Louis Van Hege

Louis Van Hege
Louis Van Hege in the AC Milan shirt.
Personal information
Full name Louis Van Hege
Date of birth (1889-05-08)8 May 1889
Place of birth Uccle, Belgium
Date of death 24 June 1975(1975-06-24) (aged 86)
Place of death Uccle, Belgium
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1900–1906 R.U. Saint-Gilloise
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1910 R.U. Saint-Gilloise 42 (15)
1910–1917 Milan 91 (98)
1917–1924 R.U. Saint-Gilloise 90 (9)
International career
1919–1924 Belgium 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Football
Gold medal – first place 1920 Antwerp Men

Louis Van Hege (8 May 1889 – 24 June 1975) was a Belgian footballer who played as an inside-forward.[1]

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
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

References

  1. ^ "Louis Van Hege". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Milan captain
1913–1915 		Succeeded by