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Luxembourgian footballer and manager

Guy Hellers

Personal information
Date of birth (1964-10-10) 10 October 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
US Bascharage
US Hollerich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1982 Metz 0 (0)
1983–2000 Standard Liège 383 (30)
International career
1982–1997 Luxembourg 55 (2)
Managerial career
2004–2010 Luxembourg
2010–2011 F91 Dudelange (sporting director)
2011–2015 F91 Dudelange (head of youth sector)
2015 F91 Dudelange
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guy Hellers (French pronunciation: [ɡi ɛ.lɛʁs];[1] born 10 October 1964) is a Luxembourgish football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder.

He was the head coach of the Luxembourg national team, having succeeded Dane Allan Simonsen in 2004.[2]

In 2010, Hellers resigned as Luxembourg coach and was succeeded by Luc Holtz.[3]

Arguably Luxembourg's most successful player, Hellers shortly played for FC Metz[4] but he spent the majority of his career at Standard Liège, where has been captain. He played 458 matches in total for them, scoring 37 goals.[5] He was surprisingly dismissed by then manager Tomislav Ivic in September 1999 after some verbal clashes between coach and squad.[6]

International career

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Hellers made his debut for Luxembourg in an October 1982 European Championship qualification match against Greece and went on to earn 55 caps, scoring 2 goals.[7] He played in 27 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[8] His final international game was an October 1997 World Cup qualification match against Cyprus.

He scored the only goal in the upset match against the Czech Republic in 1995.

His entire coaching career has been spent with the Luxembourg Football Federation, coaching at every youth level before becoming the manager of the senior national team.

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 October 1989 Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Belgium 1-1 1-1 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying
2 7 June 1995 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg Czech Republic 1-0 1-0 1996 Euro qualifying

Managerial statistics

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Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Luxembourg 2004 2010 47 3 9 35 006.38
F91 Dudelange 2015 2015 4 2 0 2 050.00
Total 51 5 9 37 009.80

Standard Liège

  1. ^ "Guy Hellers pronunciation: How to pronounce Guy Hellers in French". Forvo. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ Entraîneurs fédéraux Archived 1 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine - FLF (in French)
  3. ^ "Hellers steps down as Luxembourg coach". 4 August 2010. Archived from the original on 29 August 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  4. ^ Player profile - FC Metz
  5. ^ Player stats Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine - Standard Liege
  6. ^ Guy Hellers doorgestuurd bij Standard Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Het Belang van Limburg (in Dutch)
  7. ^ Appearances for Luxembourg National Team Archived 24 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  8. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA