Carlo Weis

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Carlo Weis
Personal information
Full name	Carlo Weis
Date of birth	December 4, 1958 (1958-12-04) (age 50)
Place of birth	Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977–1979 1979–1982 1982–1983 1983-1988 1988-1989 1989-1995 1995-1997 1997-2000	Spora Luxembourg F.C. Winterslag Stade Reims Spora Thionville Sport Avenir Beggen Sporting Mertzig Avenir career totals	087 0(5) 012 0(2) 026 0(7) 138 (27) 036 0(2) 027 0(1) 326 (44)
National team2
1978–1998	Luxembourg	087 00(1)
Teams managed
1995-1997 1997-2000 2000-2004 2004-2005	Sporting Mertzig Avenir F91 Dudelange Swift Hesperange
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 February 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 20 February 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Carlo Weis (born December 4, 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]

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 International goals 4 Honours 5 External links 6 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Honours

• Luxembourg National Division: 2

1993, 1994

• Luxembourg Cup: 3

1992, 1993, 1994

• Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year: 1

1990

[edit] External links

• Career stats - National Football Teams

[edit] References

Awards
Preceded by Jean-Marc Rigaud	Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year 1990	Succeeded by Marc Birsens