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 39)
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
0000–2000 FC Hard
2000–2003 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– 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.

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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 [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

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

Career statistics

As of 19 August 2024 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart 2005–06 Bundesliga 0000–00
2006–07 Bundesliga1000–10
2007–08 Bundesliga00000000
Total10000010
SC Freiburg 2007–08 2. Bundesliga 13000–130
2008–09 2. Bundesliga1010–20
2009–10 2. Bundesliga0000–00
Total14010–150
FSV Frankfurt 2010–11 2. Bundesliga5000–50
2011–12 2. Bundesliga0020–20
Total5020–70
SV Sandhausen 2012–13 2. Bundesliga8000–80
2013–14 2. Bundesliga0000–00
Total8000–80
Vålerenga 2014 Tippeligaen 28030–310
2015 Tippeligaen14010–150
Total42040–460
Tampa Bay 2016 NASL 0000–00
IFK Norrköping 2016 Allsvenskan 13000–130
2017 Allsvenskan1506020230
Total2806020360
Schalke 04 2017–18 Bundesliga0000–00
2018–19 Bundesliga00000000
2019–20 Bundesliga0000–00
2020–21 Bundesliga3000–30
2021–22 2. Bundesliga2000–20
2022–23 Bundesliga0000–00
2023–24 2. Bundesliga3000–30
2024–25 2. Bundesliga0000–00
Total80000080
Career total1060130201210

Honours

VfB Stuttgart

Schalke 04

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References

  1. ↑ "Michael Langer". FC Schalke 04. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Michael Langer moves to SC Freiburg". vfb.de. 2 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2008.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Auf zur Feierstunde" (in German). Badische Zeitung. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Torwart Michael Langer vom FSV Frankfurt an den Hardtwald" (in German). SV Sandhausen. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Schwartz lässt rotieren - Langer geht nach Oslo" (in German). kicker.de. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Rowdies Sign Austrian Goalkeeper Michael Langer". RowdiesSoccer.com. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Thiaw im Pech, Skrzybski vergibt Elfmeter - Bayer siegt souverän". kicker (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Michael Langer: We need to stick together". Schalke 04. 7 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "Michael Langer » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
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