Carlo Weis

Carlo Weis
Personal information
Full name Carlo Weis
Date of birth (1958-12-04) 4 December 1958
Place of birth Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg
Playing position defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1979 Spora Luxembourg
1979–1982 F.C. Winterslag 87 (5)
1982–1983 Stade Reims 12 (2)
1983-1988 Spora 26 (7)
1988-1989 Thionville Sport
1989-1995 Avenir Beggen 138 (27)
1995-1997 Sporting Mertzig 36 (2)
1997-2000 Avenir 27 (1)
Total 326 (44)
National team
1978–1998 Luxembourg 87 (1)
Teams managed
1995-1997 Sporting Mertzig
1997-2000 Avenir
2000-2004 F91 Dudelange
2004-2005 Swift Hesperange

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Carlo Weis (born 4 December 1958) is a retired footballer from Luxembourg.

He was Luxembourg's most capped player of all-time from November 1995 until Jeff Strasser overtook his tally in 2008.[1]

Club career

A central defender, Weis started his career at local side Spora Luxembourg before joining Belgian side F.C. Winterslag aged 20. He played 3 seasons for the Genk outfit and then moved across the border to join Stade Reims. He rejoined Spora after only one season in France and played another 5 seasons for them. After one year at Thionville, he moved on to Avenir Beggen for whom he played 8 seasons, interrupted by 2 seasons at Sporting Mertzig where he also took up the manager's post. While with Avenir, he claimed the 1990 Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year award.

Weis retired as a player at the end of the 1999/2000 season, aged 41.

International career

Weis made his debut for Luxembourg in a March 1978 friendly match against Poland. In an international career spanning over 20 years, he went on to earn a record breaking 87 caps, scoring one goal.[2] He played in 30 World Cup qualification matches.[3]

He played his final international game in May 1998, a friendly match against Cameroon.

International goals

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 October 1991 Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg  Portugal 1-1 Friendly match

Honours

1993, 1994
1992, 1993, 1994
1990

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