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Michael Langer
Langer with Schalke 04 in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-01-06) 6 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Bregenz, Austria
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Schalke 04
Number 34
Youth career
Viktoria Bregenz
0000–2003 FC Hard
2003–2004 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 VfB Stuttgart II 28 (0)
2005–2007 VfB Stuttgart 1 (0)
2008–2010 SC Freiburg 14 (0)
2008–2010 SC Freiburg II 11 (0)
2010–2012 FSV Frankfurt 5 (0)
2012–2014 FSV Frankfurt II 12 (0)
2012–2014 SV Sandhausen 8 (0)
2014–2015 Vålerenga 42 (0)
2016 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 (0)
2016–2017 IFK Norrköping 28 (0)
2017– Schalke 04 1 (0)
International career
2006 Austria U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2020

Michael Langer (born 6 January 1985) is an Austrian footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Schalke 04.

Club career

Formerly a goalkeeper for the German Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart, he made his debut in the highest German division on 10 March 2007 in a game against Wolfsburg, as a replacement for regular goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand.

On 2 January 2008, he moved to SC Freiburg[1] and the club terminated his contract on 8 May 2010.[2] On 20 May 2010, Langer signed a two-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club FSV Frankfurt. In summer 2012, he moved to SV Sandhausen and signed again a two-year-contract.[3] In April 2014, Langer canceled his contract with Sandhausen and joined Vålerenga IF.[4]

Langer signed with the NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies on February 1, 2016.[5]

In 2017, Langer joined FC Schalke 04. 13 years after his first Bundesliga appearance for Stuttgart on 10 March 2007, he made his second-ever Bundesliga cap against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 6 December 2020.[6][7]

Career statistics

As of 6 December 2020[8]
Season Club Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2005–06 VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07 1 0 0 0 1 0
2007–08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007–08 SC Freiburg 2. Bundesliga 13 0 0 0 13 0
2008–09 1 0 1 0 2 0
2009–10 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010–11 FSV Frankfurt 5 0 0 0 5 0
2011–12 0 0 2 0 2 0
2012–13 SV Sandhausen 8 0 0 0 8 0
2013–14 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Vålerenga Tippeligaen 28 0 3 0 31 0
2015 14 0 1 0 15 0
2016 Tampa Bay Rowdies NASL 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 IFK Norrköping Allsvenskan 13 0 0 0 13 0
2017 15 0 6 0 2 0 23 0
2017–18 Schalke 04 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career Total 99 0 13 0 2 0 114 0

International career

Langer played once for the Austrian Under-21 national team in 2006.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Michael Langer moves to SC Freiburg". vfb.de. 2 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2008.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Auf zur Feierstunde" (in German). Badische Zeitung. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Torwart Michael Langer vom FSV Frankfurt an den Hardtwald" (in German). SV Sandhausen. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Schwartz lässt rotieren - Langer geht nach Oslo" (in German). kicker.de. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Rowdies Sign Austrian Goalkeeper Michael Langer". RowdiesSoccer.com. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. ^ Sport1.de, FC Schalke 04: Trainer Baum zum möglichen Einsatz von Keeper Langer (in German), retrieved 2020-12-07{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Thiaw im Pech, Skrzybski vergibt Elfmeter - Bayer siegt souverän". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  8. ^ "Michael Langer » Club matches". worldfootball.net.