 Geyer as coach of Dynamo Dresden in 1989 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduard Geyer | ||
| Date of birth | (1944-10-07)7 October 1944 (age 81) | ||
| Place of birth | Bielsko,German-occupied Poland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1954–1957 | BSG Aufbau Dresden-Mitte | ||
| 1957–1962 | SC Einheit Dresden | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1968 | SC Einheit Dresden | ||
| 1968–1975 | Dynamo Dresden | 112 | (12) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1975–1986 | Dynamo Dresden (youth) | ||
| 1986–1990 | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| 1989–1990 | East Germany | ||
| 1991–1992 | BFC Siófok | ||
| 1992–1994 | Sachsen Leipzig | ||
| 1994–2005 | Energie Cottbus | ||
| 2005–2006 | Al Nasr | ||
| 2006–2007 | Sachsen Leipzig | ||
| 2007–2008 | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eduard "Ede"Geyer (born 7 October 1944) is a German former professionalfootball player and manager.[1] He was the last manager of theEast Germany national team. He also notably managedEnergie Cottbus for 11 years, leading the club from the third division to theBundesliga.
Geyer was born inBielsko (Bielitz), during theGerman occupation of Poland. His family fled toDresden after the end ofWorld War II, and he began his football career withSC Einheit Dresden. In his youth was agoalkeeper, but he began his career playing as anattacker, later moving intodefence. He joinedDynamo Dresden in 1968, where he played until his career ended in 1975 for health reasons. In total, he had played 112 games for the club, scoring twelve times, and was twiceEast German champion and won onecup.
Geyer moved into coaching, working with Dynamo's youth team and assisting first-team managerKlaus Sammer, whom he succeeded in 1986. He won theDDR-Oberliga in 1989, endingBFC Dynamo's ten-year dominance. He also reached theUEFA Cup semi-finals that year, before going on to manage theEast Germany national team. His time in charge was to be short-lived, however, as the side disappeared with thereunification ofEast andWest Germany.
After a brief spell scouting atSchalke 04, he moved to Hungary, managingBFC Siófok for a year before returning toSachsen Leipzig. Under Geyer, the team captured theNOFV-Oberliga (IV) title in 1993, but the club was denied promotion due when denied a licence to play in theRegionalliga (III) for financial reasons.
He moved on a year later, joiningEnergie Cottbus where he enjoyed great success, advancing the previously unheralded club through two promotions into the first-divisionBundesliga. Under his direction, the team was able to stay up for three years despite having a very small budget. He also took his side to theDFB-Pokal (German Cup) final in 1997. After relegation to the2. Bundesliga in 2003, the team was unable to bounce back, finishing 14th in 2004–05, which spelled the end of Geyer's tenure at Cottbus.
Geyer spent six months in theUnited Arab Emirates withAl Nasr, before returning toSachsen Leipzig, initially as sporting director, but later as manager. He left Sachsen at the end of the 2006–07 season due to financial problems and returned to Dynamo Dresden three months later, hoping to spearhead their qualification for the3. Liga or higher. They did qualify for the third division, but results were generally poor, and Geyer was sacked in June 2008.
Geyer is well known in Germany for his outspoken manners. While coaches usually wrap critical statements in media friendly euphemisms, he's known to speak his mind in a very forthright manner. Examples include:
"Manche junge Spieler haben eine Einstellung zum Leistungssport wie die Nutten aufSt. Pauli. Die rauchen, saufen und huren rum, gehen morgens um 6 Uhr ins Bett."[2]
(Some young players tackle the sport like the whores at St. Pauli. They smoke, they drink, fuck around and go to bed at 6 in the morning)
"Die Fans wollen keine Spiele, bei denen man erkennt, dass manche Spieler nachher kein Deo brauchen."
(The fans don't want to see games where you can tell that the players don't need an antiperspirant afterward.)
"Wer so doof ist, gehört nicht in dieBundesliga."[2]
(Someone, who's so stupid doesn't belong in the Bundesliga.)
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