Erwin Vandendaele

{{short description|Belgian footballer (born 1945)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Erwin Vandendaele

| image = Erwin Vandendaele.png

| caption = Vandendaele in 1978

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1945|3|5}}

| birth_place = Metz, France{{cite web|publisher=Club Brugge|author=Club Brugge|title=Erwin Vandendaele|url=http://clubbrugge.be/nl/de-club/geschiedenis/oud-spelers-index/erwin-vandendaele|date=16 May 2014|access-date=2014-05-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121934/http://clubbrugge.be/nl/de-club/geschiedenis/oud-spelers-index/erwin-vandendaele|archive-date=17 May 2014}}

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Midfielder, central defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1964–1974

| clubs1 = Club Brugge

| caps1 = 253

| goals1 = 12

| years2 = 1974–1977

| clubs2 = Anderlecht

| caps2 = 92

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1977–1978

| clubs3 = Reims

| caps3 = 29

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1978–1980

| clubs4 = Gent

| caps4 = 44

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1980-1981

| clubs5 = R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne

| caps5 = 24

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1970–1977

| nationalteam1 = Belgium

| nationalcaps1 = 32

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 1981–1982

| managerclubs1 = R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne

| manageryears2 = 1983–1984

| managerclubs2 = Gent

| manageryears3 = 1988

| managerclubs3 = R.W.D. Molenbeek

| manageryears4 = 1988–1989

| managerclubs4 = Gent

}}

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.

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.[https://www.pesmitidelcalcio.com/viewtopic.php?t=12791 Erwin Vandendaele 1971-1977], www.pesmitidelcalcio.com, 21 May 2022, retrieved 19 January 2023[https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/1976/ 1976 Super Cup: Anderlecht leave Bayern blushing], www.uefa.com, retrieved 19 January 2023 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.