Hans Meyer (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hans Meyer | ||
Date of birth | 3 November 1942 | ||
Place of birth | Briesen, Bilin, German Empire | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1952–1956 | Motor Dietlas | ||
1956–1961 | Motor Suhl | ||
1961–1963 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1969 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 30 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
1971–1983 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | ||
1984–1987 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | ||
1988–1993 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | ||
1993–1994 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | ||
1995 | 1. FC Union Berlin | ||
1996–1999 | FC Twente | ||
1999–2003 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
2004 | Hertha BSC | ||
2005–2008 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
2008–2009 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Hans Meyer (born 3 November 1942 in Briesen near Bilin, German Empire, today Bílina, Czech Republic) is a German former football player and manager.[1] Meyer was featured on the cover of EA Sports' video game FUSSBALL MANAGER 08 (FIFA Manager 08, German version only).
Coaching career
Meyer is the only coach to win both the DFB-Pokal and the FDGB-Pokal. In 2001, Meyer led second-division club Borussia Mönchengladbach to promotion to the 1. Bundesliga, the first East German coach to achieve the feat with a West German side. Meyer next took the reins at Hertha BSC in mid-season in 2003, successfully leading the club through a protracted relegation fight. Following this feat he announced his retirement from coaching, turning down a contract extension with Hertha. Meyer found the thrill of the relegation battle too great to resist, however; he took over at last-place 1. FC Nürnberg in autumn of 2005, leading the squad to an eighth-place finish and firmly establishing his reputation as a "fireman" who could extinguish a team's crisis. His coaching success continued in the following season which ended with a sixth-place showing for Nürnberg and the capture of the DFB-Pokal. In the 2007–08 season, Meyer's luck had run out, and after a series of bruising defeats Nürnberg found itself in the drop zone once again. Meyer was fired by the club management on 11 February 2008.
Besides his talent as a trainer, he is famous for ironic and sarcastic answers in interviews. He remains very popular in Jena, where his career started, and in Nürnberg for winning the DFB-Pokal.
On 18 October 2008 he returned to Borussia Mönchengladbach and retired on 28 May 2009.
Managerial record
- As of 27 April 2012
Team | From | To | Record | |||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
Carl Zeiss Jena | 1 July 1971[2] | 23 October 1983[2] | 430 | 229 | 83 | 118 | 53.26 | |
Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1 July 1984[3] | 28 April 1987[3] | 86 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 37.21 | |
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt/ Chemnitzer FC1 |
1 July 1988[4] | 9 June 1993[4] | 184 | 82 | 52 | 50 | 44.57 | |
Carl Zeiss Jena | 2 October 1993[2] | 27 August 1994[2] | 36 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 25.00 | |
Union Berlin | 25 January 1995[5] | 2 October 1995[5] | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 62.96 | |
FC Twente | 1 January 1996[6] | 6 September 1999[7] | 151 | 69 | 35 | 47 | 45.70 | |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 September 1999[7] | 1 March 2003[8] | 131 | 51 | 42 | 38 | 38.93 | [9] |
Hertha BSC | 20 December 2003[10] | 30 June 2004[11] | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 41.18 | [12] |
1. FC Nürnberg | 9 November 2005[13] | 12 February 2008[14] | 91 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 36.26 | [15] |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 19 October 2008[16] | 28 May 2009[17] | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 26.92 | [9] |
Total | 1,179 | 536 | 307 | 336 | 45.46 | — |
- 1.^ Same club with two different names.
References
- ↑ "Hans Meyer" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "FC Carl Zeiss Jena .:. Coaches from A-Z". Worldfootball. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- 1 2 "Rot-Weiß Erfurt .:. Coaches from A-Z". Worldfootball. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- 1 2 "Chemnitzer FC .:. Coaches from A-Z". Worldfootball. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- 1 2 "1. FC Union Berlin .:. Coaches from A-Z". Worldfootball. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ "FC Twente .:. Coaches from A-Z". Worldfootball. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- 1 2 "Hans Meyer neuer Trainer von Gladbach". kicker (in German). 6 September 1999. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ "Hans Meyer zurückgetreten – Lienen übernimmt". kicker (in German). 1 March 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- 1 2 "Bor. Mönchengladbach" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ "Hoeneß: "Mit Meyer die Klasse halten"". kicker (in German). 20 December 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ "Falko Götz beerbt Hans Meyer". kicker (in German). 5 May 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ "Hertha BSC" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ "Hans Meyer übernimmt beim Club". kicker (in German). 9 November 2005. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ "Thomas von Heesen beerbt Meyer". kicker (in German). 12 February 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ "Meyer wieder in Gladbach". kicker (in German). 19 October 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ "Meyer räumt den Posten". kicker (in German). 28 May 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2013.