René Peters

René Peters
Personal information
Full name René Peters
Date of birth (1981-06-15) 15 June 1981
Place of birth Dudelange, Luxembourg
Playing position central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Jeunesse Esch
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– Jeunesse Esch
National team‡
2000-2013 Luxembourg 91 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2014.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2014

René Peters (born 15 June 1981) is a Luxembourgian football player who currently plays for Jeunesse Esch. He used to be the captain of the national team.

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 February 2013 had earned 89 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.
# 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

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


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