Victor Wégria Explained

Victor Wégria
Full Name:Victor Lucien Wégria
Birth Date:4 November 1936
Birth Place:Villers-le-Bouillet, Belgium
Height:1.77 m
Position:Striker
Years1:1955 - 1965
Clubs1:RFC Liège
Caps1:245
Goals1:145
Years2:1965 - 1966
Clubs2:Standard Liège
Caps2:14
Goals2:7
Years3:1966 - 1970
Clubs3:Racing Club Jette
Caps3:40
Goals3:11
Years4:1970 - 1973
Clubs4:Racing Jet Brussels
Totalcaps:299
Totalgoals:162
Nationalyears1:1957 - 1961
Nationalteam1:Belgium
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:2
Manageryears1:1971 - 1975
Managerclubs1:RFC Liège
Manageryears2:1983
Managerclubs2:RFC Liège
Death Place:Liège, Belgium

Victor Lucien Wégria (4 November 1936 – 5 June 2008) was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker.

He played mostly for RFC Liège, and later joined Standard Liège.[1] 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.[2]

Honours

Player

Standard Liège

Individual

Manager

RFC Liège

Notes and References

  1. http://standard.be/fr/a_joueurs_det.php?id=523
  2. News: Viervoudig topschutter Wegria is overleden. Four times topscorer Wégria is dead. https://archive.today/20120718212731/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza.be/voetbal/1.319339. dead. 18 July 2012. dutch. Sporza. 6 June 2008.
  3. Web site: Standard de Liège Palmares . https://web.archive.org/web/20160206084928/http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/michel-preud-homme_prs89281/person.shtml . 6 February 2016 . 6 February 2016 . Eurosport.
  4. Web site: Mast . Toon . 23 October 2012 . Voormalig topschutter en Rode Duivel Jozef Mannaerts overleden . 8 December 2021 . Het Laatste Nieuws . nl.
  5. Web site: 5 January 2024 . RFC LIÈGE Histoire . fcliege.be . fr.