Gilles Bettmer (born 31 March 1989) is a

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

ish professional

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who last played as a

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for UN Käerjéng.

Club career

Bettmer was born in

Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-sur-Alzette (, ; ; or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is a city in Luxembourg and the country's List of communes of Luxembourg by population, second-most populous commune, with a population of 36,625 inhabitants, . It lies in the south-west of the ...

. He joined

SC Freiburg II SC Freiburg II is the reserve team of German association football club SC Freiburg, based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. The team played as SC Freiburg Amateure until 2005. The team has reached the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup ...

in 2004 from local side

AS Differdange Foussballclub Differdange 03 is a professional football club based in Differdange, Luxembourg. The club currently competes in Luxembourg National Division, the highest division in Luxembourg. Founded in 2003, FDC03 played its home games in Stade ...

and signed in January 2010 than for

Eintracht Trier SV Eintracht-Trier 05 e. V., commonly known as Eintracht Trier (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was established on 11 March 1948 through the merger of Westmark 05 Trier ...

. After a half year with Eintracht Trier announced on 26 May 2010 his return to his youth club

and signed a three years contract.

International career

Bettmer made his debut for the Luxembourg national team in a November 2005 friendly match against

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and by his last cap in 2013 had earned 58 caps, scoring one goal. He played in four

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matches.Record at FIFA Tournaments
- FIFA

Career statistics

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

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* 1989 births Living people Footballers from Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourgian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Luxembourg men's international footballers Luxembourg National Division players SC Freiburg players SV Eintracht Trier 05 players FC Differdange 03 players Luxembourgian expatriate men's footballers Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany 21st-century Luxembourgian sportsmen {{Luxembourg-footy-bio-stub