Victor Wégria
Victor Lucien Wégria (4 November 1936 – 5 June 2008) was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Victor Lucien Wégria | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Villers-Le-Bouillet, Belgium | ||
| Date of death | 5 June 2008 (aged 71) | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1965 | RFC Liège | 245 | (145) |
| 1965–1966 | Standard Liège | 14 | (7) |
| 1966–1970 | Racing Club Jette | 40 | (11) |
| 1970–1973 | Racing Jet Brussels | ||
| Total | 299 | (162) | |
| International career | |||
| 1957–1961 | Belgium | 5 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1971–1975 | RFC Liège | ||
| 1983 | RFC Liège | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played mostly for RFC Liège, and later joined Standard Liège.[2] Wégria finished four times top scorer of the Jupiler League (in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963). Only Erwin Vandenbergh managed to beat this record (he was six times top scorer of this competition). Wégria was capped five times by the Belgium national team. He died on 6 June 2008, aged 71.[3]
References
- Victor Wégria at WorldFootball.net
- http://standard.be/fr/a_joueurs_det.php?id=523
- "Viervoudig topschutter Wegria is overleden" [Four times topscorer Wégria is dead]. Sporza (in Dutch). 6 June 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012.
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