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

Name	Nationality	Position	Years in Anderlecht	Appearances	Goals
Adams, FerdinandFerdinand Adams	Belgium	ST	1920–1930	152	84
Caudron, JeanJean Caudron	Belgium	GK	1922–1931	153	0
Luxen, JosephJoseph Luxen	Belgium	RW	1930–1945	147	26
Van Calenberg, GeorgesGeorges Van Calenberg	Belgium	RW	1931–1946	183	3
Mertens, JeanJean Mertens	Belgium	GK	1932–1943	164	0
Gets, FrançoisFrançois Gets	Belgium	CM	1933–1939	100	21
De Pauw, PierrePierre De Pauw	Belgium	RB	1936–1945	105	0
Erroelen, VictorVictor Erroelen	Belgium	CB	1936–1949	236	4
Vanvarenbergh, MichelMichel Vanvarenbergh	Belgium	AM	1936–1953	312	128
De Cuyper, JeanJean De Cuyper	Belgium	CB	1937–1948	149	3
De Wael, FrançoisFrançois De Wael	Belgium	RW	1941–1950	200	110
Vernimmen, JosephJoseph Vernimmen	Belgium	CM	1941–1952	261	20
Sermon, FrançoisFrançois Sermon	Belgium	LW	1941–1953	274	64
Valet, JeanJean Valet	Belgium	CB	1941–1954	287	49
Mermans, JosephJoseph Mermans	Belgium	ST	1942–1957	384	338
Meert, HenriHenri Meert	Belgium	GK	1943–1959	312	1
Van Den Bosch, HippolyteHippolyte Van Den Bosch	Belgium	CM	1944–1958	212	141
Degelas, FrançoisFrançois Degelas	Belgium	CM	1947–1958	209	25
Vaillant, ArsèneArsène Vaillant	Belgium	LB	1948–1954	156	20
Matthys, HenriHenri Matthys	Belgium	RB	1948–1956	197	0
De Corte, MarcelMarcel De Corte	Belgium	RW	1950–1959	139	37
Week, FélixFélix Week	Belgium	GK	1950–1960	134	0
Van Den Bosch, PieterPieter Van Den Bosch	Belgium	FW	1951–1959	156	40
de Koster, WillemWillem de Koster	Belgium	CB	1951–1960	235	0
De Wael, GastonGaston De Wael	Belgium	AM	1952–1961	112	63
Vanderwilt, RenéRené Vanderwilt	Belgium	CM	1954–1959	117	19
De Vogelaere, CharlesCharles De Vogelaere	Belgium	RB	1954–1961	105	1
Lippens, MartinMartin Lippens	Belgium	CM	1954–1964	232	54
Jurion, ArmandArmand Jurion	Belgium	RW	1954–1968	390	72
Culot, JacquesJacques Culot	Belgium	LB	1955–1961	167	0
Hanon, PierrePierre Hanon	Belgium	CM	1955–1970	353	31
Stockman, JacquesJacques Stockman	Belgium	FW	1957–1966 and 1972–1973	246	142
Cornelis, JeanJean Cornelis	Belgium	CB	1958–1971	288	7
Trappeniers, JeanJean Trappeniers	Belgium	GK	1959–1971	278	0
Plaskie, JeanJean Plaskie	Belgium	CB	1959–1972	182	2
Verbiest, LaurentLaurent Verbiest	Belgium	LB	1960–1966	120	2
Heylens, GeorgesGeorges Heylens	Belgium	RB	1960–1973	360	10
Van Himst, PaulPaul Van Himst	Belgium	AM	1960–1975	457	236
Puis, WilfriedWilfried Puis	Belgium	FW	1961–1971	274	55
Devrindt, JohanJohan Devrindt	Belgium	ST	1964–1970	112	66
Mulder, JanJan Mulder	Netherlands	ST	1965–1972	145	89
Kialunda, JulienJulien Kialunda	Zaire	CB	1965–1972	124	3
Volders, JosJos Volders	Belgium	CB	1968–1974	105	4
Van Binst, GilbertGilbert Van Binst	Belgium	RB	1968–1980	263	28
Verheyen, JanJan Verheyen	Belgium	RW	1971–1975	111	5
Ruiter, JanJan Ruiter	Netherlands	GK	1971–1977	179	0
Dockx, JeanJean Dockx	Belgium	CB	1971–1978	216	12
Rensenbrink, RobRob Rensenbrink	Netherlands	ST	1971–1980	261	141
Van Der Elst, FrançoisFrançois Van Der Elst	Belgium	FW	1971–1980	248	82
Broos, HugoHugo Broos	Belgium	CB	1971–1983	351	2
Coeck, LudoLudo Coeck	Belgium	CM	1972–1983	296	54
Thissen, JeanJean Thissen	Belgium	CB	1974–1979	122	4
Munaron, JackyJacky Munaron	Belgium	GK	1974–1989	293	0
Haan, ArieArie Haan	Netherlands	CM	1975–1981	198	35
Vercauteren, FrankyFranky Vercauteren	Belgium	LW	1975–1987	367	92
De Groote, MichelMichel De Groote	Belgium	CM	1975–1989	294	25
Dusbaba, JohnnyJohnny Dusbaba	Netherlands	CB	1977–1981	117	1
Nielsen, BennyBenny Nielsen	Denmark	FW	1977–1981	104	34
