René Peters (footballer)

René Peters
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-06-15) 15 June 1981
Place of birth Dudelange, Luxembourg
Position 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)
International career
2000–2013 Luxembourg 91 (4)
Managerial career
2019–2020 US Hostert
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

René Peters (born 15 June 1981) is a Luxembourgish football manager and former player. A midfielder, he was captain of the Luxembourg national team during his playing days.

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 seven seasons.

In summer 2008 he joined Jeunesse Esch.

International career

Peters made his debut for the Luxembourg national team 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 Luxembourg on 11 October 2008 against Israel in the qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 October 2001 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia  Yugoslavia 1–1 2–6 2002 World Cup qualifying
2 24 February 2004 Estadio Municipal Bahía Sur, San Fernando, Spain  Faroe Islands 1–1 2–4 friendly match*
3 30 January 2008 King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia 1–2 1–2 friendly match
4 11 October 2008 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg  Israel 1–1 1–3 2010 World Cup qualifying

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

References

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