Hans Meyer (footballer)

Hans Meyer
Personal information
Full name Hans Meyer
Date of birth (1942-11-03) 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.

† Appearances (goals)

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
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 —

References

  1. ↑ "Hans Meyer" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "FC Carl Zeiss Jena .:. Coaches from A-Z". Worldfootball. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Rot-Weiß Erfurt .:. Coaches from A-Z". Worldfootball. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Chemnitzer FC .:. Coaches from A-Z". Worldfootball. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  5. 1 2 "1. FC Union Berlin .:. Coaches from A-Z". Worldfootball. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "FC Twente .:. Coaches from A-Z". Worldfootball. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Hans Meyer neuer Trainer von Gladbach". kicker (in German). 6 September 1999. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Hans Meyer zurückgetreten – Lienen übernimmt". kicker (in German). 1 March 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Bor. Mönchengladbach" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Hoeneß: "Mit Meyer die Klasse halten"". kicker (in German). 20 December 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  11. ↑ "Falko Götz beerbt Hans Meyer". kicker (in German). 5 May 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  12. ↑ "Hertha BSC" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "Hans Meyer übernimmt beim Club". kicker (in German). 9 November 2005. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  14. ↑ "Thomas von Heesen beerbt Meyer". kicker (in German). 12 February 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  15. ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  16. ↑ "Meyer wieder in Gladbach". kicker (in German). 19 October 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  17. ↑ "Meyer räumt den Posten". kicker (in German). 28 May 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
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