Guy Hellers (; born 10 October 1964) is a Luxembourgish

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and former player, who played as a

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. He was the head coach of the Luxembourg national team, having succeeded Dane

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in 2004. In 2010, Hellers resigned as Luxembourg coach and was succeeded by Luc Holtz.

Club career

Arguably Luxembourg's most successful player, Hellers shortly played for

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but he spent the majority of his career at

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, where has been captain. He played 458 matches in total for them, scoring 37 goals. He was surprisingly dismissed by then manager Tomislav Ivic in September 1999 after some verbal clashes between coach and squad.

International career

Hellers made his debut for

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in an October 1982 European Championship qualification match against

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and went on to earn 55 caps, scoring 2 goals. He played in 27

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matches.Record at FIFA Tournaments
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. He scored the only goal in the upset match against the

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in 1995.

Managerial career

His entire coaching career has been spent with the

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, coaching at every youth level before becoming the manager of the senior national team.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.''

Managerial statistics

Honours

Standard Liège *

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: 1992–93

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hellers, Guy 1964 births Living people FC Metz players Standard Liège players Belgian Pro League players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Luxembourgian men's footballers Luxembourgian expatriate men's footballers Luxembourg men's international footballers Luxembourgian football managers Luxembourg national football team managers F91 Dudelange managers Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in France Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Men's association football midfielders