Victor Nurenberg

Vic Nurenberg
Personal information
Full name Victor Nurenberg
Date of birth (1930-11-22)22 November 1930
Place of birth Niederkorn, Luxembourg
Date of death 22 April 2010(2010-04-22) (aged 79)
Place of death Nice, France
Playing position 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
National team
1951–1964 Luxembourg 5 (1)
Teams managed
1964–1966 Spora Luxembourg
1966–1967 Mantes 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 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

1952, 1956, 1959
1952, 1954
1965, 1966

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