| Michael Langer | |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Bregenz, Austria |
| Height: | 1.95 m[1] |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Schalke 04 |
| Clubnumber: | 34 |
| Youthyears1: | –2000 |
| Youthclubs1: | FC Hard |
| Youthyears2: | 2000–2003 |
| Youthclubs2: | Viktoria Bregenz |
| Youthyears3: | 2003–2004 |
| Youthclubs3: | VfB Stuttgart |
| Years1: | 2004–2007 |
| Clubs1: | VfB Stuttgart II |
| Caps1: | 28 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2005–2007 |
| Clubs2: | VfB Stuttgart |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2008–2010 |
| Clubs3: | SC Freiburg |
| Caps3: | 14 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2008–2010 |
| Clubs4: | SC Freiburg II |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2010–2012 |
| Clubs5: | FSV Frankfurt |
| Caps5: | 5 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2010–2012 |
| Clubs6: | FSV Frankfurt II |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs7: | SV Sandhausen |
| Caps7: | 8 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs8: | Vålerenga |
| Caps8: | 42 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2016 |
| Clubs9: | Tampa Bay Rowdies |
| Caps9: | 0 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs10: | IFK Norrköping |
| Caps10: | 28 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2017– |
| Clubs11: | Schalke 04 |
| Caps11: | 8 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2006 |
| Nationalteam1: | Austria U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 19 August 2024 |
Michael Langer (born 6 January 1985) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04.
Formerly a goalkeeper for the German Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart, he made his debut in the highest German division on 10 March 2007 in a game against Wolfsburg, as a replacement for regular goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand.
On 2 January 2008, he moved to SC Freiburg[2] and the club terminated his contract on 8 May 2010.[3] On 20 May 2010, Langer signed a two-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club FSV Frankfurt. In summer 2012, he moved to SV Sandhausen and signed again a two-year-contract.[4] In April 2014, Langer canceled his contract with Sandhausen and joined Vålerenga IF.[5]
Langer signed with the NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies on 1 February 2016.[6]
In 2017, Langer joined Schalke 04; 13 years after his first Bundesliga appearance for Stuttgart on 10 March 2007, he made his second, against Bayer Leverkusen on 6 December 2020.[7] [8]
Langer played once for the Austrian Under-21 national team in 2006.
| Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| VfB Stuttgart | nowrap | 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| SC Freiburg | 2007–08 | nowrap | 2. Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||||
| FSV Frankfurt | 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||||
| SV Sandhausen | 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Vålerenga | 2014 | Tippeligaen | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Tippeligaen | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 46 | 0 | ||||
| Tampa Bay | 2016 | NASL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| IFK Norrköping | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Total | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
| Schalke 04 | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 106 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 121 | 0 | |||
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