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{{Short description|Luxembourgish footballer (born 1960)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Robby Langers
| image =
| fullname = Robert Langers
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|8|1}}
| birth_place = [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg
| death_date  =
| death_place =
| height = 1.78 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1  = 1979–1980 
| clubs1  = [[Union Luxembourg]]
| caps1   = 
| goals1  = 26
| years2  = 1980–1982 
| clubs2  = [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
| caps2   = 3
| goals2  = 0
| years3  = 1982–1983 
| clubs3  = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| caps3   = 15
| goals3  = 1
| years4  = 1983–1984 
| clubs4  = [[FC Metz|Metz]]
| caps4   = 7
| goals4  = 0
| years5  = 1984–1986 
| clubs5  = [[Stade Quimpérois]]
| caps5   = 74
| goals5  = 25
| years6  = 1986–1988 
| clubs6  = [[En Avant Guingamp|Guingamp]]
| caps6   = 44
| goals6  = 15
| clubs7  = [[US Orléans|Orléans]]
| years7  = 1988–1989 
| caps7   = 33
| goals7  = 27
| years8  = 1989–1991 
| clubs8  = [[OGC Nice|Nice]]
| caps8   = 60
| goals8  = 24
| years9  = 1991–1992 
| clubs9  = [[AS Cannes|Cannes]]
| caps9   = 19
| goals9  = 2
| years10 = 1992–1993 
| clubs10 = [[Yverdon-Sport FC|Yverdon-Sport]]
| caps10  = 
| goals10 = 
| years11 = 1993–1994 
| clubs11 = [[Etoile Carouge]]
| caps11  = 
| goals11 = 
| years12 = 1994–1996 
| clubs12 = [[SV Eintracht Trier 05]]
| caps12  = 26
| goals12 = 6
| years13 = 1996–1997 
| clubs13 = [[F91 Dudelange]]
| caps13  = 19
| goals13 = 6
| years14 = 1997–1998
| clubs14 = [[Union Luxembourg]]
| caps14  = 17
| goals14 = 14
| nationalyears1 = 1980–1998
| nationalteam1  = [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]]
| nationalcaps1  = 73  
| nationalgoals1 = 8
}}

'''Robert 'Robby' Langers''' (born 1 August 1960) is a Luxembourgish former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He was voted [[Luxembourgish Sportspeople of the Year|Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year]] in 1987.

==Club career==
Langers started his career at local side [[Union Luxembourg]] but was loaned to [[Bundesliga|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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fran2tops.html | title = France – List of Topscorers Second Level | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation| date =  20 February 2009 | access-date = 9 April 2012 | first = Erik | last = Garin}}</ref> At Cannes he played alongside a youngster named [[Zinedine Zidane]].

In 1992. Langers moved east to Swiss sides [[Yverdon-Sport FC|Yverdon-Sport]] and [[Etoile Carouge]], then played with [[SV Eintracht Trier 05|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]].

==International career==
Langers made his debut for the [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg national team]] in a September 1980 World Cup qualification match against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] and won 73 caps for Luxembourg over a period of eighteen years, and scored eight goals in the process.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/lux-recintlp.html | title = Appearances for Luxembourg National Team | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation| date = 29 February 2012 | access-date = 9 April 2012 | first = Roberto | last = Mamrud}}</ref> He played in 35 [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] matches.<ref>{{FIFA player|52725}}</ref>

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 [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] in which he came on as a second-half substitute and was himself substituted a few minutes later in his honour.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/langers-intl.html | title = Roby Langers | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation| date = 28 September 2002 | access-date = 9 April 2012 | first = Roberto | last = Mamrud}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Langers goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Robby Langers<ref>[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11757 Football PLAYER: Roby Langers]</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 18 May 1985|| [[Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion]], [[Babelsberg]], [[East Germany]] || {{fb|DDR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || [[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 4|1986 World Cup qualifying]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 25 September 1985|| [[Stade Josy Barthel|Stade Municipal]], [[Luxembourg (city)]], Luxembourg || {{fb|BUL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || 1986 World Cup qualifying
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 30 April 1987|| Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg || {{fb|BUL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–4 || [[UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying#Group 7|1988 Euro qualifying]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 21 September 1988|| Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg || {{fb|SUI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–4 || style="text-align:center"|1–4 || [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 7|1990 World Cup qualifying]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 31 October 1990|| Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg || {{fb|GER}} || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || [[UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying#Group 5|1992 Euro qualifying]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || rowspan="2"|14 February 1995|| rowspan="2"|[[Yud-Alef Stadium]], [[Ashdod]], Israel || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ISR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–4 || rowspan="2"|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || style="text-align:center"|2–3
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || 8 October 1996|| [[Stade Josy Barthel]], Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg || {{fb|BUL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 5|1998 World Cup qualifying]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Metz'''
*[[Coupe de France]]: [[1983–84 Coupe de France|1983–84]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Luxembourgish Sportspeople of the Year|Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year]]: 1987

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|pid=14496}}
* {{Fussballdaten|langersrobert|Robby Langers}}

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