Gerald Vanenburg
Encyclopedia
Gerald Mervin Vanenburg (born 5 March 1964) is a retired Dutch
footballer who played as a right winger.
He amassed Eredivisie
totals of 372 games and 112 goals for Ajax and PSV combined, winning fifteen major titles between the two clubs, including the 1988
European Cup
with the latter. Subsequently, he played in Japan
, France
and Germany
, in a 20-year professional career.
Vanenburg earned more than 40 caps
for Holland
, appearing at the 1990 World Cup
and Euro 1988, winning the latter tournament.
, Vanenburg finished his football formation with AFC Ajax, and made his Eredivisie
debuts exactly one month after his 17th birthday, against ADO Den Haag
. He finished his first season with 11 games and three goals, being soon dubbed Vaantje and Geraldinho for his above-average skills.
Vanenburg became an undisputed starter for the Amsterdam
outfit shortly after, providing countless assists
for strikers Marco van Basten and Wim Kieft
and adding 30 himself in two seasons combined, as the club won back-to-back national championships; before leaving the club in June 1986, he scored in double digits in two more seasons.
of the season's European Cup
, and converting his penalty shootout attempt against S.L. Benfica.
Having rejected a lucrative move to A.S. Roma
, Vanenburg played and scored regularly for PSV in the following five seasons, winning a further three leagues and two Dutch Cups
. He appeared in nearly 500 official games between the two clubs, scoring almost 150 goals.
promote to the J. League in his first year, then playing a further two seasons with the club. He finished the 1996–97 season back in his country, still being relatively played as hometown's FC Utrecht ranked in 12th position.
Until his retirement in 2000 at the age of 36, Vanenburg played three more years of top flight football, with AS Cannes
(France
) and TSV 1860 München
(Germany
), where he began appearing regularly as a sweeper. He immediately returned to PSV where he was appointed the youth team's manager but, during that timeframe, also managed former club TSV during three months, starting in April 2004, with the team eventually being relegated from the Bundesliga
.
In 2006–07, Vanenburg coached Helmond Sport
in the Eerste Divisie
, being fired on 17 February 2007. On 1 January of the following year, he was appointed at another club in the category, FC Eindhoven
.
on 14 April 1982 at only 18, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 friendly
win with Greece
, in Eindhoven. He was selected for the UEFA Euro 1988 tournament in West Germany
, appearing in all the games (the last three complete) as the Oranje won the competition.
Vanenburg was also picked by manager Leo Beenhakker
for his 1990 FIFA World Cup
squad, but his contribution consisted of 45 minutes against Egypt (1–1 group stage draw), in an eventual round-of-16
exit in Italy
.
|1980/81||rowspan="6"|Ajax||rowspan="6"|Eredivisie
||11||3||||||||||11||3
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|1981/82||32||13||||||||||32||13
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|1982/83||33||17||||||||||33||17
|-
|1983/84||34||7||||||||||34||7
|-
|1984/85||29||12||||||||||29||12
|-
|1985/86||34||12||||||||||34||12
|-
|1986/87||rowspan="7"|PSV||rowspan="7"|Eredivisie
||34||9||||||||||34||9
|-
|1987/88||34||1||||||||||34||1
|-
|1988/89||34||10||||||||||34||10
|-
|1989/90||21||6||||||||||21||6
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|1990/91||29||11||||||||||29||11
|-
|1991/92||19||7||||||||||19||7
|-
|1992/93||28||4||||||||||28||4
|-
|1993||Yamaha Motors
||Football League
||0||0||1||0||4||2||5||2
|-
|1994||rowspan="3"|Júbilo Iwata
||rowspan="3"|J. League 1||43||8||1||0||4||0||48||8
|-
|1995||21||1||2||1||colspan="2"|-||23||2
|-
|1996||22||5||0||0||12||3||34||8
|-
|1996/97||Utrecht||Eredivisie
||9||2||||||||||9||2
|-
|1997/98||Cannes
||Ligue 1
||26||6||||||||||26||6
|-
|1998/99||rowspan="2"|1860 München
||rowspan="2"|Bundesliga
||27||2||||||||||27||2
|-
|1999/00||15||0||||||||||15||0
381||114||||||||||381||114
86||14||4||1||20||5||110||20
26||6||||||||||26||6
42||2||||||||||42||2
535||136||4||1||20||5||559||142
|}
|1982||4||0
|-
|1983||5||1
|-
|1984||0||0
|-
|1985||0||0
|-
|1986||4||0
|-
|1987||7||0
|-
|1988||10||0
|-
|1989||4||0
|-
|1990||6||0
|-
|1991||1||0
|-
|1992||1||0
|-
!Total||42||1
|}
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
footballer who played as a right winger.
He amassed Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
totals of 372 games and 112 goals for Ajax and PSV combined, winning fifteen major titles between the two clubs, including the 1988
1988 European Cup Final
The 1988 European Cup Final was a football match played between PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands and Benfica of Portugal. PSV won 6–5 on penalties after a goalless draw after extra time...
European Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
with the latter. Subsequently, he played in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, in a 20-year professional career.
Vanenburg earned more than 40 caps
Cap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
for Holland
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
, appearing at the 1990 World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
and Euro 1988, winning the latter tournament.
Ajax
Born in UtrechtUtrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
, Vanenburg finished his football formation with AFC Ajax, and made his Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
debuts exactly one month after his 17th birthday, against ADO Den Haag
ADO Den Haag
Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club...
. He finished his first season with 11 games and three goals, being soon dubbed Vaantje and Geraldinho for his above-average skills.
