Victor Wegnez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Victor Nicky Wegnez | ||
| Born |
25 December 1995 Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Waterloo Ducks | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Daring | |||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2014–2017 | Daring | ||
| 2017–2018 | Dragons | ||
| 2018–2024 | Racing | ||
| 2024–present | Waterloo Ducks | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2014–2016 | Belgium U21 | 18 | (3) |
| 2015–present | Belgium | 175 | (26) |
Victor Nicky Wegnez (born 25 December 1995) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Waterloo Ducks and the Belgium national team.
Club career
[edit]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 February 2024 he announced he would leave Racing at the end of the season and he signed a contract until 2027 at Waterloo Ducks.[4]
International career
[edit]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.[5] In November 2018, he was selected for the 2018 World Cup,[6] which they eventually won by defeating the Netherlands in the final. At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, where Belgium won its first European title,[7] he was named the player of the tournament.[8] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Player of the Year Award.[9] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[10]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Dragons
- Belgian Hockey League: 2017–18
- Racing
International
[edit]- Belgium[11]
Individual
[edit]- EuroHockey Championship Player of the Tournament: 2019[11]
- Hockey World League Final Best Junior Player: 2017[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Heylen, Jens (19 February 2024). "Red Lion Victor Wegnez ruilt Racing voor Waterloo Ducks: "Grote aanwinst voor ons team"". hbvl.be (in Dutch). Het Belang van Limburg.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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
[edit]- Victor Wegnez at the International Hockey Federation
- Victor Wegnez at Olympedia
- Victor Wegnez at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
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- 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
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Belgium
- Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Royal Daring players
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- Waterloo Ducks H.C. players