Luc Holtz (born 14 June 1969) is a

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

ish former international football player. He was the manager of the

Luxembourg national under-21 football team The Luxembourg national under-21 football team is the national representative under-21 football team of Luxembourg. It is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation (FLF). The team is the feeder team to the Luxembourg's national team. The ...

. He is currently the manager of the

Luxembourg national football team The Luxembourg national football team (nicknamed the ''Red Lions''; lb, Lëtzebuergesch Foussballnationalequipe, french: Équipe du Luxembourg de football, german: Luxemburgische Fußballnationalmannschaft) is the national football team of Luxe ...

, succeeding

Guy Hellers Guy Hellers (; born 10 October 1964) is a Luxembourgish football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder. He was the head coach of the Luxembourg national team, having succeeded Dane Allan Simonsen in 2004. In 2010, Hellers r ...

Club career

A central

midfield Midfield is the part of a sports field that lies approximately in the center. In American football, association football (soccer) and field hockey, it is the area in and around the center circle, as well as the players who occupy that region. In ...

playmaker, Holtz started his career at Red Boys Differdange before joining

Avenir Beggen Football Club Avenir Beggen is a football (soccer), football football club, club, based in Beggen, a Quarters of Luxembourg City, quarter of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The club were founded in 1915 as FC Daring Beggen but changed t ...

for the 1992/1993 season. With Avenir Beggen he immediately won two successive league and cup doubles and he himself claimed the 1993 Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year award. In 1999, he left them to become player/manager at Etzella Ettelbruck. With Etzella, he immediately won promotion to the

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in his first season in charge. Also, he brought them their first major silverware by winning the cup in 2001. After relegation in 2002, they got promoted again at the first attempt. In 2003 and 2004 they lost two successive cup finals. Holtz retired as a player at the end of the 2007/2008 season.

International career

Holtz made his debut for

in an October 1991 friendly match against

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, which surprisingly ended in a 1–1 draw. He went on to earn 55 caps, scoring one goal. He played in 15 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. He played his final international game in October 2002, a 0–7 loss against

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Personal life

Holtz's son,

Kevin Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant '' Kevan'' is anglicized from , a ...

, is also a Luxembourg international footballer, making his debut under Luc.

International goals

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

Honours

: 2 :: 1993, 1994 *

Luxembourg Cup The Luxembourg Cup () is the national knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons during the German occupation during Second World War ...

: 3 :: 1993, 1994, 2001 *

Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year The Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year is an award granted every season to a football player from Luxembourg's domestic top-flight National Division, rewarding the player judged to have been the most valuable to his team that season. It is awar ...

: 1 :: 1993

Managerial statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holtz, Luc 1969 births Living people Luxembourgian footballers Luxembourg international footballers FC Differdange 03 players FC Avenir Beggen players FC Etzella Ettelbruck players Luxembourgian football managers Luxembourg national football team managers Association football midfielders People from Ettelbruck FC Etzella Ettelbruck managers