Editing Enzo Scifo (section)

== Club career ==
Scifo made his first team debut with [[R.S.C. Anderlecht]] in 1983, at the age of 17.<ref name="planetworldcup"/> After winning three [[Belgian First Division]] championships with the club, and helping the team to the [[1984 UEFA Cup final|1984 UEFA Cup Final]], only to lose out to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham]] on penalties, Scifo earned a reputation as one of the most promising young stars of his generation,<ref name=devil/> and moved to his ancestral country for [[Internazionale Milano F.C.|Internazionale]] in [[1987–88 Serie A|1987]] for a fee of 7.5 billion Lire.<ref name="ITALIANO PER FORZA"/> At the time, this was the record amount for a football transfer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 November 2024 |title=From Maradona to Cristiano and Neymar: Each Player Challenging the Transfer Record |url=https://www.footboom1.com/en/news/football/2080136-from-maradona-to-cristiano-and-neymar-each-player-challenging-the-transfer-record |website=footboom1.com |language=en}}</ref> After an unsuccessful spell in [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]], which saw him manage only four league goals in 28 appearances, he moved to French club [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]] in 1988 where he again disappointed, and faced injuries and conflict with senior squad members.<ref name=devil/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.marc-werner.com/soccer/soccer4.pdf |title=EXKLUSIV Interview mit Enzo Scifo |access-date=7 June 2009 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191623/http://www.marc-werner.com/soccer/soccer4.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> His career was revived by a successful move to [[Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise|Auxerre]] in 1989, at the age of 23, under manager [[Guy Roux]], which led to a return to Italy with [[Torino Calcio|Torino]] in 1991;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mydict.com/Wort/Enzo/Page/3/|title=Enzo – hat folgende Bedeutung|author=MyDict Team|access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref> 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 [[1992–93 Coppa Italia|Coppa Italia]] the following season.<ref name="planetworldcup"/> Scifo then moved to [[AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco]] in 1993, where he enjoyed a similar level of success and won the [[Ligue 1|French championship]] in [[1996–97 French Division 1|1997]].<ref name="planetworldcup"/> He returned to Anderlecht later that year and won his fourth Belgian league title in the [[1999–2000 Belgian First Division|1999–2000]] season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://betting.betfair.com/international-football/obscure-betting/the-obscure-betting-column-enzo-scifos-mouscron-an-241008.html|title=International Football Betting Tips – Bet £10 Get £30 with Betfair|access-date=14 October 2015|archive-date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708042557/http://betting.betfair.com/international-football/obscure-betting/the-obscure-betting-column-enzo-scifos-mouscron-an-241008.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He joined [[R. Charleroi S.C.|Charleroi]] in 2000, but retired later in the same season, at the age of 36, after being diagnosed with chronic [[arthritis]].<ref name=devil/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiwo.de/unternehmer-maerkte/der-bdquo-rote-teufel-ldquo-tanzte-viermal-auf-der-wm-buehne-121743/|title=WM-Rekordspieler, Platz 19: Enzo Scifo: Der "rote Teufel" tanzte viermal auf der WM-Bühne|access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref> In total, Scifo scored 121 league goals in 478 official matches.<ref name=devil/>