Robert 'Robby' Langers (born 1 August 1960) is a Luxembourgish former professional
footballer
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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
Union Luxembourg
Union Sportive Luxembourg, usually known as Union Luxembourg, was a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is now a part of Racing FC Union Luxembourg.
History
Union Luxembourg was formed in 1925 as an amalgam of ...
but was loaned to
German Bundesliga
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outfit
Borussia Mönchengladbach aged 20. After two seasons on the sub's bench and in the reserves he moved to
France
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to play for seven different teams in ten seasons, both in
Ligue 1 and
Ligue 2. While at
US Orléans
Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football (; commonly referred to as US Orléans or simply Orléans) is a French association football club based in Orléans. The club was founded in 1976 and currently play in Championnat National after being relega ...
he became top goalscorer of Ligue 2. At Cannes he played alongside a youngster named
Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the mos ...
.
In 1992. Langers moved east to Swiss sides
Yverdon-Sport and
Etoile Carouge, then played with
Eintracht Trier
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in Germany before returning home to play for
F91 Dudelange
F91 Dudelange (; lb, F91 Diddeleng, italic=no, ) is a Luxembourger professional football club based in Dudelange which plays in the Luxembourg National Division.
It was formed in 1991 as a merger between three teams in the town: Alliance Dud ...
and end his career in fashion by scoring 14 goals for his first club
Union Luxembourg
Union Sportive Luxembourg, usually known as Union Luxembourg, was a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is now a part of Racing FC Union Luxembourg.
History
Union Luxembourg was formed in 1925 as an amalgam of ...
.
International career
Langers made his debut for the
Luxembourg national team in a September 1980 World Cup qualification match against
Yugoslavia
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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:
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 ...
and
Carlo Weis. He played his final international game in May 1998, against
Cameroon
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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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Coupe de France
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:
1983–84
Individual
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Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year: 1987
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Luxembourg City
Luxembourgian footballers
Luxembourgian expatriate footballers
Luxembourg men's international footballers
Racing FC Union Luxembourg players
Borussia Mönchengladbach players
Olympique de Marseille players
FC Metz players
En Avant Guingamp players
OGC Nice players
AS Cannes players
US Orléans players
Yverdon-Sport FC players
SV Eintracht Trier 05 players
F91 Dudelange players
Bundesliga players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Quimper Kerfeunteun F.C. players
Expatriate footballers in France
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
Étoile Carouge FC players
Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in France
Men's association football forwards
Expatriate footballers in West Germany
Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany