Victor Nurenberg

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Vic Nurenberg
Personal information
Full nameVictor Nurenberg
Date of birth(1930-11-22)22 November 1930
Place of birthNiederkorn, Luxembourg
Date of death22 April 2010(2010-04-22) (aged 79)
Place of deathNice, France
Playing positionstriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1946–1951Progrès Niederkorn
1951–1960OGC Nice252(89)
1960–1962FC Sochaux66(20)
1962–1963Olympique Lyonnais20(5)
1963OGC Nice0(0)
1963–1964SC Bastia
1964–1966Spora Luxembourg
1966–1967Mantes la Jolie
National team
1951–1964Luxembourg5(1)
Teams managed
1964–1966Spora Luxembourg
1966–1967Mantes la Jolie
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Victor "Vic" Nurenberg (22 November 1930 – 22 April 2010) was a footballer from Luxembourg. Nurenberg played in France for 13 seasons, representing four different clubs. He also represented the Luxembourg national football team.

Club career

Born in Niederkorn, Nurenberg started his career at local team Progrès Niederkorn aged 16 and moved abroad to play for 13 years in France with OGC Nice, FC Sochaux, Olympique Lyonnais and SC Bastia.

With Nice he won the French league title 3 times and the domestic cup twice. He scored in both cup final wins.[1] His moment of fame came in February 1960 when he scored a hattrick for Nice in the UEFA Champions Cup quarter finals against Real Madrid, who would later lift the cup for a 5th successive time.

He returned to Luxembourg in 1964 to become player/coach at Spora Luxembourg and won the domestic cup with them twice.

International career

Nurenberg made his debut for Luxembourg in 1951 against Belgium B and went on to earn 16 caps, including non-official matches. He played in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and 2 games at the 1952 Olympic Games.[2][3]

He played his final international game in September 1964 against Yugoslavia.

Personal life and death

After retiring from football, Nurenberg worked at a casino in Nice and later opened a bar there. He lived in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, a Nice suburb, with his wife of over 50 years, Paulette Pieri. In 2008 he was promoted to the rank of Chevalier in the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.[4] He died on 22 April 2010, aged 79.[5]

Honours

1952, 1956, 1959
  • French Cup: 2
1952, 1954
1965, 1966

References

  • Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7. 

External links

  • Bio - Profootball
  • Profile - Association Luxembourgeois des Olympiens
  • Profile - Sports-reference.com


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