Erwin Vandendaele

Erwin Vandendaele (born 5 March 1945) is a Belgian former professional footballer who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1971 while at Club Brugge. He played 32 times for the Belgium national team between 1970 and 1977, starting in a 2–1 friendly defeat to France on 15 November 1970.

Erwin Vandendaele

Vandendaele in 1978
Personal information
Date of birth	(1945-03-05) 5 March 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth	Metz, France[1]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, central defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1974	Club Brugge	253	(12)
1974–1977	Anderlecht	92	(1)
1977–1978	Reims	29	(1)
1978–1980	Gent	44	(0)
1980-1981	R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne	24	(0)
International career
1970–1977	Belgium	32	(1)
Managerial career
1981–1982	R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne
1983–1984	Gent
1988	R.W.D. Molenbeek
1988–1989	Gent
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In the summer of 1974 Vandendaele moved to the rival Anderlecht. In 1976, he won the UEFA Super Cup with Anderlecht after a 4–1 win in the second leg over Bayern Munich.^[2][3] After his football career, Vandendaele founded a tennis club in his hometown Asper. Since 2005, he has been working as a talent scout for Gent.

Honours

Club Brugge^[4]

• Belgian First Division: 1972–73
• Belgian Cup: 1967–68, 1969–70

Anderlecht^[5]

• Belgian Cup: 1974–75, 1975–76
• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1975–76, 1977–78, runner-up 1976–77^[6]
• Amsterdam Tournament: 1976^[7]
• Tournoi de Paris: 1977^[8]
• Jules Pappaert Cup: 1977^[9]

Gent^[10]

• Belgian Second Division: 1979–80

Belgium

• UEFA European Championship third place: 1972^[11]

Individual

• Belgian Golden Shoe: 1971^[12]
• Platina Eleven (Best Team in 50 Years of Golden Shoe Winners) (2003)^[13]