Fernand Jeitz

Fernand Jeitz

Personal information
Date of birth	(1945-09-29) 29 September 1945
Place of birth	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1963–1967	Aris Bonnevoie
1967–1977	FC Metz	314	(5)
1977-1979	FC Thionville
National team‡
1965–1973	Luxembourg	35	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 February 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 February 2009

Fernand Jeitz (born 29 September 1945) is a retired footballer from Luxembourg.

Club career

A sweeper, Jeitz left his hometown club Aris Bonnevoie for French league side FC Metz in 1967. In 10 seasons there, he played a total of 357 games and also captained the team for 5 years. An achilles injury ended his stay at Metz.

International career

Jeitz made his debut for Luxembourg in a May 1965 World Cup qualification match against Norway and went on to earn 35 caps, no goals scored.^[1] He played in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.^[2]

He played his final international game in April 1973, a 0-1 defeat by Switzerland.

Honours

• Luxembourg National Division: 2

1964, 1966

• Luxembourg Cup: 1

1967

External links

• Player profile - FC Metz
• weltfussball
• Fernand Jeitz at National-Football-Teams.com

References