# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erwin-vandenbergh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:33:15.002Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erwin-vandenbergh"
name: "Erwin Vandenbergh"
slug: "erwin-vandenbergh"
description: "Erwin Vandenbergh is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. Between 1979 and 1991, he finished six times as topscorer of the Belgian First Division, with three clubs. In 1980, he was European topscorer with 39 goals out of 34 games. As a Belgium national team regular, Vandenbergh scored a memorable victory goal against Argentina in the opening game of the 1982 World Cup in Spain."
tagline: "Belgian association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Training_Belgisch_nationale_voetbalelftal_in_Mechelen_voor_de_wedstrijd_woensdag%2C_Bestanddeelnr_931-1524.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1959-01-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             22.94556090722681
  historical:           20.65832533333334
  currentAttention:     0.4
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump