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	AC Milan	91	(98)
1917–1924	R.U. Saint-Gilloise	90	(9)
International career
1919–1924	Belgium	12	(3)
Medal record Men's football Representing Belgium Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Louis Van Hege (8 May 1889 – 24 June 1975) was a Belgian footballer and bobsledder. As a footballer, he played as a striker for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and AC Milan, where he was the team's captain. He was also capped 12 times for Belgium, and played for them at the 1920 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal, and at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

He also competed in bobsledding at the 1932 Winter Olympics, where he finished 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

Other websites

• 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 2020-04-18.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Giuseppe Rizzi	Milan captain 1913–1915	Succeeded by Marco Sala