Louis Van Hege

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

Louis Van Hege

Louis Van Hege in the AC Milan shirt.
Personal information
Full name	Louis Van Hege
Date of birth	8 May 1889
Place of birth	Uccle, Belgium
Date of death	24 June 1975 (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)
National team
1919–1924	Belgium	12	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Olympic medal record
Football
	1920 Antwerp	Men

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. 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

• 1932 bobsleigh two-man results
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 October 2012)
• Milan Legend
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Louis Van Hege". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.