- Hans Meyer (football)
Infobox Football biography
playername = Hans Meyer
fullname = Hans Meyer
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1942|11|3
cityofbirth = Briesen, nearBílina
countryofbirth =Czechoslovakia
position = Defender (retired)
years = 1961–1969
clubs =FC Carl Zeiss Jena
caps(goals) = 030 0(1)
manageryears = 1971–1983
1984–1987
1988–1993
1993–1994
1995
1996–1999
1999–2003
2004
2005–2008
managerclubs =FC Carl Zeiss Jena Rot-Weiß Erfurt
FC Karl-Marx-StadtFC Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Union Berlin Twente Enschede Borussia Mönchengladbach
Hertha BSC1. FC Nuremberg Hans Meyer (born
3 November 1942 in Briesen (today nearBílina ,Czech Republic )) is a German former football player and manager. He was most recently under contract with1. FC Nuremberg . Meyer is the only coach to win both theDFB-Pokal and the FDGB-Pokal. In 2001, Meyer led second-division clubBorussia Mönchengladbach to promotion to the 1.Fußball-Bundesliga , the first East German coach to achieve the feat with a West German side. Meyer next took the reins atHertha BSC Berlin 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-place1. FC Nuremberg 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 Nuremberg and the capture of the DFB-Pokal. In the 2007/2008 season, Meyer's luck had run out, and after a series of bruising defeats Nuremberg found itself in the drop zone once again. Meyer was fired by club management onFebruary 11 ,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 Nuremberg for winning the DFB-Cup.Meyer was featured on the cover of EA Sports' video game FUSSBALL MANAGER 08 (FIFA Manager 08, German version only).
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