Carlo Weis
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Carlo Weis is a retired footballer
Football (soccer)
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 from Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

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He was Luxembourg's most capped player of all-time from November 1995 until Jeff Strasser
Jeff Strasser
Jeff Strasser is a Luxembourgian footballer, who currently manages CS Fola Esch. - Club career :As one of the rare successful professional footballers from Luxembourg, Strasser has made a fairly successful career in French and German first divisions...

 overtook his tally in 2008.

Club career

A central defender
Defender (football)
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, Weis started his career at local side Spora Luxembourg
CA Spora Luxembourg
CA Spora Luxembourg was a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is now a part of Racing FC Union Luxembourg.-History:...

 before joining Belgian side F.C. Winterslag
K.R.C. Genk
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 aged 20. He played 3 seasons for the Genk
Genk
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 outfit and then moved across the border to join Stade Reims
Stade Reims
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. He rejoined Spora after only one season in France and played another 5 seasons for them. After one year at Thionville, he moved on to Avenir Beggen
FC Avenir Beggen
Football Club Avenir Beggen is a football club, based in Beggen, a quarter of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.The club were founded in 1915 as FC Daring Beggen but changed their name to FC Avenir Beggen a year later...

 for whom he played 8 seasons, interrupted by 2 seasons at Sporting Mertzig where he also took up the manager's post. While with Avenir, he claimed the 1990 Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year award.

Weis retired as a player at the end of the 1999/2000 season, aged 41.

International career

Weis made his debut for Luxembourg
Luxembourg national football team
The Luxembourg national football team is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team play most of their home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel, in Luxembourg.- History :...

 in a March 1978 friendly match against Poland
Poland national football team
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. In an international career spanning over 20 years, he went on to earn a record breaking 87 caps, scoring one goal. He played in 30 World Cup qualification matches.

He played his final international game in May 1998, a friendly match against Cameroon
Cameroon national football team
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.

International goals

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 October 1991 Stade Municipal
Stade Municipal
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, Luxembourg (city)
Luxembourg (city)
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, Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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1-1 Friendly match

Honours

  • Luxembourg National Division
    Luxembourg National Division
    The National Division is the highest football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it is to be known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to seal a sponsorship deal with Fortis. Before 2006, it contained twelve teams, but it expanded to fourteen for the 2006-07 season,...

    : 2
1993, 1994

  • Luxembourg Cup
    Luxembourg Cup
    The Luxembourg Cup is the national knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons during the German occupation during Second World War.-Winners:...

    : 3
1992, 1993, 1994

  • Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year
    Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year
    The Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year is an award granted every season to a football player from Luxembourg's domestic top-flight National Division, rewarding the player judged to have been the most valuable to his team that season. It is awarded by the sports desk of d'Wort, Luxembourg's...

    : 1
1990

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