Michael Langer

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Michael Langer
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Langer with Schalke 04 in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-01-06) 6 January 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth Bregenz, Austria
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1994–1997 Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
1997–2002 FC Hard
2002–2003 Viktoria Bregenz
2003–2004 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2017–2025 Schalke 04 8 (0)
Total157(0)
International career
2006 Austria U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Langer (born 6 January 1985) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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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 and the club terminated his contract on 8 May 2010. [1] 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. [2] In April 2014, Langer canceled his contract with Sandhausen and joined Vålerenga IF. [3]

Langer signed with the NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies on 1 February 2016. [4]

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. [5] [6]

Langer retired from professional football in May 2025. [7]

International career

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

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [8]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart 2005–06 Bundesliga 000000
2006–07 Bundesliga100010
2007–08 Bundesliga00000000
Total10000010
SC Freiburg 2007–08 2. Bundesliga 13000130
2008–09 2. Bundesliga101020
2009–10 2. Bundesliga000000
Total14010150
FSV Frankfurt 2010–11 2. Bundesliga500050
2011–12 2. Bundesliga002020
Total502070
SV Sandhausen 2012–13 2. Bundesliga800080
2013–14 2. Bundesliga000000
Total800080
Vålerenga 2014 Tippeligaen 28030310
2015 Tippeligaen14010150
Total42040460
Tampa Bay 2016 NASL 000000
IFK Norrköping 2016 Allsvenskan 13000130
2017 Allsvenskan1506020230
Total2806020360
Schalke 04 2017–18 Bundesliga000000
2018–19 Bundesliga00000000
2019–20 Bundesliga000000
2020–21 Bundesliga300030
2021–22 2. Bundesliga200020
2022–23 Bundesliga000000
2023–24 2. Bundesliga300030
2024–25 2. Bundesliga000000
Total80000080
Career total1060130201210

Honours

VfB Stuttgart

Schalke 04

References

  1. "Auf zur Feierstunde" (in German). Badische Zeitung. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  2. "Torwart Michael Langer vom FSV Frankfurt an den Hardtwald" (in German). SV Sandhausen. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. "Schwartz lässt rotieren - Langer geht nach Oslo" (in German). Kicker. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. "Rowdies Sign Austrian Goalkeeper Michael Langer". RowdiesSoccer.com. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. "Thiaw im Pech, Skrzybski vergibt Elfmeter - Bayer siegt souverän". kicker (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. "Michael Langer: We need to stick together". Schalke 04. 7 December 2020.
  7. "Karriereende! ÖFB-Torhüter hört auf". laola1.at (in German). 16 May 2025.
  8. "Michael Langer » Club matches". worldfootball.net.