Georges Grün

Georges Grün

Personal information
Full name	Georges Serge Grun
Date of birth	(1962-01-25) 25 January 1962
Place of birth	Schaerbeek, Belgium
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1990	Anderlecht	212	(27)
1990–1994	Parma	109	(9)
1994–1996	Anderlecht	46	(4)
1996–1997	Reggiana	22	(0)
Total		389	(40)
International career
1984–1995	Belgium	77	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georges Serge Grün (born 25 January 1962, in Schaerbeek, Belgium) is a former Belgian football defender, who currently works as a television presenter for the UEFA Champions League matches at RTL TVI.

Grün made his international debut against Yugoslavia on 13 June 1984, scoring on his debut. He is most famous in his home country for scoring the away goal that qualified Belgium at the expense of their neighbours Netherlands in the 1986 World Cup qualifying rounds. Belgium would go on to a very respectable fourth place finish. He played in three FIFA World Cups for the Belgium national football team (1986, 1990 and 1994). He made his World Cup debut against Mexico on 3 June 1986. Grün is the sixth most capped player for Belgium with 77 caps. On the club level, he played for Anderlecht, Parma and Reggiana.

Honours

Anderlecht

• Belgian First Division: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
• Belgian Cup: 1987–88, 1988–89
• Belgian Super Cup: 1985, 1987
• UEFA Cup: 1982–83

Parma

• Coppa Italia: 1991–92
• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1992–93

External links

• Profile at weltfussball