List of R.S.C. Anderlecht players

R.S.C. Anderlecht is a professional football team from Brussels, Belgium. The club was founded in 1908 and holds the record of Belgian championship titles. Players listed in this article are players who played in at least 100 games in the Belgian first division.[1][2][3][4] The recordman of appearances in the first division for RSC Anderlecht is legendary player Paul Van Himst with 457 matches between 1960 and 1975. Joseph Mermans, nicknamed Le Bombardier (English: The Bomber) is RSC Anderlecht record goalscorer with 338 goals in 384 matches, between 1942 and 1957. Dutch international Rob Rensenbrink, who scored 141 goals in 261 league appearances for Anderlecht between 1971 and 1980 was voted the club's greatest ever player in 2008.

Key

  • Appearance and goal totals include matches in the Belgian Pro League only. Substitute appearances are included.
  • Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2015-2016 season.

Playing positions

GK Goalkeeper CM Central midfielder
RB Right back LW Left winger
CB Centre back AM Attacking midfielder
LB Left back FW Forward
RW Right winger ST Striker

Players

NameNationalityPositionYears in AnderlechtAppearancesGoals
Ferdinand Adams  Belgium ST1920–193015284
Jean Caudron  Belgium GK1922–19311530
Joseph Luxen  Belgium RW1930–194514726
Georges Van Calenberg  Belgium RW1931–19461833
Jean Mertens  Belgium GK1932–19431640
François Gets  Belgium CM1933–193910021
Pierre De Pauw  Belgium RB1936–19451050
Victor Erroelen  Belgium CB1936–19492364
Michel Vanvarenbergh  Belgium AM1936–1953312128
Jean De Cuyper  Belgium CB1937–19481493
François De Wael  Belgium RW1941–1950200110
Joseph Vernimmen  Belgium CM1941–195226120
François Sermon  Belgium LW1941–195327464
Jean Valet  Belgium CB1941–195428749
Joseph Mermans  Belgium ST1942–1957384338
Henri Meert  Belgium GK1943–19593121
Hippolyte Van Den Bosch  Belgium CM1944–1958212141
François Degelas  Belgium CM1947–195820925
Arsène Vaillant  Belgium LB1948–195415620
Henri Matthys  Belgium RB1948–19561970
Marcel De Corte  Belgium RW1950–195913937
Félix Week  Belgium GK1950–19601340
Pieter Van Den Bosch  Belgium FW1951–195915640
Willem de Koster  Belgium CB1951–19602350
Gaston De Wael  Belgium AM1952–196111263
René Vanderwilt  Belgium CM1954–195911719
Charles De Vogelaere  Belgium RB1954–19611051
Martin Lippens  Belgium CM1954–196423254
Armand Jurion  Belgium RW1954–196839072
Jacques Culot  Belgium LB1955–19611670
Pierre Hanon  Belgium CM1955–197035331
Jacques Stockman  Belgium FW1957–1966 and 1972–1973246142
Jean Cornelis  Belgium CB1958–19712887
Jean-Marie Trappeniers  Belgium GK1959–19712780
Jean Plaskie  Belgium CB1959–19721822
Laurent Verbiest  Belgium LB1960–19661202
Georges Heylens  Belgium RB1960–197336010
Paul Van Himst  Belgium AM1960–1975457236
Wilfried Puis  Belgium FW1961–197127455
Johan Devrindt  Belgium ST1964–197011266
Jan Mulder  Netherlands ST1965–197214589
Julien Kialunda  Zaire CB1965–19721243
Jos Volders  Belgium CB1968–19741054
Gilbert Van Binst  Belgium RB1968–198026328
Jan Verheyen  Belgium RW1971–19751115
Jan Ruiter  Netherlands GK1971–19771790
Jean Dockx  Belgium CB1971–197821612
Rob Rensenbrink  Netherlands ST1971–1980261141
François Van Der Elst  Belgium FW1971–198024882