Brylle, KennethKenneth Brylle	Denmark	FW	1980–1984	122	50
Peruzovic, LukaLuka Peruzovic	Yugoslavia	CB	1980–1986	168	5
Olsen, MortenMorten Olsen	Denmark	CB	1980–1986	173	3
Hofkens, WimWim Hofkens	Netherlands	RB	1981–1985	114	4
Degreef, WalterWalter Degreef	Belgium	LB	1981–1986	110	1
Lozano, JuanJuan Lozano	Spain	AM	1981–1987	129	42
Frimann, PerPer Frimann	Denmark	CM	1981–1988	159	31
Vandenbergh, ErwinErwin Vandenbergh	Belgium	ST	1982–1986	121	87
Andersen, HenrikHenrik Andersen	Denmark	LB	1982–1990	173	13
Grün, GeorgesGeorges Grün	Belgium	CB	1982–1990 and 1994–1996	250	31
Gudjohnsen, ArnorArnor Gudjohnsen	Iceland	ST	1983–1990	139	40
Scifo, VincenzoVincenzo Scifo	Belgium	CM	1983–1987 and 1997–2000	197	46
van Tiggelen, AdriAdri van Tiggelen	Netherlands	RB	1986–1991	144	7
Nilis, LucLuc Nilis	Belgium	ST	1986–1994	224	127
Musonda, CharlyCharly Musonda	Zambia	CM	1987–1994 and 1996–1997	109	6
Kooiman, WimWim Kooiman	Netherlands	CM	1988–1994	151	12
De Wilde, FilipFilip De Wilde	Belgium	GK	1988–2002	371	0
Degryse, MarcMarc Degryse	Belgium	AM	1989–1995	171	66
De Wolf, MichelMichel De Wolf	Belgium	CB	1990–1994	109	2
Rutjes, GraemeGraeme Rutjes	Netherlands	CB	1990–1996	152	7
Crasson, BertrandBertrand Crasson	Belgium	RB	1990–1996 and 1998–2003	293	20
Zetterberg, PärPär Zetterberg	Sweden	AM	1990–1991 and 1993–2006	285	74
Bosman, JohnnyJohnny Bosman	Netherlands	ST	1991–1996	156	71
Boffin, DannyDanny Boffin	Belgium	LW	1991–1997	189	30
Walem, JohanJohan Walem	Belgium	CM	1991–1997	180	16
Versavel, BrunoBruno Versavel	Belgium	AM	1992–1997	124	37
Doll, OlivierOlivier Doll	Belgium	CB	1994–2004	182	5
De Boeck, GlenGlen De Boeck	Belgium	CB	1995–2004	207	15
Iachtchouk, OlegOleg Iachtchouk	Ukraine	FW	1996–2006	119	32
Baseggio, WalterWalter Baseggio	Belgium	CM	1996–2008	256	43
Dheedene, DidierDidier Dheedene	Belgium	CB	1997–2001	102	9
Stoica, AlinAlin Stoica	Romania	CM	1997–2002	128	23
Goor, BartBart Goor	Belgium	LW	1997–2001 and 2005–2008	228	42
Dindane, ArunaAruna Dindane	Ivory Coast	FW	2000–2005	131	50
Hasi, BesnikBesnik Hasi	Albania	CM	2000–2006	108	1
Vanderhaeghe, YvesYves Vanderhaeghe	Belgium	CM	2000–2006	150	10
Deschacht, OlivierOlivier Deschacht	Belgium	LB	2001–present	409	11
Tihinen, HannuHannu Tihinen	Finland	CB	2002–2006	101	12
Zitka, DanielDaniel Zitka	Czech Republic	GK	2002–2010	144	0
Kompany, VincentVincent Kompany	Belgium	CB	2003–2006	73	6
Vanden Borre, AnthonyAnthony Vanden Borre	Belgium	CB	2003–2007 and 2012–2016	119	4
Legear, JonathanJonathan Legear	Belgium	RW	2004–2011	123	20
Proto, SilvioSilvio Proto	Belgium	GK	2005–2016	285	0
Juhasz, RolandRoland Juhasz	Hungary	DF	2005–2013	207	20
Van Damme, JelleJelle Van Damme	Belgium	LW	2006–2010	110	17
Biglia, LucasLucas Biglia	Argentina	CM	2006–2013	204	14
Boussoufa, MbarkMbark Boussoufa	Morocco	AM	2006–2011	148	48
Wasilewski, MarcinMarcin Wasilewski	Poland	RB	2006–2013	143	20
Gillet, GuillaumeGuillaume Gillet	Belgium	RB	2008–2014 and 2015–2016	248	48
Suárez, MatíasMatías Suárez	Argentina	FW	2008–2016	177	51
Kouyaté, CheikhouCheikhou Kouyaté	Senegal	DF	2008–2014	153	4
Lukaku, RomeluRomelu Lukaku	Belgium	ST	2009–2011	73	33
De Sutter, TomTom De Sutter	Belgium	ST	2009–2013	119	35
Kljestan, SachaSacha Kljestan	United States	CM	2010–2014	132	18
Praet, DennisDennis Praet	Belgium	AM	2011–2016	139	20
Tielemans, YouriYouri Tielemans	Belgium	CM	2013–present	102	13

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. http://sport.be.msn.com/fr/jupilerproleague/teamplayers.html?team=12585&comp=2551 sport.be