Michael Langer
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 January 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Bregenz, Austria | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||
Number | 34 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2000 | FC Hard | ||
2000–2003 | Viktoria Bregenz | ||
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) |
2010–2012 | 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 | 8 | (0) |
International career | |||
2006 | Austria U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2024 |
Michael Langer (born 6 January 1985) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04.
Club career
[edit]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[2] and the club terminated his contract on 8 May 2010.[3] 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.[4] In April 2014, Langer canceled his contract with Sandhausen and joined Vålerenga IF.[5]
Langer signed with the NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies on 1 February 2016.[6]
In 2017, Langer joined Schalke 04; 13 years after his first Bundesliga appearance for Stuttgart on 10 March 2007, he made his second, against Bayer Leverkusen on 6 December 2020.[7][8]
International career
[edit]Langer played once for the Austrian Under-21 national team in 2006.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 19 August 2024[9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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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 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Career total | 106 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 121 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]VfB Stuttgart
Schalke 04
References
[edit]- ^ "Michael Langer". FC Schalke 04. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Thiaw im Pech, Skrzybski vergibt Elfmeter - Bayer siegt souverän". kicker (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Michael Langer: We need to stick together". Schalke 04. 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Michael Langer » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Schalke 04 website
- Michael Langer at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Michael Langer – UEFA competition record (archive)