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Vincenzo "Enzo" Daniele Scifo (ˈɛntso ˈʃifo; born 19 February 1966 in Haine-Saint-Paul

La Louvière

La Louvière is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. La Louvière's municipality includes the old communes of Haine-Saint-Paul, Haine-Saint-Pierre, Saint-Vaast, Trivières, Boussoit, Houdeng-Aimeries, Houdeng-Gœgnies, Maurage, and Strépy-Bracquegnies...

) is a retired Belgian football midfielder. He was a member of the Belgian national team, for which he appeared in four FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

s, being one of three Belgian players ever to do so.

Early life

Scifo was born in La Louvière

La Louvière

. He proved himself a highly promising talent in youth football and was nicknamed "Little Pele" at his local team. Scifo joined the local side La Louvière

R.A.A. Louviéroise

R.A.A. Louviéroise, sometimes referred to as La Louvière or RAAL, was a Belgian football club located in the city of La Louvière, in the province of Hainaut. It had been playing its latest run in the Belgian First Division from 2000-01 to 2005-06 included...

aged fourteen but soon transferred to Anderlecht

R.S.C. Anderlecht

Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...

, making his first team debut in 1983.

Club career

He moved to Internazionale in 1987 but did not do very well, and soon moved to Girondins Bordeaux

FC Girondins de Bordeaux

Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux is a French association football club based in the city of Bordeaux. The club currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, and won its last Ligue 1 title in the 2008–09 season....

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. Scifo then moved to AS Monaco before ending his career with his first club, Anderlecht. He retired in 2000 after being diagnosed with chronic arthritis

Arthritis

Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints....

Honours

With RSC Anderlecht

Belgian League: 1985, 1986, 1987, 2000

UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

; 1984 runner-up

With AS Monaco

Ligue 1: 1997

With Torino

UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

; 1992 runner-up
Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia
The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...

; 1992/1993

Statistics

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|1983-84

Belgian First Division 1983-84

-Overview:It was performed in 18 teams, and K.S.K. Beveren won the championship. And demotion of R.W.D. Molenbeek, K. Beringen F.C. was decided.-League standings:-Topscorers:...

||rowspan="4"|Anderlecht

R.S.C. Anderlecht

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|1984-85

Belgian First Division 1984-85

-Overview:It was performed in 18 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship. And demotion of K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E., Racing Jet de Bruxelles was decided.-League standings:-Topscorers:...

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|1985-86

Belgian First Division 1985-86

-Overview:It was performed in 18 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship. And demotion of K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk, Lierse S.K. was decided.-League standings:-Topscorers:...

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|1986-87

Belgian First Division 1986-87

The 1986–87 edition of the Belgian League was the 84th since its establishment: it was disputed by 18 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship, while RFC Sérésien and K. Berchem Sport were relegated.-League standings:-Topscorers:...

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|1987-88

Serie A 1987-88

The 1987/1988 Serie A season marked A.C. Milan's first Scudetto under the Silvio Berlusconi era and their first since the 1978/1979 season. S.S.C. Napoli, with a team including Diego Maradona, Ciro Ferrara and Careca were pre-season favourites. The championship went down to the last day of the...

||Internazionale Milano

F.C. Internazionale Milano

Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

||Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

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|1988-89||Girondins Bordeaux

FC Girondins de Bordeaux

||Division 1

Ligue 1

Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

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|1989-90||rowspan="2"|Auxerre

AJ Auxerre

Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...

||rowspan="2"|Division 1

Ligue 1

||33||11||||||||||||||||
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|1990-91||34||14||||||||||||||||

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|1991-92

Serie A 1991-92

During this season, under the guidance of Fabio Capello, AC Milan completed a remarkable unbeaten season, a run that eventually totalled 58 games.- Final classification :- Results :-Top scorers:25 goals* Marco van Basten 18 goals...

||rowspan="2"|Torino

Torino F.C.

Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football....

||rowspan="2"|Serie A

Serie A

||30||9||5||0||-||-||11||2||46||11
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|1992-93||32||7||6||2||-||-||4||0||42||9

|-
|1993-94||rowspan="4"|Monaco

AS Monaco FC

Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club are a French football club based in Fontvieille, Monaco. The club was founded in 1924 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. The team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II located within Fontvieille...

||rowspan="4"|Division 1

Ligue 1

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|1994-95||11||2||||||||||||||||
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|1995-96||34||7||||||||||||||||
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|1996-97||15||5||||||||||||||||

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|1997-98

Jupiler League 1997-98

The 1997/98 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 8, 1997 and May 10, 1998. Club Brugge became champions.-Promoted teams:These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:*Beveren...

||rowspan="3"|Anderlecht

R.S.C. Anderlecht

||rowspan="3"|Belgian League||30||4||||||||||||||||
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|1998-99

Jupiler League 1998-99

The 1998/99 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 21, 1998 and May 16, 1999. Racing Genk became champions.-Promoted teams:These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:*Oostende...

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|1999-00

Jupiler League 1999-2000

The 1999/2000 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 6, 1999 and May 11, 2000. Sporting Anderlecht became champions.-Promoted teams:These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:...

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|2000-01

Jupiler League 2000-01

The 2000/01 season of the Jupiler League began on August 12, 2000 and ended on May 20, 2001. Anderlecht became champions.-Promoted teams:These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:*Antwerp...

||Charleroi

R. Charleroi S.C.

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at the highest level in Belgian football has started in the 1985–86 season...

||Belgian League||12||3||||||||||||||||
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90||20||||||||||||||||
182||52||||||||||||||||
477||121||||||||||||||||
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|1984||8||1
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|1985||3||1
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|1986||12||3
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|1987||4||0
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|1988||4||0
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|1989||5||0
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|1990||9||2
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|1991||6||3
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|1992||6||1
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|1993||5||4
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|1994||6||0
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|1995||3||2
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|1996||4||0
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|1997||4||0
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|1998||5||1
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!Total||84||18
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National team

Scifo debuted internationally for Belgium in June 1984 against Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

.

He appeared for Belgium in the World Cup

FIFA World Cup

s of 1986

1986 FIFA World Cup

The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...

, 1990

1990 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

, 1994

1994 FIFA World Cup

The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...

, and 1998

1998 FIFA World Cup

The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

, playing sixteen games. In total he gained eighty-four international caps and scored eighteen goals.

After retirement

Scifo tried his hand at coaching with R. Charleroi S.C.

R. Charleroi S.C.

, joining them for the 2000-01 season. Indifferent results led to his resignation in June 2002. He last trained R.E. Mouscron

R.E. Mouscron

R.E. Mouscron was a Belgian association football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and suspended operations soon after marking the end of professional football in Mouscron.-History:...

, a Belgian League team. On 6 June 2009 Scifo quit Mouscron due to the club's difficult financial situation.

In May 2006, he was part of the historic first European Selection, led by former England manager Terry Venables

Terry Venables

Terence Frederick "Terry" Venables , often referred to as "El Tel", is a former football player and manager, as well as being a media pundit. During the 1960s and 70s, he played for various clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers, and gained two caps for England...

and Josep Mª Fusté which had its début in Eindhoven in the first EFPA Match.

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