Marc Angéle Vanderlinden or ''van der Linden'' (born 4 February 1964 in

Merksem Merksem (; former spelling: ''Merxem'') is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It has 44,808 inhabitants as of 2021. History The history of Merksem goes back to Gallo-Roman times. During that peri ...

) is a

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former

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. He began his career with his local side SC Merksem before moving to

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in 1982. After seven seasons with the club he moved to R.S.C. Anderlecht in 1989 before joining K.A.A. Gent two years later. In 1995, he moved to

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to play for Ironi Rishon LeZion and then Maccabi Herzliya before returning to his original club in 1997. Van der Linden continued to play for Merksem until 2002 when he retired. He also played 19 times for the

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, scoring nine goals and appearing in the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being M ...

Honours

Player

Anderlecht

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: 1990–91 *

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: 1989–90 (

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)

Individual

* 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification top scorer (7 goals)

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* 1964 births Belgian men's footballers Flemish sportspeople Living people Footballers from Antwerp People from Merksem Royal Antwerp F.C. players R.S.C. Anderlecht players K.A.A. Gent players Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players K. Beerschot V.A.C. players Belgium men's international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Belgian Pro League players Liga Leumit players Men's association football forwards {{Belgium-footy-forward-stub