 Meier in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1958-09-20)20 September 1958 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Reinbek,West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1989 | Werder Bremen | 281 | (82) |
| 1990–1992 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 50 | (2) |
| Total | 331 | (84) | |
| International career | |||
| 1981–1982 | West Germany B | 3 | (0) |
| 1982–1985 | West Germany | 16 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| 2003–2005 | MSV Duisburg | ||
| 2006–2007 | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| 2008–2013 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| 2014–2016 | Arminia Bielefeld | ||
| 2016 | Darmstadt 98 | ||
| 2017 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
| 2019 | KFC Uerdingen | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Norbert Meier (born 20 September 1958) is a German formerfootball player, who played as amidfielder, and manager who last managedKFC Uerdingen.
Meier's career as a player was spent mostly atSV Werder Bremen where he played first team football from 1980 to 1990. During this time he also made 16 appearances for West Germany in midfield scoring twice.[1]
Meier ended his playing days atBorussia Mönchengladbach, where he played two and a half years.[2]
Meier started his coaching career by taking over the reserve side ofBorussia Mönchengladbach on 1 July 1996.[3] Meier coached them until 30 November 1997.[3] Meier coached the senior squad between 1 December 1997 and 1 April 1998.[3] Meier rejoined the reserve team on 1 July 1998.[3]
Meier officially took over forMSV Duisburg on 1 January 2003.[4] Meier is most recently noted as coach at MSV Duisburg when he lost his temper in their match against1. FC Köln on 6 December 2005.[5] In the 82nd minute, Meier was arguing with Köln'sAlbert Streit when Meier suddenly fell down. RefereeManuel Gräfe sent Streit off with ared 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 sacked Meier on 8 December 2005.[6] TheGerman FA banned him for three months from any management activities on 15 December 2005.
Dynamo Dresden presented Meier as the new manager on 10 September 2006.[7] Meier was sacked on 24 September 2007.[8]
Fortuna Düsseldorf hired Meier on 1 January 2008.[9] Meier was sacked after being relegated after the2012–13 season.[10]
Meier took overArminia Bielefeld on 24 February 2014.[11]
He was appointed as the new head coach ofDarmstadt 98 on 10 June 2016.[12] On 5 December 2016, he was sacked.[13]
On 3 January 2017, Meier was appointed as manager of1. FC Kaiserslautern. He signed a contract until June 2018.[14] Meier was sacked on 20 September 2017.[15]
Meier took overKFC Uerdingen on 3 February 2019.[16] He was sacked on 15 March 2019.[17]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 1 July 1996[3] | 30 November 1997[3] | — | |||||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1 December 1997[3] | 1 April 1998[3] | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 018.18 | [18] |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 1 July 1998[3] | 30 June 2001[3] | 94 | 40 | 27 | 27 | 042.55 | |
| MSV Duisburg | 1 January 2003[4] | 8 December 2005[6] | 108 | 42 | 25 | 41 | 038.89 | [19] |
| Dynamo Dresden | 10 September 2006[7] | 24 September 2007[8] | 44 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 036.36 | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1 January 2008[9] | 27 May 2013[10] | 200 | 91 | 49 | 60 | 045.50 | [20] |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 24 February 2014[11] | 10 June 2016 | 92 | 36 | 32 | 24 | 039.13 | [21] |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 10 June 2016[12] | 5 December 2016[13] | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 020.00 | [22] |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3 January 2017[14] | 19 September 2017[15] | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 025.00 | [23] |
| KFC Uerdingen | 3 February 2019 | 15 March 2019 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 000.00 | |
| Total | 595 | 236 | 162 | 197 | 039.66 | — | ||
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