Robert 'Robby' Langers (born 1 August 1960) is a Luxembourgish former professional

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who played as a striker. He was voted Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year in 1987.

Club career

Langers started his career at local side

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but was loaned to

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outfit Borussia Mönchengladbach aged 20. After two seasons on the sub's bench and in the reserves he moved to

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to play for seven different teams in ten seasons, both in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. While at

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he became top goalscorer of Ligue 2. At Cannes he played alongside a youngster named

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. In 1992. Langers moved east to Swiss sides Yverdon-Sport and Etoile Carouge, then played with

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in Germany before returning home to play for

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and end his career in fashion by scoring 14 goals for his first club

International career

Langers made his debut for the Luxembourg national team in a September 1980 World Cup qualification match against

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and won 73 caps for Luxembourg over a period of eighteen years, and scored eight goals in the process. He played in 35 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. His international career coincided with two more of Luxembourg's most successful players:

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and Carlo Weis. He played his final international game in May 1998, against

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in which he came on as a second-half substitute and was himself substituted a few minutes later in his honour.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Langers goal.''

Honours

Metz *

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: 1983–84 Individual * Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year: 1987

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