Roland Wagner (soccer player)

Roland Wagner
Personnel
birthday	December 22, 1955
place of birth	Drusenheim ,  France
size	172 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
1965-1972	FC Drusenheim
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1972-1980	Racing Strasbourg B	22 0(9)
1972-1982	Racing Strasbourg	177 (47)
1982-1983	FC Mulhouse	7 0(1)
1985-1987	Entente Montceau	44 0(4)
1989-1990	SR Haguenau
1990-1993	SV Linx
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1979	France	1 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.

Roland Wagner (born December 22, 1955 in Drusenheim , Département Bas-Rhin ) is a former French football player. His most successful time as a footballer was with Racing Strasbourg .

Career

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FC Drusenheim

Roland Wagner started playing football in his Alsatian hometown of Drusenheim and was hired by the youth department of FC Drusenheim .

Racing Strasbourg

He began his professional career in 1972 when he signed a professional contract with the first division club Racing Strasbourg , the football flagship of Alsace. In his first season, however, Wagner was only used once. In the following season he came to twelve missions, where he scored five goals.

In the 1974/75 season Wagner was able to fight for a regular place and played in 28 league games. He also scored five goals that season. In the following season Wagner was only used 27 times in the league, which he crowned with four goals. However, he could hardly prevent the descent of the Alsatians into the second division. In the second division season, Wagner was also important and scored 17 goals in 27 games. This helped Strasbourg to rise again directly.

In the following season Wagner was at times bench press and only played fourteen games. Here he only managed one hit. In the 1978/79 season Wagner fought back to his regular place and played a very strong season. Roland Wagner appeared in 35 league games and scored 14 goals. The UEFA Cup made it into the third round. There they failed at the German club MSV Duisburg . Wagner played in all six of Racing's UEFA Cup games (one goal). In the end, the season was even crowned with the championship title. In the following season, Wagner played with Racing Strasbourg in the European Cup . There they made it to the quarter-finals before the top Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam proved to be too strong. Wagner was used in five games. In the league he came to 22 missions (six hits). In the 1980/81 season, however, he was denied a mission. During the season Wagner lost his regular place and only played in eleven games (no hits).

FC Mulhouse

For the new season, Wagner left Strasbourg after ten years of club membership and signed on with league rivals and local rivals FC Mulhouse . However, he could not fight for a regular place in Mulhouse and only came to seven missions (one hit). In the end, Mulhouse was relegated from what was then Division 1.

Entente Montceau

After two years without a club, Wagner moved to Entente Montceau . In his first season Wagner came to 22 missions, where he scored one goal. In the following season he also came to 22 missions, where he scored three goals. At the end of the season he ended his career.

SR Haguenau

In 1989 he revised his decision to end his career and hired at SR Hagenau . However, it only kept him there for one season.

SV Linx

Roland Wagner moved abroad for the first time in the 1990/91 season and crossed the nearby border to Germany . He was hired by the then fifth division club SV Linx from the small town of Rheinau (Baden) on the border with Alsace . He was active there until 1993.

National team

On October 10, 1979, Wagner made his debut in the Equipe Tricolore , France's senior national team . In the 3-0 win against the USA , he was in the starting line-up and, following a presentation by Michel Platini, made it 2-0. At the beginning of the second half he was substituted for Patrice Lecornu ; it was his only international match.

Web links

• Roland Wagner at racingstub.com
• Roland Wagner at fff.fr (French)