Erwin Vandendaele (born 5 March 1945) was a

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football player who won the

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in 1971 while at Club Brugge. He played 32 times for the

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between 1970 and 1977, starting in a 1–2 friendly defeat to

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on 15 November 1970. In the summer of 1974 Vandendaele moved to the rival Anderlecht. In 1976 he won the

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with Anderlecht after a legendary 4-1 win in the second leg over FC Bayern Munich. After his football career Vandendaele founded a tennis club in his hometown Asper. Since 2005 he has been working as a talent scout for K.A.A. Gent.

Honours

Club

Club Brugge

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: 1972–73 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: List of Belgian Cup finals, 1967–68, 1969–70

RSC Anderlecht

: 1974–75, 1975–76 *

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: 1975–76 (

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), 1976–77 (

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), 1977–78 (

) *

Amsterdam Tournament The Amsterdam Tournament ( nl, Amsterdam Toernooi) was a pre-season association football competition, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The competition was hosted by Eredivisie club Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena. It was inaugurated in 1975 as the A ...

: 1976 *

Tournoi de Paris The Tournoi de Paris, also known as Trophée de Paris, was a pre-season association football invitational competition hosted by French club Paris Saint-Germain at their home ground Parc des Princes in Paris, France. The competition was founded in ...

: 1977 *

Jules Pappaert Cup Trophy Jules Pappaert or Pappaert cup is a Belgian football trophy since 1953 and is awarded annually to a club in the first, second or third division of the Belgian Pro League with the longest uninterrupted series of unbeaten games. The award is ...

: 1977

KAA Gent

* Belgian Second Division: 1979–80

International

Belgium

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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

(

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)

Individual

: 1971 * Platina Eleven (Best Team in 50 Years of Golden Shoe Winners) (2003)

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