Louis Van Hege

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Louis Van Hege

| image = Louis Van Hege à l'AC Milan, avant le premier conflit mondial.jpg

| caption = Louis Van Hege in the AC Milan shirt.

| fullname = Louis Van Hege

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|5|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Uccle, Belgium

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|6|24|1889|5|8|df=yes}}

| death_place = Uccle, Belgium

| height = {{height|m=1.68|precision=0}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| 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

| ntupdate =

| pcupdate =

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|BEL}}}}

}}

Louis Van Hege (8 May 1889 – 24 June 1975) was a Belgian footballer who played as an inside-forward.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24123 |title=Louis Van Hege |work=Olympedia |access-date=15 August 2021}}

Club career

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.

International career

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.

Bobsleigh career

Van Hege also competed in bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics, finishing ninth in the two-man event.

Career statistics

= Club =

;Italian football championship statistics

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;"
rowspan="2" width="80"\|Season !colspan="2"\|League
width="40"\|Apps !width="40"\|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

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;"

rowspan="2" width="80"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

width="40"|Apps

!width="40"|Goals

1910–1911

|16

|19

1911–1912

|17

|18

1912–1913

|18

|17

1913–1914

|17

|21

1914–1915

|20

|22

1915–1916

1916–1917

Total

!90

!98

References

External links

[http://www.todor66.com/olim/1932w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1932 bobsleigh two-man results]
{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011235345/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=VANHELOU01 |date=11 October 2012 |title=DatabaseOlympics.com profile }}
[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.magliarossonera.it/protagonisti/Gioc-Vanhege.html&ei=kcgwTYfMGoqFhQfq2pXbCw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=9&sqi=2&ved=0CEAQ7gEwCA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlouis%2Bvan%2Bhege%26hl%3Den%26prmd%3Divnso Milan Legend]
{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/louis-van-hege-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112228/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/louis-van-hege-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Louis Van Hege}}

{{succession box|title=Milan captain|before=Giuseppe Rizzi|after=Marco Sala|years=1913–1915}}

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Category:1889 births

Category:1975 deaths

Category:Footballers from Brussels

Category:Belgian male bobsledders