17 Verstraeten • 18 Verheyen • 19 Van Meir • 20 E. Mpenza • 21 Boffin • 22 Deflandre • Coach: Leekens