Victor_Wegnez
Victor Wegnez
Belgian field hockey player
Victor Nicky Wegnez (born 25 December 1995) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Racing Club de Bruxelles and the Belgium national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Victor Nicky Wegnez | ||
Born |
(1995-12-25) 25 December 1995 (age 28) Brussels, Belgium | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Racing | ||
Youth career | |||
Daring | |||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2014–2017 | Daring | ||
2017–2018 | Dragons | ||
2018–present | Racing | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Belgium U21 | 18 | (3) |
2015–present | Belgium | 115 | (11) |
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] In the 2021–22 season, he won his second Belgian league title, now with Racing.[3]
In 2016, Wegnez reached the final of the 2016 Junior World Cup and he was part of the Belgian selection that qualified for the final at the 2017 European Championship in Amsterdam.[4] In November 2018, he was selected for the 2018 World Cup,[5] which they eventually won by defeating the Netherlands in the final. At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, where Belgium won its first European title,[6] he was named the player of the tournament.[7] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Player of the Year Award.[8] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[9]
Club
- Dragons
- Belgian Hockey League: 2017–18
- Racing
International
- Belgium[10]
Individual
- "Hockeytalent Victor Wegnez ruilt Daring voor Dragons". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 15 March 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- "Racing : pourquoi je reste…". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Okey.be. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- "Racing is voor het eerst in 81 jaar hockeykampioen bij de mannen, treurnis bij Gantoise". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- "België - Rabo EuroHockey Championships 2017" (in Dutch). Rabo EuroHockey Championships 2017. Retrieved 27 August 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.
- "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.
- Victor Wegnez at the International Hockey Federation
- Victor Wegnez at Olympedia
- Victor Wegnez at Team Belgium (in Dutch)