Erwin Vandenbergh

Erwin Vandenbergh

Personal information
Full name	Erwin Vandenbergh
Date of birth	(1959-01-26) 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.

Honours

Club

RSC Anderlecht

• Belgian First Division: 1984–85, 1985-86
• Belgian Super Cup: 1985
• UEFA Cup: 1982-83
• UEFA Cup runners-up: 1983-84

International

Belgium

• UEFA Euro 1980: Runners-up
• 1986 FIFA World Cup: Fourth place

Individual

• Belgian First Division top scorer: 1979–80 (39 goals), 1980–81 (24 goals), 1981–82 (25 goals), 1982–83 (20 goals), 1985–86 (27 goals), 1990–91 (23 goals)
• European Golden Shoe: 1979–80 (39 goals)
• Ballon d'Or nominations: 1980, 1983
• Belgian Golden Shoe: 1981
• UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying: Group 1 top scorer

External links

• Erwin Vandenbergh at WorldFootball.net