Enzo Scifo

Enzo Scifo

Personal information
Full name	Vincenzo Daniele Scifo
Date of birth	(1966-02-19) 19 February 1966
Place of birth	Haine-Saint-Paul, Belgium
Height
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Belgium U21 (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1987	Anderlecht	119	(32)
1987–1988	Internazionale	28	(4)
1988–1989	Bordeaux	24	(7)
1989–1991	Auxerre	67	(25)
1991–1993	Torino	62	(16)
1993–1997	AS Monaco	91	(20)
1997–2000	Anderlecht	75	(14)
2000–2001	Charleroi	12	(3)
Total		478	(121)
International career
1984–1998	Belgium	84	(18)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Charleroi
2004–2006	Tubize
2007–2009	Mouscron
2012–2013	Mons
2015–	Belgium U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vincenzo "Enzo" Daniele Scifo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛntso ˈʃiːfo]; born 19 February 1966 in Haine-Saint-Paul) is a retired Belgian football midfielder and the currently manager of Belgium U21. 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.

Early life

Scifo was born in La Louvière, Wallonia to Italian parents. He proved himself a highly promising talent in youth football and was nicknamed "Little Pelé" at his local team. Scifo joined his local club R.A.A. Louviéroise as a seven-year-old in 1973. He transferred to Belgium's most successful club, R.S.C. Anderlecht, in 1982, making his first team debut in 1983.

Club career

After winning three Belgian First Division championships with Anderlecht, Scifo moved to Italian Serie A club Internazionale in 1987. After an unsuccessful spell in Milan, he moved to French club 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. Scifo then moved to AS Monaco, where he won the French championship in 1997. He returned to Anderlecht later that year and won his fourth Belgian league title in the 1999–2000 season. He joined Charleroi in 2000, but retired later in the same year after being diagnosed with chronic arthritis.

Honours

With RSC Anderlecht

• Belgian Pro League: 1985, 1986, 1987, 2000
• UEFA Cup; 1984 runner-up

With AS Monaco

• Ligue 1: 1997

With Torino

• Coppa Italia: 1992–93
• UEFA Cup; 1992 runner-up

Individual

• Belgian Golden Shoe: 1984
• FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 1986
• French Division 1 Foreign Player of the Year: 1985-86
• Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year: 1990-91

Statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1983-84	Anderlecht	Belgian League	25	5
1984-85			30	14
1985-86			31	5
1986-87			33	8
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Total
1987-88	Internazionale Milano	Serie A	28	4	10	0	-	-	6	1	44	5
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
1988-89	Girondins Bordeaux	Division 1	24	7
1989-90	Auxerre	Division 1	33	11
1990-91			34	14
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Total
1991-92	Torino	Serie A	30	9	5	0	-	-	11	2	46	11
1992-93			32	7	6	2	-	-	4	0	42	9
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
1993-94	AS Monaco	Division 1	31	6
1994-95			11	2
1995-96			34	7
1996-97			15	5
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		League Cup		Europe		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
Total			477	121

Belgium national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1984	8	1
1985	3	1
1986	12	3
1987	4	0
1988	4	0
1989	5	0
1990	9	2
1991	6	3
1992	6	1
1993	5	4
1994	6	0
1995	3	2
1996	4	0
1997	4	0
1998	5	1
Total	84	18

International goals

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 October 1984	Heysel Stadium, Brussels	Albania	2–1	3–1	1986 World Cup qualifier
2.	27 March 1985	Heysel Stadium, Brussels	Greece	2–0	2–0	1986 World Cup qualifier
3.	8 June 1986	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca	Iraq	1–0	2–1	1986 World Cup
4.	15 June 1986	Estadio Nou Camp, León	Soviet Union	1–1	4–3	1986 World Cup
5.	10 September 1986	Heysel Stadium, Brussels	Republic of Ireland	2–1	2–2	Euro 1988 qualifier
6.	26 May 1990	Heysel Stadium, Brussels	Romania	1–0	2–2	Friendly
7.	17 June 1990	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona	Uruguay	2–0	3–1	1990 World Cup
8.	27 February 1991	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels	Luxembourg	3–0	3–0	Euro 1992 qualifier
9.	11 September 1991	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1–0	2–0	Euro 1992 qualifier
10.	9 October 1991	Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár	Hungary	2–0	2–0	Friendly
11.	25 March 1992	Parc des Princes, Paris	France	2–1	3–3	Friendly
12.	13 February 1993	Makario Stadium, Nicosia	Cyprus	1–0	3–0	1994 World Cup qualifier
13.				2–0
14.	22 May 1993	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels	Faroe Islands	2–0	3–0	1994 World Cup qualifier
15.	13 October 1993	Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest	Romania	1–2	1–2	1994 World Cup qualifier
16.	7 June 1995	Philip II Arena, Skopje	Macedonia	2–0	5–0	Euro 1996 qualifier
17.				5–0
18.	6 June 1998	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels	Paraguay	1–0	1–0	Friendly

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 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., joining them for the 2000-01 season. Indifferent results led to his resignation in June 2002. He last trained R.E. Mouscron, 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 and Josep Mª Fusté which had its début in Eindhoven in the first EFPA Match.