Victor Wégria
Belgian footballer (1936–2008)
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Victor Lucien Wégria (4 November 1936 – 5 June 2008) was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker.[1]
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)
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Wégria for RFC Liège | |||
| 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) | ||
| Place of death | Liège, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | 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).
Victor Wégria was capped five times by the Belgium national team. He died on 6 June 2008, aged 71.[3]
Honours
Player
Standard Liège
- Belgian Cup winners: 1965-66[4]
Individual
Manager
RFC Liège
- Belgian League Cup runners-up: 1973[6]
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