Guy Hellers (; born 10 October 1964) is a

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ish

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and former player, who played as a

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. He was the head coach of the Luxembourg national team, having succeeded

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in 2004. In 2010, Hellers resigned as Luxembourg coach and was succeeded by

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Club career

Arguably Luxembourg's most successful player, Hellers shortly played for

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but he spent the majority of his career at

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, where has been captain. He played 458 matches in total for them, scoring 37 goals. He was surprisingly dismissed by then manager

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in September 1999 after some verbal clashes between coach and squad.

International career

Hellers made his debut for

in an October 1982 European Championship qualification match against

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and went on to earn 55 caps, scoring 2 goals. He played in 27

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matches.Record at FIFA Tournaments
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. He scored the only goal in the upset match against the

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in 1995.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.''

Manager career

His entire coaching career has been spent with the

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, coaching at every youth level before becoming the manager of the senior national team.

Honours

Standard Liège *

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: 1992–93 Belgian Cup, 1992–93

References

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Paolo Amodio
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