Fernand Jeitz

Fernand Jeitz
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-09-29) 29 September 1945
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1967 Aris Bonnevoie
1967–1977 FC Metz 314 (5)
1977–1979 FC Thionville
National team‡
1965–1973 Luxembourg 35 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 February 2009
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 February 2009

Fernand Jeitz (born 29 September 1945) is a retired footballer from Luxembourg.

Club career

A sweeper, Jeitz left his hometown club Aris Bonnevoie for French league side FC Metz in 1967. In 10 seasons there, he played a total of 357 games and also captained the team for 5 years. An achilles injury ended his stay at Metz.

International career

Jeitz made his debut for Luxembourg in a May 1965 World Cup qualification match against Norway and went on to earn 35 caps, no goals scored.[1] He played in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[2]

He played his final international game in April 1973, a 0-1 defeat by Switzerland.

Honours

1964, 1966
1967

References

  1. ↑ Appearances for Luxembourg National Team Archived 29 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine. - RSSSF
  2. ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA

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