Victor Wégria

{{Short description|Belgian footballer (1936–2008)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Victor Wégria

| image = Victor Wegria.png

| full_name = Victor Lucien Wégria

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|11|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Villers-le-Bouillet, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|6|5|1936|11|4|df=y}}

| 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

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| totalcaps = 299

| totalgoals = 162

| nationalyears1 = 1957–1961

| nationalteam1 = Belgium

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 1971–1975

| managerclubs1 = RFC Liège

| manageryears2 = 1983

| managerclubs2 = RFC Liège

| caption = Wégria for RFC Liège

| death_place = Liège, Belgium

}}

Victor Lucien Wégria (4 November 1936 – 5 June 2008) was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker.{{Worldfootball.net|vic-wegria}}

He played mostly for RFC Liège, and later joined Standard Liège.http://standard.be/fr/a_joueurs_det.php?id=523 {{Dead link|date=March 2018}} 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.{{cite news|title= Viervoudig topschutter Wegria is overleden|trans-title=Four times topscorer Wégria is dead|url=http://sporza.be/cm/sporza.be/voetbal/1.319339|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718212731/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza.be/voetbal/1.319339|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2012|language=dutch|newspaper=Sporza|date=6 June 2008}}

Honours

= Player =

Standard Liège

  • Belgian Cup winners: 1965-66{{cite web |title=Standard de Liège {{!}} Palmares |url=https://standard.be/fr/palmares |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206084928/http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/michel-preud-homme_prs89281/person.shtml |archive-date=6 February 2016 |access-date=6 February 2016 |publisher=Eurosport}}

== Individual ==

  • Belgian First Division top scorer: 1958–59 (26 goals), 1959-60 (21), 1960-61 (23), 1962-63 (29){{cite web |last1=Mast |first1=Toon |date=23 October 2012 |title=Voormalig topschutter en Rode Duivel Jozef Mannaerts overleden |url=https://www.hln.be/belgisch-voetbal/voormalig-topschutter-en-rode-duivel-jozef-mannaerts-overleden~aa0c6e28/ |access-date=8 December 2021 |publisher=Het Laatste Nieuws |language=nl}}

= Manager =

== RFC Liège ==

  • Belgian League Cup runners-up: 1973{{Cite web |date=5 January 2024 |title=RFC LIÈGE Histoire |url=https://fcliege.be/fr/club/palmares/ |website=fcliege.be |language=fr}}

References