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{{Short description|Dutch footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name     = Eric Viscaal
| image          =
| fullname       = Eric Viscaal
| height         = {{height|m=1.80}}
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1968|3|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Eindhoven]], [[Netherlands]]
| currentclub    = 
| position       = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = 
| years1         = 1986–1988 | clubs1 = [[PSV Eindhoven]]    | caps1 = 24   | goals1 = 8
| years2         = 1988–1989 | clubs2 = [[K.S.K. Beveren]]       | caps2 = 34  | goals2 = 17
| years3         = 1989–1990 | clubs3 = [[Lierse S.K. (1906)|Lierse S.K.]]  | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 14
| years4         = 1990–1995 | clubs4 = [[K.A.A. Gent]] | caps4 = 153 | goals4 = 57
| years5         = 1995–1996 | clubs5 = [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper]] | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 7
| years6         = 1996–2001 | clubs6 = [[De Graafschap]] | caps6 = 165 | goals6 = 56
| years7         = 2001–2003 | clubs7 = [[KV Mechelen]] | caps7 = 52 | goals7 = 10
| years8         = 2003–2006 | clubs8 = [[:nl:Dilbeek Sport|Dilbeek Sport]] | caps8 = 65 | goals8 = 16
| years9         = 2007–2009 | clubs9 = VK Weerde | caps9 =  | goals9 = 
| totalcaps = 535 | totalgoals = 185
| nationalyears1 = 1992 | nationalteam1 = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
| nationalcaps1  = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Eric Viscaal''' (born 20 March 1968) is a former [[Association football|football]] player from the [[Netherlands]], who played much of his career as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] in [[Belgium]] ([[K.S.K. Beveren|Beveren]], [[K.A.A. Gent|KAA Gent]], [[Y.R. K.V. Mechelen|KV Mechelen]]). He earned five caps for the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands national team]] and was part of their squad at [[UEFA Euro 1992]]. Viscaal won the [[Belgian professional football awards|Young Professional Footballer of the Year award]] for the 1988–89 season.

==Honours==

===Club===
;PSV
* [[Eredivisie]] (2): [[1986–87 Eredivisie|1986–87]], [[1987–88 Eredivisie|1987–88]]
* [[KNVB Cup]] (1): [[1987–88 KNVB Cup|1987–88]]
* [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] (1): [[1987–88 European Cup|1987–88]]

;Grasshopper
* [[Swiss Super League]] (1): [[1995–96 Nationalliga A|1995–96]]

==Notes==
*In 1989 he was chosen Young Professional of the Year.
*In the 1992–93-season during the match [[Cercle Brugge]] - KAA Gent the goalkeeper of Gent was sent off the pitch with a red card. Cercle Brugge was granted a penalty kick. Gent was without any substitutes so Viscaal was sent to the goal and stopped the penalty kicked by [[Josip Weber]]. A minute later a penalty kick was given to Gent. Viscaal walked to the other end of the pitch and scored the equalizer. The final score being in the final seconds: 1 - 1.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNhcOra3ICc Viscaal pakt en scoort penalty] youtube.com</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{NFT player|pid=15202}}
*[http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/Eric-Viscaal.htm Career stats] at Voetbal International {{in lang|nl}}

{{Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year}}
{{Netherlands Squad 1992 UEFA Euro}}

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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Dutch men's footballers]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Netherlands men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:Eredivisie players]]
[[Category:Belgian Pro League players]]
[[Category:Swiss Super League players]]
[[Category:PSV Eindhoven players]]
[[Category:De Graafschap players]]
[[Category:K.S.K. Beveren players]]
[[Category:K.A.A. Gent players]]
[[Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players]]
[[Category:K.V. Mechelen players]]
[[Category:UEFA Euro 1992 players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Footballers from Eindhoven]]
[[Category:UEFA Champions League–winning players]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen]]


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