Enzo Scifo

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Enzo Scifo
Personnel
Surname Vincenzo Daniele Scifo
birthday 19th February 1966
place of birth Haine-Saint-Paul ,  Belgium
size 178 cm
position Central midfield
Juniors
Years station
1973-1980 RAA La Louvière
1980-1983 RSC Anderlecht
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1983-1987 RSC Anderlecht 119 (32)
1987-1988 Inter Milan 28 0(4)
1988-1989 Girondins Bordeaux 24 0(7)
1989-1991 AJ Auxerre 67 (25)
1991-1993 AC Turin 62 (16)
1993-1997 AS Monaco 91 (20)
1996-1997 AS Monaco B 1 0(0)
1997-2000 RSC Anderlecht 75 (14)
2000-2001 Sporting Charleroi 12 0(3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1984-1998 Belgium 84 (19)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2001-2002 Sporting Charleroi
2004-2006 AFC Tubize
2007-2009 Excelsior Mouscron
2012-2013 RAEC Mons
2015– Belgium U-21
1 Only league games are given.

Vincenzo Daniele "Enzo" Scifo (born February 19, 1966 in La Louvière ) is a former Belgian football player . The midfielder is one of the best footballers in Belgium. With his home country he took part in four soccer world championships . At club level, Scifo played for RSC Anderlecht and various clubs in Italy and France . Since 2001 he has been working as a trainer; He is currently in charge of the Belgian men's U21s .

youth

Vincenzo Scifo was born the son of Italian immigrants from Sicily in La Louvière, Belgium ( Haine-Saint-Paul district ). He learned to play football on the streets of his small hometown. At the age of seven he joined the local soccer club RAA La Louvière , where the technically talented youngster soon attracted attention with numerous goals (432 goals in four seasons) and strokes of genius. The scouts of the renowned RSC Anderlecht club quickly became aware of the "little Pelé" and signed Scifo at the age of 14.

The next three years he received his football training in the youth department of the RSC.

Club career

Scifo was quickly a candidate for the professional squad and made his debut in Belgium's first division for the "Violets" at the age of just 17. He showed no difficulties in adapting and was soon a top performer and playmaker in midfield. At the end of the 1984 season he was with Anderlecht in the final of the UEFA Cup , where Tottenham Hotspur had to admit defeat on penalties . In its inaugural season, Scifo was named "Footballer of the Year" . Even as a young player he knew how to convince as a “classic ten” and impressed with his technique, game overview, passing game and goal instinct. With Anderlecht he won the championship three times in a row from 1985 to 1987 . The young star was observed by numerous top European clubs. Scifo wanted to go to his parents' country and moved to Inter Milan in Italy in the summer of 1987 .

In Serie A he could not prevail against the other stars in the Nerazzurri squad . Although he came on 28 missions, but could never establish himself finally. After just one season he turned his back on Italy and signed with Girondins Bordeaux in France . After a strong start, he gradually sank into anonymity once more, thrown back by injuries as well as by conflicts with the established leading players. Although his compatriot Raymond Goethals took over as coach towards the end of the season , Scifo was pushed to leave, not least because of his high salary.

Scifo moved in 1989 within Ligue 1 to AJ Auxerre , where coaching legend Guy Roux was able to reawaken the skills of the Belgian. He entrusted him with the role of playmaker and although Scifo described AJA as "a big club among the mediocre" , he flourished again. As the offensive tip of a three-man midfield, he found his old strength. After two outstanding years in Burgundy , Scifo prevented him from being labeled an "eternal talent" . He felt strong enough to try again in Italy.

Scifo was sold to AC Turin and played for the Reds for two years, with whom he failed in the 1992 UEFA Cup final at Ajax Amsterdam . Again Scifo had lost a final. In 1993 he won the Cup ( Coppa Italia ) with Turin .

He then moved again to France and joined AS Monaco . Here he directed for four years as a mature playmaker in midfield. The AS was a top team and had players like Fabien Barthez , Emmanuel Petit , Thierry Henry , David Trezeguet and Victor Ikpeba . The highlight of his time in the principality was when the French championship was brought to the Côte d'Azur in 1997 .

After this success and ten years in Italy and France, the 31-year-old decided to end his career where it had started and returned to Anderlecht. The old star knew how to strengthen the team through his routine and experience and was again champion in 2000 before constant injuries put an end to his career. After a serious collarbone injury, he tried a fresh start at the small provincial club SC Charleroi , but a knee injury made it impossible to continue his career. After 18 years of professional football, Scifo ended his career in 2001. “A doctor once wondered how I could have endured a hip in this condition for so long as a footballer,” Enzo later revealed.

