Career
Anderbrügge started playing professionally with Borussia Dortmund, making his Bundesliga debut on 7 July 1984, in a 2–3 home loss against Borussia Mönchengladbach. After a final poor season, in 1987-1988, he moved to, then in the second division. In his first three years, he netted a total of 36 league goals, eventually gaining promotion in 1991.
A regular fixture on the team during the next six years, with the conquest in 1996-1997, his only professional accolade (he netted his penalty shootout attempt in the final against Football Club Internazionale Milano), Anderbrügge could only manage however 33 appearances from 1997–2000, and retired after a brief spell with Sportfreunde Siegen, in the third level, having totalled 53 goals in 292 first division contests (397/89 in all three levels).
In March 2008, Anderbrügge began his professional manager career, in the same division where he finished his playing activity, with SV Wacker Burghausen – he had previously managed amateurs SpVgg Erkenschwick and VfB Hüls in Westphalia. After retiring as a player, and before he started coaching, Anderbrügge played two seasons as a placekicker for NFL Europe team Rhein Fire.
He also founded a football school and, in March 2009, was appointed technical director of the Deutsches Fußball Internat, a boarding school for youths. Anderbrügge currently works as a pundit and analyst for German television channel Sport1.