Victor Nurenberg
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Victor Nurenberg | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Niederkorn, Luxembourg | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Place of death | Nice, France | ||
| Position(s) | striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1951 | Progrès Niedercorn | ||
| 1951–1960 | OGC Nice | 252 | (89) |
| 1960–1962 | FC Sochaux | 66 | (20) |
| 1962–1963 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | (5) |
| 1963 | OGC Nice | 0 | (0) |
| 1963–1964 | SC Bastia | ||
| 1964–1966 | Spora Luxembourg | ||
| 1966–1967 | Mantes la Jolie | ||
| International career | |||
| 1951–1964 | Luxembourg | 5 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1964–1966 | Spora Luxembourg | ||
| 1966–1967 | Mantes la Jolie | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and 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.
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Club career
Born in Niederkorn, Nurenberg started his career at local team Progrès Niedercorn 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 hat-trick 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
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- 1952, 1956, 1959
- French Cup: 2
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- 1952, 1954
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- 1965, 1966
References
- ↑ France - Cup History 1917-1997 - RSSSF
- ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
- ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
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- ↑ Vic Nurenberg ist tot,Ex-Fußballprofi starb im Alter von 79 Jahren - Luxemburger Wort (German)
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External links
- Articles with German-language external links
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from April 2011
- 1930 births
- 2010 deaths
- Luxembourgian footballers
- Luxembourg international footballers
- Luxembourgian expatriate footballers
- Olympic footballers of Luxembourg
- Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- OGC Nice players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- SC Bastia players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Luxembourgian expatriates in France
- Knights of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
