Steve Wegerle

Football player infobox
playername= Steve Wegerle
fullname = Steve Wegerle
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1953|5|15
cityofbirth = Pretoria
countryofbirth = South Africa
height =
currentclub = retired
clubnumber =
position = midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = British Leyland
years = ????-1975
1975-1976
1977-1981
1981-1982
1983-1983
1984-1984
1984-1988
clubs = Arcadia Shepards
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Tampa Bay Rowdies
New York Cosmos
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Tampa Bay Rowdies
United States indoor soccer
caps(goals) = ? (?)
4 (0)
138 (32)
35 (5)
19 (0)
23 (3)
? (?)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = South Africa
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (?)
pcupdate = 8 June 2007
ntupdate = 8 June 2007

Steve Wegerle (born in Pretoria May 15, 1953) is a former professional soccer player.

Wegerle was voted Player of the Year is South Africa in 1974. He then joined Coventry City F.C. in 1975, but made no first team appearances. Wegerle played 4 times for Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1975/76, before starring for the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League for five seasons from 1977 to 1981, when he joined the New York Cosmos at age 28. He played in the 1981 and '82 Soccer Bowls with the Cosmos. Wegerle played 1983 with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers before returning in 1984 to finish his NASL career with the Rowdies. Wegerle's 152 points in 196 career games makes the league's 27 all-time leading scoring. His 88 assists ranks him 4th.

Wegerle played in American Soccer League in 1988.

Wegerle's son is Major League Soccer player Bryce Wegerle. Brother Roy Wegerle is a former American international and MLS star while Geoff Wegerle played in the NASL for the 1978 season with Oakland and 1983 with Toronto. Steve's mother is Scottish and father German.