René Peters (footballer)

René Peters
Personal information
Full name	René Peters
Date of birth	15 June 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Dudelange, Luxembourg
Position(s)	central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Jeunesse Esch
Youth career
	Tétange
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Standard Liège
2000–2001	Créteil
2001–2008	Swift Hesperange
2008–2012	Jeunesse Esch
2012–2014	FC RM Hamm Benfica
2014–2016	CS Grevenmacher
2016–	Jeunesse Esch
International career‡
2000-2013	Luxembourg
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 May 2014

René Peters (born 15 June 1981) is a Luxembourgian football player who currently plays for Jeunesse Esch. He used to be the captain of the national team.

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 February 2013 had earned 89 caps, scoring 4 goals.^[1] He played in 21 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.^[2]

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

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 October 2001	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	1-1	2-6	2002 World Cup qualifying
2	24 February 2004	Estadio Municipal Bahía Sur, San Fernando, Spain	Faroe Islands	1-1	2-4	friendly match*
3	30 January 2008	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	1-2	1-2	friendly match
4	11 October 2008	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg	Israel	1-1	1-3	2010 World Cup qualifying