René Peters


René Peters is a former Luxembourgish football player who currently manages US Hostert. He was captain of the national team during his playing days.

Club career

Peters was member of the professional squad of Belgian side Standard Liège in the 99/00 season but did not make the grade there and moved to French Ligue 2 outfit Créteil only to leave them after one season to stay with Swift Hesperange for 7 seasons.
In summer 2008 he joined Jeunesse.

International career

Peters made his debut for Luxembourg in an April 2000 friendly match against Estonia and by the end of his international career had earned 91 caps, scoring 4 goals. He played in 21 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.
He scored an international goal for the Luxembourg national football team on 11 October 2008 against Israel in the qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
16 October 2001Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia1-12-62002 World Cup qualifying
224 February 2004Estadio Municipal Bahía Sur, San Fernando, Spain1-12-4friendly match*
330 January 2008King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia1-21-2friendly match
411 October 2008Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg1-11-32010 World Cup qualifying

Note: Not a full FIFA international, and unofficial for Faroe Islands.