Enzo Scifo

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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 two Belgian players ever to do so.

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

[edit] Early life

Scifo was born to Italian parents and proved himself a highly promising talent in youth football. He joined the Belgium 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 and did very well, soon moving to Girondins Bordeaux in 1988 where he 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] 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 A.F.C. Tubize, a Belgian Second Division team.

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

[edit] Honours

Preceded by Franky Vercauteren	Belgian Golden Shoe 1984	Succeeded by Jan Ceulemans

	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

	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

	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

	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