Victor Wegnez
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Full name | Victor Nicky Wegnez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brussels, Belgium | 25 December 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Dragons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–present | Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014–2016 | Belgium U21 | 18 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–present | Belgium | 101 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated on: 24 July 2021 |
Victor Nicky Wegnez (born 25 December 1995) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Racing Club de Bruxelles and the Belgium national team.
Club career[]
Wegnez played in the youth academy of Royal Daring and he played for their senior squad until 2017 when he transferred to KHC Dragons.[1] After one season with the Dragons, he joined Racing Club de Bruxelles in 2018. In January 2020, he signed a two-year contract extension at Racing.[2]
International career[]
In 2016, Wegnez reached the final of the 2016 Junior World Cup and he was part of the Belgian selection that placed for the final at the 2017 European Championship in Amsterdam.[3] In November 2018, he was selected for the 2018 World Cup,[4] which they eventually won by defeating the Netherlands in the final. At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, where Belgium won its first European title,[5] he was named the player of the tournament.[6] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Player of the Year Award.[7] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[8]
Honours[]
Belgium[9]
Dragons
- Belgian Hockey League: 2017–18
Individual
- EuroHockey Championship Player of the Tournament: 2019[9]
- Hockey World League Final Best Junior Player: 2017[10]
References[]
- ^ "Hockeytalent Victor Wegnez ruilt Daring voor Dragons". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 15 Mar 2017. Retrieved 27 Aug 2017.
- ^ "Racing : pourquoi je reste…". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Okey.be. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "België - Rabo EuroHockey Championships 2017" (in Dutch). Rabo EuroHockey Championships 2017. Retrieved 27 Aug 2017.
- ^ "De selectie van de Red Lions voor het WK". hockey.be (in Dutch). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Brilliant Belgium win their first ever European Championship crown". belfiuseurohockey.com. 24 August 2019.
- ^ "Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Lausanne: The Times of India. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "WEGNEZ Victor". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Australia's Kookaburras claim Odisha Men's Hockey World League Final Bhubaneswar 2017". fih.ch. Bhubaneswar: International Hockey Federation. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
External links[]
- Victor Wegnez at Olympedia
- Victor Wegnez at FIH
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Belgian male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- KHC Dragons players
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players from Brussels
- Men's Belgian Hockey League players
- Royal Racing Club Bruxelles players
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players of Belgium
- Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in field hockey