Denis Scuto
Luxembourgish footballer
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Denis Scuto (born 13 November 1964) is a Luxembourgish historian and retired football midfielder.
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Scuto in November 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 November 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–2002 | Jeunesse Esch | 424 | |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1993 | Luxembourg | 7 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Football career
Club
He was voted Luxembourgish Footballer of the Year for the 1987–88 season.[1] He played a club record 424 league games for Jeunesse Esch, winning 9 league titles and 4 domestic cups with them.[2]
International
Scuto made his debut for Luxembourg in a September 1988 World Cup qualification match against Switzerland and earned a total of 7 caps (no goals). His final international was another World Cup qualifier, against Iceland in May 1993.[3]
Post-playing career
Outside of football he was a secondary school history teacher in Echternach and Esch-sur-Alzette,[4] and from 2003 an academic historian at the University of Luxembourg. He took his PhD in 2009.[5]
