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 German Bundesliga outfit

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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

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and

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. 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

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matches. His international career coincided with two more of Luxembourg's most successful players: Guy Hellers 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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