Michael Langer
 Langer with Schalke 04 in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 January 1985 | ||
| 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 | |||
| –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]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| SC Freiburg | 2007–08 | 2. Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| FSV Frankfurt | 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| SV Sandhausen | 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| Vålerenga | 2014 | Tippeligaen | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Tippeligaen | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 46 | 0 | |||
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2016 | NASL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| IFK Norrköping | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Schalke 04 | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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
- ^ "Michael Langer moves to SC Freiburg". vfb.de. 2 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Auf zur Feierstunde" (in German). Badische Zeitung. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ "Torwart Michael Langer vom FSV Frankfurt an den Hardtwald" (in German). SV Sandhausen. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Schwartz lässt rotieren - Langer geht nach Oslo" (in German). kicker.de. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Rowdies Sign Austrian Goalkeeper Michael Langer". RowdiesSoccer.com. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Thiaw im Pech, Skrzybski vergibt Elfmeter - Bayer siegt souverän". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "Michael Langer » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
External links
- Michael Langer at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Bregenz
- Association football goalkeepers
- Austrian footballers
- Austria under-21 international footballers
- VfB Stuttgart players
- VfB Stuttgart II players
- SC Freiburg players
- FSV Frankfurt players
- SV Sandhausen players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Vålerenga Fotball players
- Eliteserien players
- Tampa Bay Rowdies players
- North American Soccer League players
- IFK Norrköping players
- Allsvenskan players
- Austrian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Sportspeople from Vorarlberg