Erwin Vandenbergh

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Erwin Vandenbergh (born January 26, 1959) was a legendary Belgian football striker. Between 1981 and 1991, he finished six times topscorer of the Belgian First Division, with three different clubs (the first three with Lierse S.K., the following two with R.S.C. Anderlecht, and the last one with K.A.A. Gent). In 1981 he was European topscorer with 39 goals out of 34 games. As a Belgian national team regular VdB 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 OSC with his Belgian national team partner Filip Desmet under the management of another fellow Belgian Georges Heylens. His son, Kevin Vandenbergh, has also become a football striker and he currently plays for F.C. Utrecht.

Awards
Preceded by Kees Kist	European Golden Boot 1979 – 1980	Succeeded by Georgi Slavkov
Preceded by Jan Ceulemans	Belgian Golden Shoe 1981	Succeeded by Eric Gerets
Sporting positions
Preceded by Erwin Albert Erwin Vandenbergh Erwin Vandenbergh Erwin Vandenbergh Ronny Martens Frank Farina	Belgian top scorer 1979-80 (39 goals) 1980-81 (24 goals) 1981-82 (25 goals) 1982-83 (20 goals) 1985-86 (23 goals) 1990-91 (23 goals)	Succeeded by Erwin Vandenbergh Erwin Vandenbergh Erwin Vandenbergh Nico Claesen Arnór Guðjohnsen Josip Weber

v • d • e Belgium squad - UEFA Euro 1980 Runners-up

1 Custers • 2 Gerets • 3 L. Millecamps • 4 Meeuws • 5 Renquin • 6 Cools • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Van Moer • 9 Van der Elst • 10 Vandenbergh • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Pfaff • 13 M. Martens • 14 Plessers • 15 Verheyen • 16 M. Millecamps • 17 Mommens • 18 Dardenne • 19 Wellens • 20 Preud'homme • 21 Heyligen • 22 R. Martens • Coach: Thys

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Pfaff • 2 Gerets • 3 L. Millecamps • 4 Meeuws • 5 Renquin • 6 Vercauteren • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Van Moer • 9 Vandenbergh • 10 Coeck • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Custers • 13 Van Der Elst • 14 Baecke • 15 De Schrijver • 16 Plessers • 17 Verheyen • 18 Mommens • 19 M. Millecamps • 20 Vandersmissen • 21 Czerniatynski • 22 Munaron • Coach: Thys

v • d • e Belgium squad - UEFA Euro 1984

1 Pfaff • 2 Grün • 3 Lambrichts • 4 Clijsters • 5 De Wolf • 6 Vercauteren • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Claesen • 9 Vandenbergh • 10 Coeck • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Munaron • 13 Baecke • 14 De Greef • 15 Verheyen • 16 Scifo • 17 Voordeckers • 18 Czerniatynski • 19 Mommens • 20 De Coninck • Coach: Thys

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Pfaff • 2 Gerets • 3 F. Van Der Elst • 4 De Wolf • 5 Renquin • 6 Vercauteren • 7 Vandereycken • 8 Scifo • 9 Vandenbergh • 10 Desmet • 11 Ceulemans • 12 Munaron • 13 Grün • 14 Clijsters • 15 L. Van Der Elst • 16 Claesen • 17 Mommens • 18 Veyt • 19 Broos • 20 Bodart • 21 Demol • 22 Vervoort • Coach: Thys