Victor Lucien Wégria (4 November 1936 – 5 June 2008) was a Belgian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a striker. He played mostly for

RFC Liège Royal Football Club de Liège (more commonly known as RFC Liège) is a professional football club based in Liège, capital of Liège Province, Belgium. The team currently play in Challenger Pro League, the second tier in Belgian football. It ...

, and later joined

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. Wégria finished four times top scorer of the Jupiler League (in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963). Only

Erwin Vandenbergh Erwin Vandenbergh (; born 26 January 1959) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. Between 1979 and 1991, he finished six times as topscorer of the Belgian First Division (a still standing record), with three clu ...

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.

Honours

Player

Standard Liège *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

winners: 1965-66

Individual

* Belgian First Division top scorer: 1958–59 (26 goals), 1959-60 (21), 1960-61 (23), 1962-63 (29)

Manager

RFC Liège

Belgian League Cup The Belgian League Cup was a Belgian association football cup created in 1973. The competition was held from 1973 by eleven clubs wanting to increase professionalism in Belgian football but lasted only three seasons before being disbanded. The tourn ...

runners-up: 1973

References

1936 births 2008 deaths Belgian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Belgium men's international footballers Belgian Pro League players RFC Liège players Standard Liège players Wavre Sports FC players Belgian football managers RFC Liège managers 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-footy-forward-stub