Hugo Broos  Belgium CB1971–19833512
Ludo Coeck  Belgium CM1972–198329654
Jean Thissen  Belgium CB1974–19791224
Jacky Munaron  Belgium GK1974–19892930
Arie Haan  Netherlands CM1975–198119835
Franky Vercauteren  Belgium LW1975–198736792
Michel De Groote  Belgium CM1975–198929425
Johnny Dusbaba  Netherlands CB1977–19811171
Benny Nielsen  Denmark FW1977–198110434
Kenneth Brylle  Denmark FW1980–198412250
Luka Peruzovic  Yugoslavia CB1980–19861685
Morten Olsen  Denmark CB1980–19861733
Wim Hofkens  Netherlands RB1981–19851144
Walter Degreef  Belgium LB1981–19861101
Juan Lozano  Spain AM1981–198712942
Per Frimann  Denmark CM1981–198815931
Erwin Vandenbergh  Belgium ST1982–198612187
Henrik Andersen  Denmark LB1982–199017313
Georges Grün  Belgium CB1982–1990 and 1994–199625031
Arnor Gudjohnsen  Iceland ST1983–199013940
Vincenzo Scifo  Belgium CM1983–1987 and 1997–200019746
Adri van Tiggelen  Netherlands RB1986–19911447
Luc Nilis  Belgium ST1986–1994224127
Charly Musonda  Zambia CM1987–1994 and 1996–19971096
Wim Kooiman  Netherlands CM1988–199415112
Filip De Wilde  Belgium GK1988–20023710
Marc Degryse  Belgium AM1989–199517166
Michel De Wolf  Belgium CB1990–19941092
Graeme Rutjes  Netherlands CB1990–19961527
Bertrand Crasson  Belgium RB1990–1996 and 1998–200329320
Pär Zetterberg  Sweden AM1990–1991 and 1993–200628574
Johnny Bosman  Netherlands ST1991–199615671
Danny Boffin  Belgium LW1991–199718930
Johan Walem  Belgium CM1991–199718016
Bruno Versavel  Belgium AM1992–199712437
Olivier Doll  Belgium CB1994–20041825
Glen De Boeck  Belgium CB1995–200420715
Oleg Iachtchouk  Ukraine FW1996–200611932
Walter Baseggio  Belgium CM1996–200825643
Didier Dheedene  Belgium CB1997–20011029
Alin Stoica  Romania CM1997–200212823
Bart Goor  Belgium LW1997–2001 and 2005–200822842
Aruna Dindane  Ivory Coast FW2000–200513150
Besnik Hasi  Albania CM2000–20061081
Yves Vanderhaeghe  Belgium CM2000–200615010
Olivier Deschacht  Belgium LB2001–201840911
Hannu Tihinen  Finland CB2002–200610112
Daniel Zitka  Czech Republic GK2002–20101440
Vincent Kompany  Belgium CB2003–2006 and 2019–present736
Anthony Vanden Borre  Belgium CB2003–2007 and 2012–20161194
Jonathan Legear  Belgium RW2004–201112320
Silvio Proto  Belgium GK2005–20162850
Roland Juhasz  Hungary DF2005–201320720
Jelle Van Damme  Belgium LW2006–201011017
Lucas Biglia  Argentina CM2006–201320414
Mbark Boussoufa  Morocco AM2006–201114848
Marcin Wasilewski  Poland RB2006–201314320
Guillaume Gillet  Belgium RB2008–2014 and 2015–201624848
Matías Suárez  Argentina FW2008–201617751
Cheikhou Kouyaté  Senegal DF2008–20141534
Romelu Lukaku  Belgium ST2009–20117333
Tom De Sutter  Belgium ST2009–201311935
Sacha Kljestan  United States CM2010–201413218
Dennis Praet  Belgium AM2011–201613920
Youri Tielemans  Belgium CM2013–201710213

References

  1. Gallez, Marcel; Serkijn, Johan (2008). Le dictionnaire du RSC Anderlecht (tome 2). Magnad. ISBN 978-2-9600723-3-4.
  2. http://bel.worldfootball.net/teams/rsc-anderlecht/10/ worldfootball.net
  3. http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/club.php?id=228&year=2010&rythm=1 national-football-teams.com
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-10-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) sport.be
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