Michael Langer

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

Michael Langer
Langer with Schalke 04 in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-01-06) 6 January 1985
Place of birth Bregenz, Austria
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club 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)
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 1 (0)
National team
2006 Austria U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2020

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

Career statistics
As of 6 December 2020[8]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart 2005–06 Bundesliga 0000–00
2006–07 Bundesliga 1000–10
2007–08 Bundesliga 00000000
Total 10000010
SC Freiburg 2007–08 2. Bundesliga 13000–130
2008–09 2. Bundesliga 1010–20
2009–10 2. Bundesliga 0000–00
Total 14010–150
FSV Frankfurt 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 5000–50
2011–12 2. Bundesliga 0020–20
Total 5020–70
SV Sandhausen 2012–13 2. Bundesliga 8000–80
2013–14 2. Bundesliga 0000–00
Total 8000–80
Vålerenga 2014 Tippeligaen 28030–310
2015 Tippeligaen 14010–150
Total 42040–460
Tampa Bay Rowdies 2016 NASL 0000–00
IFK Norrköping 2016 Allsvenskan 13000–130
2017 Allsvenskan 1506020230
Total 2806020360
Schalke 04 2017–18 Bundesliga 0000–00
2018–19 Bundesliga 00000000
2019–20 Bundesliga 0000–00
2020–21 Bundesliga 1000–10
Total 10000010
Career total 990130201140

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.
  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. "Thiaw im Pech, Skrzybski vergibt Elfmeter - Bayer siegt souverän". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  7. "Michael Langer: We need to stick together". Schalke 04. 7 December 2020.
  8. "Michael Langer » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
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