Erwin Vandenbergh
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Erwin Vandenbergh | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Ramsel, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1982 | Lierse | 178 | (117) |
1982–1986 | Anderlecht | 121 | (87) |
1986–1990 | Lille | 114 | (38) |
1990–1994 | Gent | 110 | (47) |
1994–1995 | Molenbeek | 21 | (4) |
Total | 544 | (293) | |
International career | |||
1979–1991 | Belgium | 48 | (20) |
Managerial career | |||
1995 | Westerlo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Erwin Vandenbergh (born 26 January 1959) is a retired Belgian footballer. 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 Belgian 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 Belgian national team partner Filip Desmet under the management of another fellow Belgian Georges Heylens. His son, Kevin Vandenbergh, has also became a football striker and has played several seasons at the highest level of Belgian football, for multiple clubs. He also had a short spell at Utrecht in the Netherlands.
External links
- Erwin Vandenbergh at WorldFootball.net
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Flemish sportspeople
- Belgian footballers
- Belgium international footballers
- Belgian First Division A players
- Lierse S.K. players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Lille OSC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- K.A.A. Gent players
- R.W.D. Molenbeek players
- UEFA Euro 1980 players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Cup winning players
- Association football forwards
- Belgian football forward stubs