Victor Wegnez

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.

Victor Wegnez

Personal information
Full name	Victor Nicky Wegnez
Born	(1995-12-25) 25 December 1995 (age 28) 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	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Belgium U21	18	(3)
2015–present	Belgium	175	(26)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team FIH Hockey World Cup 2018 Bhubaneswar 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela EuroHockey Championship 2019 Antwerp 2017 Amstelveen 2021 Amstelveen 2023 Mönchengladbach Junior World Cup 2016 Lucknow

Club career

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

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

Club

Dragons

• Belgian Hockey League: 2017–18

Racing

• Belgian Hockey League: 2021–22

International

Belgium^[11]

• Olympic gold medal: 2020
• World Cup: 2018
• EuroHockey Championship: 2019
• FIH Pro League: 2020–21

Individual

• EuroHockey Championship Player of the Tournament: 2019^[11]
• Hockey World League Final Best Junior Player: 2017^[12]

References

1. "Hockeytalent Victor Wegnez ruilt Daring voor Dragons". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 15 March 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
2. "Racing : pourquoi je reste…". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Okey.be. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
3. "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.
4. 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.
5. "België - Rabo EuroHockey Championships 2017" (in Dutch). Rabo EuroHockey Championships 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
6. "De selectie van de Red Lions voor het WK". hockey.be (in Dutch). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
7. "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.
8. "Brilliant Belgium win their first ever European Championship crown". belfiuseurohockey.com. 24 August 2019.
9. "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.
10. "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
11. "WEGNEZ Victor". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
12. "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

• Victor Wegnez at the International Hockey Federation
• Victor Wegnez at Olympedia
• Victor Wegnez at Team Belgium (in Dutch)