Editing Enzo Scifo (section)

== International career ==
Scifo made his senior international debut on 6 June 1984 for [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]], in a 2–2 friendly draw against [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]].<ref name="treccani">{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/vincenzo-scifo_(Enciclopedia-dello-Sport)/|title=SCIFO, Vincenzo (Enzo)|work=Treccani: Enciclopedia dello Sport|date=2002|language=it|access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref> In [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]'s opening group match of [[UEFA Euro 1984]], on 13 June, he attracted much publicity when he helped his team to a 2–0 victory over [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]; at the age of 18 years and 115 days, he was the youngest player ever to appear in the finals at the time.<ref name="planetworldcup">{{cite web|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/LEGENDS/scifo.html|title=Planet World Cup – Legends – Enzo Scifo|access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7b2ea5178a-1c450cf59b63-1000--scifo-helps-belgium-to-overcome-yugoslavia-in-euro-1984-gr/|title=Scifo helps Belgium to overcome Yugoslavia|publisher=UEFA|date=4 October 2003|access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7e16233fd7-0b794fdbc7b7-1000--teenager-willems-breaks-scifo-s-record/|title=Teenager Willems breaks Scifo's record|publisher=UEFA|date=9 June 2012|access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref>

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He appeared for [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] in the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], and [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]s, playing sixteen games in total;<ref>[http://www.world-football-legends.co.uk/scifo.php World Football Legends | Players | Enzo Scifo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625004331/http://www.world-football-legends.co.uk/scifo.php |date=25 June 2008 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="planetworldcup"/> 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 [[FIFA World Cup awards#FIFA Young Player Award|the best young player of the tournament]] for his performances throughout the competition.<ref name=FIFA-profile/><ref name="planetworldcup"/> In the 1990 edition of the tournament, held in Italy, Scifo scored a notable goal from long range in Belgium's 3-1 first round victory over [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], on 17 June, held in Verona;<ref name="planetworldcup"/> the goal was later elected as the tenth greatest FIFA World Cup goal of the Century in a 2002 poll, with 2,935 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2002/m=5/news=diego-maradona-goal-voted-the-fifa-world-cup-153-goal-the-century-82406.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912131216/http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2002/m=5/news=diego-maradona-goal-voted-the-fifa-world-cup-153-goal-the-century-82406.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2015|title=Diego Maradona goal voted the FIFA World Cup Goal of the Century|publisher=FIFA|date=30 May 2002|access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref> Belgium were eventually eliminated in the second round against [[England national football team|England]]; four years later, at [[1994 FIFA World Cup|U.S.A. '94]], the Belgian side were once again eliminated in the second round.<ref name="planetworldcup"/> Scifo retired from international football after Belgium's first round elimination in the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World]] Cup held in France;<ref name="planetworldcup"/> in total he gained eighty-four international caps and scored eighteen goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,35351,00.html|title=Ausland: Fußball-Star Enzo Scifo außer Lebensgefahr|author=((SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany))|date=16 August 1999|work=SPIEGEL ONLINE|access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref>