Erwin Vandenbergh
Vandenbergh in 1980
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-01-26) 26 January 1959
Place of birth Ramsel, Belgium
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19761982 Lierse 178 (117)
19821986 Anderlecht 121 (87)
19861990 Lille 114 (38)
19901994 Gent 110 (47)
19941995 Molenbeek 21 (4)
Total 544 (293)
International career
19791991 Belgium 48 (20)
Managerial career
1995 Westerlo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erwin Vandenbergh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛrʋɪɱ vɑndəmˈbɛr(ə)x]; born 26 January 1959) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. Between 1979 and 1991, he finished six times topscorer of the Belgian First Division (a record as of 2020), with three clubs (the first three with Lierse, the following two with Anderlecht, and the last one with Gent). In 1980, he was European topscorer with 39 goals out of 34 games. As a Belgium national team regular, Vandenbergh scored a memorable victory goal against Argentina in the opening game of the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

Vandenbergh also played for the French club Lille with his Belgium national team partner Filip Desmet under the management of another fellow Belgian Georges Heylens. His son, Kevin Vandenbergh, has also become a professional football striker.

Honours

Anderlecht[1]

Belgium

Individual

References

  1. "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
  2. "Jules Pappaert Cup".
  3. "Winnaars Brugse Metten".
  4. "UEFA Euro 1980".
  5. "FIFA 1986 World Cup". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
  6. "Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste".
  7. "Topscorer Eerste Klasse".
  8. "A History of European Golden Shoe Award + Winners List".
  9. "Ballon d'Or 1980".
  10. "Ballon d'Or 1983".
  11. "Winnaars Gouden Schoen".
  12. "Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  13. "Erelijst Trofee Jean-Claude Bouvy". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). Retrieved 8 November 2020.


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