Michael Langer (born 6 January 1985) is an Austrian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

club

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...

Club career

Formerly a goalkeeper for the German

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team

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

, he made his debut in the highest German division on 10 March 2007 in a game against Wolfsburg, as a replacement for regular goalkeeper

Timo Hildebrand Timo Hildebrand (born 5 April 1979) is a German former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Hildebrand holds a Bundesliga record for keeping a clean sheet for the most cons ...

. On 2 January 2008, he moved to

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

and the club terminated his contract on 8 May 2010. On 20 May 2010, Langer signed a two-year contract with

club

FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...

. In summer 2012, he moved to

SV Sandhausen Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. The club's greatest success ...

and signed again a two-year-contract. In April 2014, Langer canceled his contract with Sandhausen and joined

Vålerenga IF Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it ...

. Langer signed with the NASL's

Tampa Bay Rowdies The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the USL Champions ...

on 1 February 2016. In 2017, Langer joined

. 13 years after his first Bundesliga appearance for Stuttgart on 10 March 2007, he made his second-ever Bundesliga cap against

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, th ...

on 6 December 2020.

International career

Langer played once for the Austrian Under-21 national team in 2006.

Career statistics

Honours

VfB Stuttgart *

: 2006–07 Schalke 04 *

: 2021–22

References

External links

Profile
at the FC Schalke 04 website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Langer, Michael 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Bregenz Men's association football goalkeepers Austrian men's footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players SC Freiburg players FSV Frankfurt players SV Sandhausen players FC Schalke 04 players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Vålerenga Fotball players Eliteserien players Tampa Bay Rowdies players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players IFK Norrköping players Allsvenskan players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Footballers from Vorarlberg