Erwin Vandenbergh

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Erwin Vandenbergh (born January 26, 1959) was a legendary Belgian football striker. Between 1979 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 1979 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 K.R.C. Genk.

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