Four players of AA Gent held top scorer positions in the UEFA: Maurice Willems (1956–57, 28 games, 35 goals), Ronny Martens (1984–85, 34 games, 23 goals), Erwin Vandenbergh (1990–91, 34 games, 23 goals) and Ole Martin Arst (1999–00, 33 games, 30 goals). The Belgian player Roland Storme, central defender of KAA Gent in 1958–59, received the Golden Shoe award. Three other AA Gent players were presented with awards and honors: René Vandereycken got the award for trainer of the year 1991. Frédéric Herpoel was chosen as the best goalkeeper in 2004. Mbark Boussoufa received multiple awards and honors including: pro-player of the year, best young player and the award of the 12th man, as well as the Ebony Shoe. Another AA Gent player, the Egyptian Ahmed "Mido" Hossam was also presented with the Ebony Shoe 8 years earlier in 2001. Maurice Willems has scored more goals than any other KAA Gent player, with 185 goals between 1952 and 1962. Armand Seghers holds the record of the most games played in the first team of KAA Gent: 507 between 1949 and 1960. Marc Van Der Linden was in the national selection of Belgium for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Richard Orlans holds the most selections for the Belgium National Team, more than any other KAA Gent player. He was selected 21 times from 1955 – 1958. Frédéric Herpoel was four times honoured with the Jean-Claude Bouvy Trophy for "most valuable player of the season" between 2002 – 2005. Tore André Dahlum was a Norwegian international who played one year in Ghent. Kevin De Bruyne is a Belgium international and Manchester City player who spent six years at Gent during his youth career. Congolese player Leon Mokuna was the first African player in Belgian competition, in 1957. Compatriot Pierre Mwana Kasongo would join the club in 1965 and Kiyika Tokodi would do so in 1980. Jean-Claude Bouvy Trophy The Jean-Claude Bouvy Trophy is an award that is annually handed out to the most valuable player of Belgian football club K.A.A. Gent. It was established in 1979 and later named after Jean-Claude Bouvy, a player of Gent who died in a car crash in 1986. Winners Coaching history Hector Priem (1901–09) Van Steenkiste (1909–10) Horta (1910–12) Bunyan (1912–22) De Rijke (1922–31) Staff Pelsmaecker (1931–41) Hugi Fenichel (1941–42) Willibald Stejskal (1942–43) Fons Ferchyér (1943–45) Edmond Delfour (1945–51) Karl Mütsch (1951–52) Jules Vandooren (1952–56)