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

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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)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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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.

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.

Van Hege also competed in bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics, finishing ninth in the two-man event.