René Peters

René Peters (born 15 June 1981) is a former Luxembourgish football player who currently manages US Hostert. He was captain of the national team during his playing days.

René Peters
Personal information
Full name René Peters
Date of birth (1981-06-15) 15 June 1981
Place of birth Dudelange, Luxembourg
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
Tétange
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Standard Liège 0 (0)
2000–2001 Créteil 0 (0)
2001–2008 Swift Hesperange 176 (13)
2008–2012 Jeunesse Esch 81 (8)
2012–2014 FC RM Hamm Benfica 50 (14)
2014–2016 CS Grevenmacher 46 (2)
2016–2017 Jeunesse Esch 21 (2)
2017–2019 US Hostert 48 (6)
National team‡
2000–2013 Luxembourg 91 (4)
Teams managed
2019– US Hostert
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2014

Club career

Peters was member of the professional squad of Belgian side Standard Liège in the 99/00 season but did not make the grade there and moved to French Ligue 2 outfit Créteil only to leave them after one season to stay with Swift Hesperange for 7 seasons.

In summer 2008 he joined Jeunesse.

International career

Peters made his debut for Luxembourg in an April 2000 friendly match against Estonia and by the end of his international career had earned 91 caps, scoring 4 goals.[1] He played in 21 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[2]

He scored an international goal for the Luxembourg national football team on 11 October 2008 against Israel in the qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

International goals
Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
16 October 2001Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia Yugoslavia1–12–62002 World Cup qualifying
224 February 2004Estadio Municipal Bahía Sur, San Fernando, Spain Faroe Islands1–12–4friendly match*
330 January 2008King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia1–21–2friendly match
411 October 2008Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg Israel1–11–32010 World Cup qualifying

[*] Note: Not a full FIFA international, and unofficial for Faroe Islands.

References
  1. Appearances for Luxembourg National Team - RSSSF
  2. Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA


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