Guy Hellers (; 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 Denmark Allan Simonsen in 2004.[ Entraîneurs fédéraux - FLF ]
In 2010, Hellers resigned as Luxembourg coach and was succeeded by Luc Holtz.
Club career
Arguably Luxembourg's most successful player, Hellers shortly played for
FC Metz[ Player profile - FC Metz] 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.
[ Player stats - Standard Liege] He was surprisingly dismissed by then manager
Tomislav Ivic in September 1999 after some verbal clashes between coach and squad.
[ Guy Hellers doorgestuurd bij Standard - Het Belang van Limburg ]
International career
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.
[ Appearances for Luxembourg National Team - RSSSF] He played in 27 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.
[ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA] 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.
Managerial career
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.
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.
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1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
1996 Euro qualifying |
Managerial statistics
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Luxembourg | 2004 | 2010
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F91 Dudelange | 2015 | 2015
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Honours
Standard Liège
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