| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Louis Van Hege | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Uccle, Belgium | ||
| Date of death | 24 June 1975 (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Uccle, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1900-1906 | R.U. Saint-Gilloise | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1906-1910 | R.U. Saint-Gilloise | 42 | (15) |
| 1910-1915 | Milan | 88 | (97) |
| 1919-1924 | R.U. Saint-Gilloise | 104 | (9) |
| National team | |||
| 1910-1924 | Belgium | 29 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Football | ||
| Gold | 1920 Antwerp | Men |
Louis Van Hege (8 May 1889 – 1975) was a Belgian football Inside-Forward who played for AC Milan from 1910 to 1915, scoring 97 goals during five Italian Football Championship seasons. In terms of goals scored, he's the tenth best striker in the rossoneri 's history. He left Italy when the First World War began.
Van Hege competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics as a member of the Belgium 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.
| Season | League | |
|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | |
| 1910-1911 | 16 | 19 |
| 1911-1912 | 17 | 18 |
| 1912-1913 | 18 | 17 |
| 1913-1914 | 17 | 21 |
| 1914-1915 | 20 | 22 |
| Total | 88 | 97 |
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