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{{Short description|South African soccer player}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Steve Wegerle
| fullname = 
| image = Steve Wegerle (1975).jpg
| caption = Steve Wegerle (1975)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|5|15}}
| birth_place = [[Pretoria]], South Africa
| height =
| position = [[Winger (association football)|Winger]]
| youthyears1 =  
| youthclubs1 =   [[Leyland Motors F.C.|Leyland Motors]]
|  years1 =   1968–1970 
| years2 =  1970–1971 
| years3 =  1971–1974 
| years4 =  1975 
| years5 =  1975–1976 
| years6 =  1976 
| years7 =  1977–1981 
| years8 =  1979–1980 
| years9 =  1981–1982 
| years10 =  1981–1982 
| years11 =  1983 
| years12 =  1983 
| years13 =  1983–1984 
| years14 =  1984 
| years15 =  1984–1986 
| years16 =  1986–1987 
| years17 =  1988–1990
|  clubs1 =   [[Arcadia Shepherds F.C.|Arcadia United]] 
| clubs2 =  [[Leyland Motors F.C.|Leyland Motors]] 
| clubs3 =  [[Arcadia Shepherds F.C.|Arcadia Shepherds]] 
| clubs4 =  [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] 
| clubs5 =  [[Feyenoord]] 
| clubs6 =  [[Arcadia Shepherds F.C.|Arcadia Shepherds]] 
| clubs7 =  [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] 
| clubs8 =  [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] ''(indoor)''  
| clubs9 =  [[New York Cosmos (1971–85)|New York Cosmos]] 
| clubs10 =  [[New York Cosmos (1971–85)|New York Cosmos]] ''(indoor)''  
| clubs11 =  [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–83)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] ''(indoor)''
| clubs12 =  [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–83)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] 
| clubs13 =  [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] (''indoor)'' 
| clubs14 =  [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] 
| clubs15 =  [[Wichita Wings]] (indoor)  
| clubs16 =  [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] ''(indoor)'' 
| clubs17 =  [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]]
| caps1 =     
| caps2 =   
| caps3 =   
| caps4 =    0   
| caps5 =    5   
| caps6 =   
| caps7 =  138  
| caps8 =    5   
| caps9 =   35   
| caps10 =   18 
| caps11 =   8  
| caps12 =   19   
| caps13 =   25   
| caps14 =   23   
| caps15 =   57  
| caps16 =   35  
| goals1 =  
| goals2 =  
| goals3 =  
| goals4 =  0  
| goals5 =  1  
| goals6 =  
| goals7 =  32  
| goals8 =  5  
| goals9 =  5  
| goals10 =  7  
| goals11 =  7  
| goals12 =  0  
| goals13 =  5  
| goals14 =  3  
| goals15 =  16  
| goals16 =  26 
| nationalyears1 =  
| nationalteam1 =   [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]]
| nationalcaps1 =    5  
| nationalgoals1 =   ? 
}}

'''Steve Wegerle''' (born 15 May 1953) is a South African former professional [[association football|soccer]] player who played as a [[Winger (association football)|winger]].

==Early life==
Wegerle was born in [[Pretoria]].

==Playing career==
He was voted Player of the Year is South Africa in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Lakeland Ledger|title=Rowdies sign winger Wegerle|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_nIsAAAAIBAJ&pg=5012,3556183&dq=steve+wegerle&hl=en|date=16 January 1977}}</ref> He then joined [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] in 1975, but made no first team appearances. Steve Wegerle played 5 times for [[Feyenoord Rotterdam]] in 1975–76, finishing 2nd with Feyenoord in the Dutch competition, with 88 goals for and 40 goals against. His brother Geoffrey also played for Feyenoord Rotterdam in that 1975/1976 season. After June 1976, Steve Wegerle starred for the [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968-84)|North American Soccer League]] for five seasons from 1977 to 1981. While with the Rowdies, Wegerle played in [[Soccer Bowl '78]] and [[Soccer Bowl '79]] (both defeats), as well as the [[1979–80 NASL Indoor season|1979–80 NASL indoor finals]], which Tampa Bay won.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tierney |first=Mike|title=Cosmos still rulers of NASL |date=28 August 1978|publisher=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dmlQAAAAIBAJ&pg=4010,4331512&dq=&hl=en |page=5-C |accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Tierney |first=Mike|title=Jago felt final loss deep down |date=10 September 1979|publisher=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19790910&id=olgzAAAAIBAJ&pg=2496,2134536&hl=en |page=1-C |accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Scheiber |first=Dave|title=Rowdies slam to No. 1 |date=3 March 1980|publisher=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19800303&id=t3FQAAAAIBAJ&pg=4715,2996499&hl=en |page=1-C |accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref> He joined the [[New York Cosmos (1971–85)|New York Cosmos]] during the 1981 season at age 28.  He played in [[Soccer Bowl '81]] and [[Soccer Bowl '82|'82]] with the Cosmos, winning the latter.  Wegerle played 1983 with the [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–83)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]] before returning in 1984 to finish his NASL career with the Rowdies.  Wegerle's 152 points in 196 career games ranks him as the league's 27th all-time leading scoring. His 88 assists rank him 4th in that category.

Wegerle played for the Rowdies during the 1986–1987 [[American Indoor Soccer Association]] season.<ref>[http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1987.html#AISA The Year in American Soccer – 1987]</ref> He later played for the team in the [[American Soccer League (1988-89)|American Soccer League]] in 1988 and 1989 and then in the [[American Professional Soccer League]] in 1990.<ref>[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1988/statsasl88.htm#TB 1988 Tampa Bay Rowdies]</ref><ref>[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1989/statsasl89.htm#TB 1989 Tampa Bay Rowdies]</ref><ref>[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1990/statsasl90.htm#TB 1990 Tampa Bay Rowdies]</ref>

==Personal life==
Wegerle is the father of [[Bryce Wegerle]].  His brother [[Roy Wegerle]] is a former American international and [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] star, while his brother [[Geoff Wegerle]] played in the NASL for the 1978 season with [[Oakland Stompers|Oakland]] and 1983 with [[Toronto Blizzard (NASL)|Toronto]].  Steve and Roy were on the Rowdies together in 1984. Steve and Geoff played together on the post-NASL Rowdies from 1986 to 1988. Steve's mother is Scottish and his father is German.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=44456&typeofpage=84137 Profile at Voetbal International]
*[http://nasljerseys.com/Players/W/Wegerle.Steve.htm NASL stats]

{{1977 NASL All-Stars}}
{{1978 NASL All-Stars}}
{{1979 NASL All-Stars}}
{{1980 NASL All-Stars}}
{{1980–81 NASL Indoor All-Stars}}
{{1981 NASL All-Stars}}
{{Tampa Bay Rowdies}}
{{Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) managers}}

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