- Eduard Geyer
Infobox Football biography
playername = Eduard Geyer
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1944|10|7
cityofbirth =Bielitz
countryofbirth =Upper Silesia
dateofdeath =
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position = Defender
currentclub = None
youthyears = 1954-1957 1957-1962
youthclubs = BSG Aufbau Dresden-MitteSC Einheit Dresden
years = 1962-1968 1968-1975
clubs =SC Einheit Dresden Dynamo Dresden
caps(goals) = 90 (6)
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manageryears = 1986-1990 1989-1990 1991-1992 1992-1994 1994-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
managerclubs =Dynamo Dresden East GermanyBFC Siófok Sachsen Leipzig Energie Cottbus Al NasrSachsen Leipzig Dynamo Dresden Eduard Geyer (born
October 7 ,1944 ) is a German football manager and former player. He has had a long and varied career, particularly notable for being the last manager of the East German national team. He has recently been sacked from his second spell as manager ofDynamo Dresden .Playing career
Geyer was born in Bielitz (Bielsko),
Upper Silesia . His family fled toDresden after the end ofWorld War II , and he began his football career withSC Einheit Dresden . In his youth was a goalkeeper, but he began his career playing as an attacker, later moving into defence. 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 twice East German champion and won one cup.Coaching career
Geyer moved into coaching, working with Dynamo's youth team, and assisting first-team manager
Klaus Sammer , whom he succeeded in 1986. He won theDDR-Oberliga in 1989, ending Dynamo Berlin's 10-year dominance. He also reached theUEFA Cup semi-finals that year, before going onto manage the East German national team. His time in charge was to be short-lived, however, as the side disappeared with the reunification of East andWest Germany . After a brief spell scouting atSchalke 04 , he moved toHungary , 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 the Regionalliga (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 division Bundesliga. 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 the 2. Bundesliga in 2003, the team was unable to bounce back, finishing 14th in 2004/05, which spelled the end of Geyer tenure at Cottbus. He spent six months in the United Arab Emirates with Al 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. Bundesliga or higher. They did qualify for the third division, but results were generally poor, and Geyer was sacked in June 2008.Honours
As a player
* DDR Under-16 Cup: 1961
*DDR Oberliga : 1971, 1973
*FDGB Pokal : 1971As a manager
*DDR Youth Championship: 1976, 1985
*DDR Oberliga : 1989
*NOFV-Oberliga : 1993
*Regionalliga Nordost: 1997
*DFB Pokal : Runner-up 1997
*2. Bundesliga: Third place 2000External links
* [http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/saison/mannschaft/betreuer/2007-2008/1-mannschaft/64/ Profile at Dynamo Dresden]
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