Victor Mees

Victor Mees

Personal information
Date of birth	(1927-01-26)26 January 1927
Place of birth	Schoten, Belgium
Date of death	11 November 2012(2012-11-11) (aged 85)
Place of death	, Belgium
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1944–1964	Royal Antwerp	555	(36)
International career
1949–1960	Belgium	68	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Victor Mees (26 January 1927 – 11 November 2012), nicknamed Vic or Vicky, was a Belgian footballer who played all of his career at Royal Antwerp.^[1]

Club career

Mees was born in Antwerp. He made his first team debut at the age of 17, just after World War II. Mees, who had become a leader of the team, won its first Championship title in 1957, having won the Belgian Cup two years before.

International career

Known as a gentleman footballer, Mees was at the time a pillar of the national team. In total, Mees made 68 appearances and he played in the 1954 World Cup.

Awards

He won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1956 while at Antwerp. In 2002, he was voted Antwerp player of the century.^[2]

Honours

Player

Royal Antwerp^[3]

• Belgian First Division: 1956–57
• Belgian Cup: 1954–55

Individual

• Belgian Golden Shoe: 1956^[4]
• Royal Antwerp Player of the Century (2002)^[2]
• Former Belgium's Most Capped Player: 1958–1973 (68 caps)^[5]

References

External links

• Victor Mees – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Victor Mees at WorldFootball.net
• Profile - FC Antwerp

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Belgium squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup

• 1 Gernaey
• 2 Dries
• 3 Van Brandt
• 4 Huysmans
• 5 Carré
• 6 Mees
• 7 Vliers
• 8 Houf
• 9 Coppens
• 10 Anoul
• 11 Mermans (c)
• 12 Geerts
• 13 Dirickx
• 14 Van Kerkhoven
• 15 H. Van den Bosch
• 16 P. Van den Bosch
• 17 Ausloos
• 18 Van Der Linden
• 19 Backaert
• 20 Maertens
• 21 Van Steen
• 22 Van Hoywegen
• Coach: Livingstone

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