Serge Thill (born 29 January 1969) 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 former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played for the Luxembourg national team.

Club career

Thill began his senior career in his native Luxembourg in 1991, playing for

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 ...

. In 1993, Thill signed for Belgian club RSC Athusien. In 1997, Thill returned to Luxembourg to sign for

CS Grevenmacher Club Sportif Grevenmacher is a football club, based in Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. History The club was founded in 1909 as '' 'Stade Mosellan' ''. The current name of the club, '' 'CS Grevenmacher' '', was adopted in 1919. During ...

. Thill stayed at Grevenmacher for five seasons, winning the

Luxembourg National Division The National Division (, , ), known as the BGL Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest association football, football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it was known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to sea ...

in his final season at the club.

International career

Thill played 14 times for the Luxembourg national team between 1992 and 1998, making his debut in a 3–2 defeat against

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Personal life

Thill is married to former athlete Nathalie Thill. Together, they have had three sons that have gone onto represent Luxembourg at international level:

Olivier Thill Olivier Thill (born 17 December 1996) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian club LNZ Cherkasy. Club career As a senior player, Thill started playing club football for FC Progrès Niederkorn from 20 ...

Sébastien Thill Sébastien Thill (born 29 December 1993) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Stal Rzeszów and the Luxembourg national team. Club career Luxembourg From 2009 to 2012, Thill played for Pétange ...

and Vincent Thill.

Honours

Union Luxembourg *

: 1991–92 CS Grevenmacher *

: 2002–03 *

Luxembourg Cup The Luxembourg Cup () is the national Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian Association football, football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons du ...

: 1997–98, 2002–03

References

1969 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Luxembourgian men's footballers Luxembourgian expatriate men's footballers Luxembourg men's international footballers Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Luxembourg National Division players Union Luxembourg CS Grevenmacher players Luxembourgian football managers FC Progrès Niederkorn managers {{Luxembourg-footy-bio-stub