Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Langers | ||
Date of birth | 1 August 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1980 | Union Luxembourg | (26) | |
1980–1982 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 | (0) |
1982–1983 | Marseille | 15 | (1) |
1983–1984 | Metz | 7 | (0) |
1984–1986 | Stade Quimpérois | 74 | (25) |
1986–1988 | Guingamp | 44 | (15) |
1988–1989 | Orléans | 33 | (27) |
1989–1991 | Nice | 60 | (24) |
1991–1992 | Cannes | 19 | (2) |
1992–1993 | Yverdon-Sport | ||
1993–1994 | Etoile Carouge | ||
1994–1996 | SV Eintracht Trier 05 | 26 | (6) |
1996–1997 | F91 Dudelange | 19 | (6) |
1997–1998 | Union Luxembourg | 17 | (14) |
National team | |||
1980–1998 | Luxembourg | 73 | (8) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Robert 'Robby' Langers (born 1 August 1960) is a retired footballer from Luxembourg.
He was voted Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year in 1987.
He started his career at local side Union Luxembourg but was loaned to German Bundesliga outfit Borussia Mönchengladbach aged 20. After two seasons on the sub's bench and in the reserves he moved to France to play for seven different teams in ten seasons, both in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. While at US Orléans he became top goalscorer of Ligue 2. At Cannes he played alongside a youngster named Zinedine Zidane.
In 1992. Langers moved east to Swiss sides Yverdon-Sport and Etoile Carouge, then played with Eintracht Trier in Germany before returning home to play for F91 Dudelange and end his career in fashion by scoring 14 goals for his first club Union Luxembourg.
Langers made his debut for Luxembourg in a September 1980 World Cup qualification match against Yugoslavia 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.