Louis Van Hege | |
Fullname: | Louis Van Hege |
Birth Date: | 8 May 1889 |
Birth Place: | Uccle, Belgium |
Death Place: | Uccle, Belgium |
Position: | Striker |
Youthyears1: | 1900–1906 |
Youthclubs1: | R.U. Saint-Gilloise |
Years1: | 1906–1910 |
Years2: | 1910–1917 |
Years3: | 1917–1924 |
Clubs1: | R.U. Saint-Gilloise |
Clubs2: | Milan |
Clubs3: | R.U. Saint-Gilloise |
Caps1: | 42 |
Goals1: | 15 |
Caps2: | 91 |
Goals2: | 98 |
Caps3: | 90 |
Goals3: | 9 |
Nationalyears1: | 1919–1924 |
Nationalteam1: | Belgium |
Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
Louis Van Hege (8 May 1889 - 24 June 1975) was a Belgian footballer who played as an inside-forward.[1]
At club level, Van Hege played for Italian side A.C. Milan from 1910 to 1915, scoring 97 goals during five Italian Football Championship seasons with the rossoneri, and also serving as the club's captain between 1913 and 1915. In terms of goals scored, he's the tenth-highest goalscorer in the club's history. He left Italy when the First World War began.
At international level, Van Hege competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics as a member of the Belgium national team which won the gold medal in the football tournament.
Van Hege also competed in bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics, finishing ninth in the two-man event.
Season | League | |
---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | |
1910–1911 | 16 | 19 |
1911–1912 | 17 | 18 |
1912–1913 | 18 | 17 |
1913–1914 | 17 | 21 |
1914–1915 | 20 | 22 |
1915–1916 | 2 | 0 |
1916–1917 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 90 | 98 |