Luc Nilis

Luc Nilis ( born May 25, 1967 in Hasselt ) is a retired Belgian footballer. He is currently working as an assistant coach at Gençlerbirliği Ankara.

Career

Nilis was one of the most prolific strikers in the 1990s, which provided particularly with its spectacular goals for attention. He began his professional career at Anderlecht, where he matured as world -class striker and Belgian national team. With the Belgian team, he participated in the 1994 World Cup in the USA, where he was eliminated in the second round against Germany. After the World Cup tournament, he moved to the Netherlands for PSV Eindhoven. After his first season in Eindhoven, he was elected Footballer of the Year in the Netherlands.

As an international, he played again for Belgium at the 1998 World Cup in France. Nilis remained despite numerous poaching attempts, particularly by British clubs until 2000 in Eindhoven. Only when 33 -year-old, he moved to the European Championship in 2000 in the Premier League for Aston Villa. He was injured on 9 September 2000 in a league match against Ipswich Town so heavy that he had to end his career in January 2001.

Achievements

Successes with the team:

  • Belgian Cup: 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994
  • Belgian Cup: 1988, 1989, 1994
  • Dutch Cup: 1997, 2000
  • Dutch Super Cup: 1997

Personal Title:

  • Player of the year the Eredivisie: 1995
  • Scorer in the Eredivisie: 1996, 1997
KRC Genk RSC Anderlecht Aston Villa F.C. Ipswich Town F.C. Ronald de Boer 1956–57 Eredivisie Coen Dillen 1957–58 Eredivisie 1958–59 Eredivisie 1959–60 Eredivisie Henk Groot 1960–61 Eredivisie 1961–62 Eredivisie 1962–63 Eredivisie Pierre Kerkhoffs 1963–64 Eredivisie Frans Geurtsen 1964–65 Eredivisie 1965–66 Eredivisie 1966–67 Eredivisie 1967–68 Eredivisie Ove Kindvall 1968–69 Eredivisie Dick van Dijk 1969–70 Eredivisie 1970–71 Eredivisie 1971–72 Eredivisie 1972–73 Eredivisie Cas Janssens 1973–74 Eredivisie 1974–75 Eredivisie Ruud Geels 1975–76 Eredivisie 1976–77 Eredivisie 1977–78 Eredivisie 1978–79 Eredivisie Kees Kist 1979–80 Eredivisie 1980–81 Eredivisie 1981–82 Eredivisie 1982–83 Eredivisie Peter Houtman 1983–84 Eredivisie 1984–85 Eredivisie 1985–86 Eredivisie 1986–87 Eredivisie 1987–88 Eredivisie 1988–89 Eredivisie 1989–90 Eredivisie 1990–91 Eredivisie Dennis Bergkamp 1991–92 Eredivisie 1992–93 Eredivisie 1993–94 Eredivisie 1994–95 Eredivisie Ronaldo 1995–96 Eredivisie 1996–97 Eredivisie 1997–98 Eredivisie 1998–99 Eredivisie 1999–2000 Eredivisie 2000–01 Eredivisie 2001–02 Eredivisie Pierre van Hooijdonk 2002–03 Eredivisie 2003–04 Eredivisie 2004–05 Eredivisie Dirk Kuyt 2005–06 Eredivisie 2006–07 Eredivisie Afonso Alves 2007–08 Eredivisie 2008–09 Eredivisie 2009–10 Eredivisie 2010–11 Eredivisie 2011–12 Eredivisie Bas Dost 2012–13 Eredivisie
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