Erwin Vandenbergh (; born 26 January 1959) is a Belgian retired
football 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
Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Be ...
, 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
The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 ...
in Spain.
Vandenbergh also played for the French club
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord ...
with his Belgian national team partner
Filip Desmet under the management of another fellow Belgian
Georges Heylens. His son,
Kevin Vandenbergh
Kevin Vandenbergh (; born 16 May 1983) is a Belgian former professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ramsel in the Belgian Provincial Leagues. His father, Erwin Vandenbergh, was one of the most prolific strikers in the 1980s for Bel ...
, has also become a professional football striker.
Honours
Anderlecht
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Belgian First Division:
1984–85,
1985–86
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Belgian Super Cup: 1985
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UEFA Cup
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:
1982–83; runners-up
1983–84
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Jules Pappaert Cup: 1977, 1983, 1985
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Bruges Matins: 1985
Belgium
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UEFA European Championship
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: runners-up
1980
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FIFA World Cup
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: fourth place
1986
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Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1980
Individual
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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)
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European Golden Shoe
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: 1979–80 (39 goals)
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Ballon d'Or
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nominations:
1980,
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Belgian Golden Shoe: 1981
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UEFA Cup top scorer: 1982–83 (seven goals)
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UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
The qualifying round for the 1984 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into seven groups; three of four teams and four of five teams. The qualifying round was played at various times between May 1982 and December 1983, wit ...
:
Group 1 top scorer (four goals)
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Best AA Gent-Player of the Season: 1990–91
References
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1959 births
Living people
Flemish sportspeople
Belgian footballers
Association football forwards
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
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