Club Career
Degryse played with equal success in the Belgian First Division with giants Club Brugge KV and R.S.C. Anderlecht, six years apiece, moving to the latter in 1989 for a then-record €2.25 million, and proceeding to win five leagues combined, three in a row.
He then moved for £1.5 million to Sheffield Wednesday, but left after just one season (having scored eight goals in the Premier League, where the South Yorkshire club finished 15th and were just three places clear of relegation), moving to Holland with PSV Eindhoven, where he often struggled with injuries. During his time at Wednesday, he and teammate Orlando Trustfull had a cameo role in Sheffield based film The Full Monty but the scenes did not make the final cut.
Degryse retired in 2002, after spells back in Belgium with K.A.A. Gent and K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot, having played 543 professional matches and scored 212 goals. He returned to Club Brugge as a technical director the following year, before he eventually resigned due to bad results in late January 2007, alongside longtime former teammate, coach Franky Van der Elst.
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