 Vanenburg in 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gerald Mervin Vanenburg | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1964 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Sterrewijk | ||||||||||||||
| Elinkwijk | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1980–1986 | Ajax | 173 | (64) | |||||||||||
| 1986–1993 | PSV | 199 | (48) | |||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Júbilo Iwata | 86 | (14) | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Utrecht | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Cannes | 26 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | 1860 Munich | 43 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Total | 536 | (136) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1992 | Netherlands | 42 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | PSV (youth) | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | 1860 Munich | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Helmond Sport | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | FC Eindhoven | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | Willem II (assistant) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Gerald Mervin Vanenburg (born 5 March 1964) is a Dutch former professional 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 the Netherlands, appearing at the 1990 World Cup and Euro 1988 and winning the latter tournament.