Luc Holtz

Luc Holtz ( born June 14, 1969 in Luxembourg City ) is a retired Luxembourgian football player and current football coach.

Career

Association

Luc Holtz began playing football in the youth department of Etzella Ettelbrück. In 1986, he came into the first team of the club. After three years he decided to venture abroad and then went to the then French second division side FC Montceau. After only one year in which you are staying, he went back to Luxembourg. The Red Boys Differdange from he found a new club where there only two years but stopped him, then switch to the FC Avenir Beggen. With the club from Beggen Holtz won the 1993 and 1994, the Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Cup championship. He was voted Footballer of the Year in Luxembourg in 1993. In 1998 he moved back to his hometown club Etzella. With Etzella Ettelbrück 2001 he won the Luxembourg Cup. During the winter break of the season 2007/ 08 Holtz finished his career at the age of 38 years.

National

Luc Holtz made ​​1991-2002 54 caps for Luxembourg. A qualification for the European Football Championship or a World Cup was denied him.

Career as a coach

In addition to his time as a player Holtz from 1999 to 2008, coach at Etzella Ettelbrück. A post he gave on June 30, 2008, to fill a day later the post of head coach at the U- 21 team in Luxembourg. As Holtz that took office, he had little chance to participate in the U -21 Football Championship in 2009. Qualifying was finished as a group last. In qualifying for the U -21 Football Championship in 2011 it should run a little better. However, it failed to qualify. On August 3, 2010 Holtz took over for a short time, the Office of the coach at the senior team in Luxembourg. Just fifteen days later, he was declared as the new head coach.