Norbert Meier (born 20 September 1958) is a German former

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player, who played as a

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, and manager who last managed

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Playing career

Meier's career as a player was spent mostly at

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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 ended his playing days at

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

, where he played two and a half years.

Coaching career

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Meier started his coaching career by taking over the reserve side of

on 1 July 1996. Meier coached them until 30 November 1997. Meier coached the senior squad between 1 December 1997 and 1 April 1998. Meier rejoined the reserve team on 1 July 1998.

MSV Duisburg

Meier officially took over for

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on 1 January 2003. 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. In the 82nd minute, Meier was arguing with Köln's

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when Meier suddenly fell down. Referee

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sent Streit off with a

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. 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. The

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banned him for three months from any management activities on 15 December 2005.

Dynamo Dresden

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presented Meier as the new manager on 10 September 2006. Meier was sacked on 24 September 2007.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

Fortuna Düsseldorf hired Meier on 1 January 2008. Meier was sacked after being relegated after the 2012–13 season.

Arminia Bielefeld

Meier took over

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on 24 February 2014.

Darmstadt 98

He was appointed as the new head coach of

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on 10 June 2016. On 5 December 2016, he was sacked.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

On 3 January 2017, Meier was appointed as manager of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He signed a contract until June 2018. Meier was sacked on 20 September 2017.

KFC Uerdingen

Meier took over

on 3 February 2019. He was sacked on 15 March 2019.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Werder Bremen *

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: 1987–88; runner-up: 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86 *

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finalist: 1988–89, 1989–90 * DFL-Supercup:

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Borussia Mönchengladbach *DFB-Pokal finalist: 1991–92

Manager

Individual * 3. Liga Manager of the Year: 2014–15

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meier, Norbert 1958 births Living people People from Stormarn (district) Footballers from Schleswig-Holstein German footballers Germany international footballers Germany B international footballers German football managers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players SV Werder Bremen players Borussia Mönchengladbach players UEFA Euro 1984 players Arminia Bielefeld managers Borussia Mönchengladbach managers MSV Duisburg managers Dynamo Dresden managers Fortuna Düsseldorf managers Bundesliga managers 2. Bundesliga managers SV Darmstadt 98 managers 1. FC Kaiserslautern managers KFC Uerdingen 05 managers Association football midfielders 3. Liga managers