Emmanuel Godfroid

Emmanuel "Manu" Godfroid (born 16 August 1972 in Huy, Belgium) is a Belgian former football player who played as a left midfielder.

Club career Godfroid was born on 16 August 1972 in Huy, Belgium. He scored his first goal in the competition on 20 March 1993 in a 3–0 home win over K. Boom F.C. In the 1993–94 season, Godfroid scored a career-best eight goals, including a brace in a 2–2 draw against KV Mechelen.

In 1994, Godfroid joined Royal Antwerp, where he started playing in European competitions, appearing in both legs of the 10–2 aggregate loss to Newcastle United in the 1994–95 UEFA Cup first round. He also played four matches in the 1997 Intertoto Cup. During his four-season spell, Godfroid played regularly for Royal Antwerp and managed to score a goal against each of the Big Three, which helped his side earn wins over Club Brugge and Standard Liège, and a draw against Anderlecht.

In 1998, he went to play for Standard Liège and netted five goals in his first season, including one goal in a loss to Beveren, a brace in a 6–0 victory against the same team, and two goals in two 1–0 wins over Germinal Ekeren and Lommel. However, in the following three seasons, Godfroid did not play a single match as he underwent several operations on his Achilles tendon.

In 2002, Godfroid was signed by Rapid București at the request of coach Mircea Rednic. Subsequently, he made his Divizia A debut on 18 August 2002 in a 2–1 win over Sportul Studențesc București, in which he scored the winning goal. In the following round, he scored another goal in a 5–2 victory against Oțelul Galați. In the same season, Godfroid played three matches in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup and scored a goal that helped the team get past Gorica in the qualifying round, but they were defeated by Vitesse Arnhem in the following round. Afterwards, he played in both legs of the 3–2 aggregate loss to Anderlecht in the 2003–04 Champions League second qualifying round. Godfroid made his last Divizia A appearance on 26 November 2004 in a 3–0 home win over Sportul Studențesc București, totaling 52 matches with eight goals in the competition.

From 2006 to 2013, Godfroid played for teams in the Belgian lower leagues for teams such as RFC Liège, RJS Bas-Oha, Solière Sport, RFC Hannut and RAEC Sclayn. At the last-mentioned team, he played alongside his son, Arnaud.

Honours Rapid București Divizia A: 2002–03 Supercupa României: 2002