Vanenburg became an undisputed starter for the Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
outfit shortly after, providing countless assists
Assist (football)
In association football, an assist is a contribution by a player which helps to score a goal. Statistics for assists made by players may be kept officially by the organisers of a competition, or unofficially by, for example, journalists or organisers of fantasy football competitions...
for strikers Marco van Basten and Wim Kieft
Wim Kieft
Willem "Wim" Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a centre forward.A prolific goalscorer whose main asset resided in his heading ability, he played in his country for two of the most important clubs, Ajax Amsterdam and PSV Eindhoven, with equal team and individual...
and adding 30 himself in two seasons combined, as the club won back-to-back national championships; before leaving the club in June 1986, he scored in double digits in two more seasons.
PSV
Vanenburg signed for PSV Eindhoven for the 1986–87 season, scoring nine goals in 34 games in his first season, which ended in league conquest. He was part of the team that won the treble the following campaign, with the player appearing in the final1988 European Cup Final
The 1988 European Cup Final was a football match played between PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands and Benfica of Portugal. PSV won 6–5 on penalties after a goalless draw after extra time...
of the season's European Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
, and converting his penalty shootout attempt against S.L. Benfica.
Having rejected a lucrative move to A.S. Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
, Vanenburg played and scored regularly for PSV in the following five seasons, winning a further three leagues and two Dutch Cups
KNVB Cup
The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
. He appeared in nearly 500 official games between the two clubs, scoring almost 150 goals.
Abroad / Coaching
Aged 29, Vanenburg had his first abroad experience, helping Júbilo IwataJúbilo Iwata
is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
promote to the J. League in his first year, then playing a further two seasons with the club. He finished the 1996–97 season back in his country, still being relatively played as hometown's FC Utrecht ranked in 12th position.
Until his retirement in 2000 at the age of 36, Vanenburg played three more years of top flight football, with AS Cannes
AS Cannes
Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin...
(France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) and TSV 1860 München
TSV 1860 München
Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season...
(Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
), where he began appearing regularly as a sweeper. He immediately returned to PSV where he was appointed the youth team's manager but, during that timeframe, also managed former club TSV during three months, starting in April 2004, with the team eventually being relegated from the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
.
In 2006–07, Vanenburg coached Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.-History:...
in the Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
, being fired on 17 February 2007. On 1 January of the following year, he was appointed at another club in the category, FC Eindhoven
FC Eindhoven
FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They current play in the Eerste Divisie , and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven....
.
International career
Vanenburg made his debut for the NetherlandsNetherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
on 14 April 1982 at only 18, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 friendly
Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
win with Greece
Greece national football team
The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...
, in Eindhoven. He was selected for the UEFA Euro 1988 tournament in West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, appearing in all the games (the last three complete) as the Oranje won the competition.
Vanenburg was also picked by manager Leo Beenhakker
Leo Beenhakker
Leo Beenhakker is an international Dutch football coach, who is the current Sports Director of Újpest FC.- Coaching career :...
for his 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
squad, but his contribution consisted of 45 minutes against Egypt (1–1 group stage draw), in an eventual round-of-16
Single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...
exit in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 December 1983 | De Kuip, Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... |
|
|
Euro 1984 qualifying | |
Club
|-|1980/81||rowspan="6"|Ajax||rowspan="6"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
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|1981/82||32||13||||||||||32||13
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|1982/83||33||17||||||||||33||17
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|1983/84||34||7||||||||||34||7
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|1984/85||29||12||||||||||29||12
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|1985/86||34||12||||||||||34||12
|-
|1986/87||rowspan="7"|PSV||rowspan="7"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||34||9||||||||||34||9
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|1987/88||34||1||||||||||34||1
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|1988/89||34||10||||||||||34||10
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|1989/90||21||6||||||||||21||6
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|1990/91||29||11||||||||||29||11
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|1991/92||19||7||||||||||19||7
|-
|1992/93||28||4||||||||||28||4
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|1993||Yamaha Motors
Júbilo Iwata
is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
||Football League
Japan Football League
The is the 3rd tier of the Japanese association football league system, following J. League Division 1 and J. League Division 2. Also known as the JFL, it is generally considered as the top amateur league in Japan although in reality it is a semi-professional league as many full-time footballers...
||0||0||1||0||4||2||5||2
|-
|1994||rowspan="3"|Júbilo Iwata
Júbilo Iwata
is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
||rowspan="3"|J. League 1||43||8||1||0||4||0||48||8
|-
|1995||21||1||2||1||colspan="2"|-||23||2
|-
|1996||22||5||0||0||12||3||34||8
|-
|1996/97||Utrecht||Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||9||2||||||||||9||2
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|1997/98||Cannes
AS Cannes
Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin...
||Ligue 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
||26||6||||||||||26||6
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|1998/99||rowspan="2"|1860 München
TSV 1860 München
Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season...
||rowspan="2"|Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
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|1999/00||15||0||||||||||15||0
381||114||||||||||381||114
86||14||4||1||20||5||110||20
26||6||||||||||26||6
42||2||||||||||42||2
535||136||4||1||20||5||559||142
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International
|-|1982||4||0
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|1983||5||1
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|1984||0||0
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|1985||0||0
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|1986||4||0
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|1987||7||0
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|1988||10||0
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|1989||4||0
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|1990||6||0
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|1991||1||0
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|1992||1||0
|-
!Total||42||1
|}
Club
- Ajax:
- Dutch LeagueEredivisieThe Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85 - Dutch CupKNVB CupThe KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
: 1982–83, 1985–86; Runner-up 1980–81
- Dutch League
- PSV:
- European CupUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
: 1987–88 - Dutch LeagueEredivisieThe Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92 - Dutch CupKNVB CupThe KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
: 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90 - Dutch Supercup: 1992
- European Cup