Erwin Vandendaele (born 5 March 1945) is a Belgian former professional
football
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er who won the
Belgian Golden Shoe
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in 1971 while at
Club Brugge
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042. They pl ...
. He played 32 times for the
Belgium national team between 1970 and 1977, starting in a 2–1 friendly defeat to
France
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on 15 November 1970.
In the summer of 1974 Vandendaele moved to the rival
Anderlecht
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. In 1976, he won the
UEFA Super Cup
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with Anderlecht after a 4–1 win in the second leg over
Bayern Munich
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. 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
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* Ghent ( Dutch: Gent), a Belgian city
** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent
** K.R.C. Gent, a football club from Ghent
** Gent RFC, a rugby club in Ghent
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.
Honours
Club Brugge
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Belgian First Division
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:
1972–73
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Belgian Cup
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:
1967–68, 1969–70
Anderlecht
* Belgian Cup: 1974–75, 1975–76
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European Cup Winners' Cup
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:
1975–76,
1977–78, runner-up
1976–77
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Amsterdam Tournament
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: 1976
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Tournoi de Paris: 1977
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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
Gent
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Belgian Second Division
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:
1979–80
Belgium
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UEFA European Championship
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third place:
1972
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Individual
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Belgian Golden Shoe
In association football, the Belgian Golden Shoe (, , German: ''Goldener Schuh'') is an award given in Belgium at the beginning of each civil year to the best footballer of the Belgian Pro League for the past year. The trophy is sponsored by the B ...
: 1971
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Platina Eleven (Best Team in 50 Years of Golden Shoe Winners) (2003)
References
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1945 births
Living people
People from Gavere
Belgian people of German descent
Belgian men's footballers
French men's footballers
Footballers from Metz
Footballers from East Flanders
Men's association football midfielders
Belgium men's international footballers
Belgian Pro League players
Ligue 1 players
Club Brugge KV players
R.S.C. Anderlecht players
Stade de Reims players
KAA Gent players
1970 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 1972 players
Belgian football managers
R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) managers
KAA Gent managers
K.M.S.K. Deinze managers
Association football scouts
Belgian expatriate men's footballers
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in France
20th-century French sportsmen
20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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