Enzo Scifo has managed the Belgium national under-21 football team and several Belgian club sides.
15 Facts About Enzo Scifo
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Enzo Scifo played for clubs in Belgium, France and Italy, where he won several domestic titles.
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Enzo Scifo proved himself a highly promising talent in youth football and was nicknamed "Little Pele" at his local team, where he scored 432 goals in only four seasons as a junior.
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Enzo Scifo's career was revived by a successful move to Auxerre in 1989, at the age of 23, under manager Guy Roux, which led to a return to Italy with Torino in 1991; his second spell in Serie A was more successful, as he reached the 1992 UEFA Cup Final in his first season with Torino, and won the Coppa Italia the following season.
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Enzo Scifo then moved to AS Monaco in 1993, where he enjoyed a similar level of success and won the French championship in 1997.
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Enzo Scifo joined Charleroi in 2000, but retired later in the same season, at the age of 36, after being diagnosed with chronic arthritis.
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In total, Enzo Scifo scored 121 league goals in 478 official matches.
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Enzo Scifo featured in all three of Belgium's group matches in the tournament, as they placed third in their group and suffered a first round elimination.
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Enzo Scifo appeared for Belgium in the 1986,1990,1994, and 1998 World Cups, playing sixteen games in total; he is one of only 14 players to have participated in four World Cups, and one of only three Belgian players ever to do so.
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Enzo Scifo helped his nation to the semi-finals of the 1986 edition of the tournament in Mexico, playing in all seven of his team's matches and scoring two goals as Belgium finished the tournament in fourth place; he was named the best young player of the tournament for his performances throughout the competition.
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Enzo Scifo retired from international football after Belgium's first round elimination in the 1998 World Cup held in France; in total he gained eighty-four international caps and scored eighteen goals.
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On 6 June 2009, Enzo Scifo quit Mouscron due to the club's difficult financial situation.
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Enzo Scifo returned to club football with Mons between 2012 and 2013.
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Enzo Scifo was appointed manager of Mouscron in 2021, but was dismissed from his position after a poor start to the season.
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In 2024, Enzo Scifo was appointed talent manager of Louvieroise, the club where he started as a youth player.