Michael Langer

I have always had a soft spot for goalkeepers, and Michael Langer fits the archetype perfectly. Born in 1985 in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, the Austrian former pro stood 1.95 m tall, an imposing presence in the one position where you are only noticed when something goes wrong. Keepers do the most thankless work in football: they prevent rather than score, and respect comes slowly. Picturing that long frame filling the goalmouth, I imagine a player who survived on patience and concentration over many seasons. It is exactly this kind of unglamorous reliability that I think deserves more recognition than it usually gets.

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Name (English)

Michael Langer

Name (Japanese)

ミヒャエル・ランガー

Reading

みひゃえる・らんがー

Born

January 6, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria

Height

195 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Langer
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%92%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78876

Tags

• Vorarlberg
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.