Career in the national team

In the summer of 1984, Belgium's Footballer of the Year took on Belgian citizenship to take part in the European Championship in France. He played his first international match before the tournament against Hungary . At the EM, in which Scifo took part, Belgium was eliminated after one victory and two defeats in the preliminary round.

With Belgium he played a successful 1986 World Cup in Mexico and advanced to the semi-finals, where they lost 2-0 against eventual world champions Argentina . In the end, the "Rode Duivels" took 4th place, the best ranking in their history to date. Scifo had played in all seven games and scored two goals (preliminary round against Iraq and in the round of 16 against the Soviet Union ). In a subsequent election he was chosen as the best young player of the tournament . After this tournament, he had established himself as the regular number ten in the national dress.

In Italy in 1990 , expectations of the Belgians were high, and football fans also tied their hopes in Scifo. Scifo played a strong finals and scored against Uruguay in the preliminary round . But in the round of 16 you had to give up after the 1-0 defeat against England .

Scifo played his third world championship in 1994 in the USA . After he had survived the preliminary round with Belgium, the round of 16 ended again when Germany lost 3-2. Scifo had a strong opponent in this game with Matthias Sammer , who had not let him develop. Scifo was made jointly responsible for the departure in Belgium.

His last major appearance should be the 1998 tournament in neighboring France. But already in the group stage it was the end of the line for the Belgians, who had disappointed overall. Scifo himself was only used in two games because he was in a dispute with coach Georges Leekens . After the tournament, Enzo Scifo announced his retirement from the national team (84 games / 19 goals). Thus, the first round match against South Korea (1: 1) on June 25, 1998 was his last game when he was substituted in the 65th minute.

He is one of only 14 players who have participated in four world championships.

successes

Season statistics

society league season league Nat. Cup European Cup Other total
Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates
RSC Anderlecht First division 1983/84 25th 5 2 0 8th 1 - - 33 6th
1984/85 30th 14th 6th 2 6th 1 - - 45 17th
1985/86 31 5 2 0 5 2 - - 38 7th
1986/87 33 8th 7th 0 5 1 - - 45 9
total 119 32 17th 2 24 5 - - 161 39
Inter Milan Series A 1987/88 28 4th 10 0 6th 1 - - 44 5
total 28 4th 10 0 6th 1 - - 44 5
Girondins Bordeaux Division 1 1988/89 24 7th - - 6th 1 - - 30th 8th
total 24 7th - - 6th 1 - - 30th 8th
AJ Auxerre Division 1 1989/90 33 11 2 0 9 5 - - 44 16
1990/91 34 14th 3 0 - - - - 37 14th
total 67 25th 5 0 9 5 - - 81 30th
AC Turin Series A 1991/92 30th 9 5 0 11 2 - - 46 11
1992/93 32 7th 6th 2 4th 0 - - 42 9
total 62 16 11 2 15th 2 - - 88 20th
AS Monaco Division 1 1993/94 31 6th 2 0 11 2 - - 44 8th
1994/95 11 2 2 1 - - - - 13 3
1995/96 34 7th 6th 3 2 0 - - 42 10
1996/97 15th 5 3 0 5 0 - - 23 5
total 91 20th 13 4th 18th 2 - - 122 26th
RSC Anderlecht First division 1997/98 30th 4th 2 1 5 1 - - 37 6th
1998/99 27 8th 1 1 3 0 - - 31 9
1999/00 20th 2 2 1 1 0 - - 23 3
total 77 14th 5 3 9 1 - - 91 18th
Sporting Charleroi First division 2000/01 12 3 1 0 - - - - 13 3
total 12 3 1 0 - - - - 13 3
Career total 480 121 62 11 87 17th - - 629 149

Career as a coach

Following his playing career, Scifo coached his last club, SC Charleroi . He then worked for AFC Tubize and has been out of work since being fired from Excelsior Mouscron in 2009 .

On February 28, 2012, Scifo signed a contract with RAEC Mons until June 30, 2013 after coach Dennis van Wijk was dismissed following his statement that he would not renew his contract for the coming season. He has been coaching Belgium's U-21s since 2015.

Web links

  • Enzo Scifo in the Belgian Football Association's database
predecessor title successor
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Franky Vercauteren 		Belgium's footballer of the year
1984 		0
Jan Ceulemans
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Manuel Amoros 		Best Young Player of the 1986 World
Cup
(subsequent internet vote) 		0
Robert Prosinečki
personal data
SURNAME Scifo, Enzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scifo, Vincenzo (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Haine-Saint-Paul