- Norbert Meier
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Norbert Meier Personal information Date of birth 20 September 1958 Place of birth Reinbek, West Germany Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Fortuna Düsseldorf (manager) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1980–1989 Werder Bremen 242 (66) 1990–1992 Borussia Mönchengladbach 50 (0) National team 1982–1985 West Germany 16 (2) Teams managed 1997–1998 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2003–2005 MSV Duisburg 2006–2007 Dynamo Dresden 2008– Fortuna Düsseldorf * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Norbert Meier (born 20 September 1958) is a German former football player. After his playing days were over, Meier became a manager and is now manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf.[1]
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Playing career
Meier's career as a player was spent mostly at SV Werder Bremen where he played first team football from 1980–1990. During this time he also made 16 appearances for West Germany in midfield scoring twice.
Meier's playing days were ended at Borussia Mönchengladbach where he played three seasons.
Shot to fame
Meier is most recently noted as coach at MSV Duisburg when he lost his temper in their match against 1. FC Köln on 6 December 2005.[2] In the 82nd minute, Meier was arguing with Köln's Albert Streit when Meier suddenly fell down. Referee Manuel Gräfe sent Streit off with a red card. After the incident was reviewed on television, it became clear that it had not been Streit who hit Meier, but that Meier was play-acting. In fact, Meier had given Streit a headbutt. The club suspended Meier on 8 December 2005, and the German FA banned him for three months from any management activities on 15 December 2005. He has also managed Dynamo Dresden but was sacked in September in 2007.
Honours
- Bundesliga champion: 1987–88
- Bundesliga runner-up: 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86
- DFB-Pokal finalist: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92
References
- ^ "Norbert Meier" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2-bundesliga/2010-11/2387/trainer_norbert-meier.html. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ "Trotzig aus der Schublade" (in German). sueddeutsche.de. 5 March 2009. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/trainer-norbert-meier-trotzig-aus-der-schublade-1.485330. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
West Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1984 1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel • 3 Strack • 4 K. Förster • 5 B. Förster • 6 Rolff • 7 Brehme • 8 K. Allofs • 9 Völler • 10 Meier • 11 Rummenigge (c) • 12 Burdenski • 13 Matthäus • 14 Falkenmayer • 15 Stielike • 16 Bruns • 17 Littbarski • 18 Buchwald • 19 Bommer • 20 Roleder • Coach: Derwall
Borussia Mönchengladbach – managers Krätschmer (1946–49) · Sottong (1949–50) · Ditgens & Pohl (1950–51) · Pliska (1951–53) · Silken (1953–55) · Dondorf (1955–57) · Pliska (1957–60) · Oles (1960–62) · Langner (1963–64) · Weisweiler (1964–75) · Lattek (1975–79) · Heynckes (1979–87) · Werner (1987–89) · vom Bruch (1989–91) · Krauss (1991) · Gelsdorf (1991–92) · Krauss (1992–96) · Bongartz (1996–97) · Meier (1997–98) · Rausch (1998) · Bonhof (1998–99) · Meyer (1999–2003) · Lienen (2003) · Fach (2003–04) · Köppel (2004) · Advocaat (2004–05) · Köppel (2005–06) · Heynckes (2006–07) · Luhukay (2007–08) · Ziege (a.i.) (2008) · Meyer (2008–09) · Frontzeck (2009–11) · Favre (2011–)
MSV Duisburg – managers Multhaup (1950–51) · Steinbrück (1951–53) · Momirski (1953–55) · Lindemann (1955–57) · Kronsbein (1957–59) · Rösch (1959–61) · Multhaup (1961–63) · Gutendorf (1963–65) · Schmidt (1965) · Eppenhoff (1965–67) · Lóránt (1967–68) · Gebhardt (1968–70) · Faßnacht (1970–73) · Kremer (1973–76) · Schafstall (1976) · Knefler (1976–77) · Rühl (1977–78) · Schafstall (1978–79) · Höher (1979–80) · Wenzlaff (1980–81) · Klötzer (1981–82) · Melzig (1982–83) · Zacarias (1983–85) · Preuß (1985) · Witte (1985–86) · Vos (1986) · Pirsig (1986–89) · Kremer (1989–92) · Reinders (1992–93) · Lienen (1993–94) · Bongartz (1994–96) · Funkel (1996–2000) · Eichkorn (2000) · Frank (2000) · Eichkorn (2000–01) · Littbarski (2001–02) · Dietz (2002–03) · Meier (2003–05) · Kohler (2005–06) · Scholz (2006) · Bommer (2006–08) · Neururer (2008–09) · Šašić (2009–11) · Reck (2011–)
Fortuna Düsseldorf – current squad 1 Almer · 2 Weber · 3 Juanan · 4 Aouadhi · 5 Lukimya · 6 Langeneke · 7 Fink · 8 Dum · 9 Jovanović · 10 Ilsø · 11 Beister · 13 Bodzek · 14 Torghelle · 15 Königs · 16 Bijev · 17 Lambertz · 18 Bröker · 19 Levels · 20 Grimaldi · 21 van den Bergh · 22 Ratajczak · 23 Kruse · 24 Hazaimeh · 25 Erat · 26 Schwadorf · 30 Rösler · 31 Schwertfeger · 33 Krauss · Manager: Meier
Categories:- 1958 births
- Living people
- German footballers
- Germany international footballers
- Germany B international footballers
- German football managers
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- SV Werder Bremen players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- Dynamo Dresden managers
- Borussia Mönchengladbach managers
- MSV Duisburg managers
- Fußball-Bundesliga managers
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