title: Victor Mees
text: # Victor Mees
  
  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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## Honours
  
  ### Player
  
  Royal Antwerp
  
  * Belgian First Division: 1956–57
  * Belgian Cup: 1954–55
  
  ### Individual
  
  * Belgian Golden Shoe: 1956
  * Royal Antwerp Player of the Century (2002)
  * Former Belgium's Most Capped Player: 1958–1973 (68 caps)
  