Education
Meyer next took the reins at Hertha Bachelor of Science in mid-season in 2003, successfully leading the club through a protracted relegation fight.
Meyer next took the reins at Hertha Bachelor of Science in mid-season in 2003, successfully leading the club through a protracted relegation fight.
Meyer was featured on the cover of EA Sports" video game FUSSBALL MANAGER 08 (Fédération internationale de football association Manager 08, German version only). In 2001, Meyer led second-division club Borussia Mönchengladbach to promotion to the 1. 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-place 1. Football Club Nürnberg 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 Nürnberg 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 Nürnberg found itself in the drop zone once again.
Meyer was fired by the club management on 11 February 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 Nürnberg for winning the DFB-Pokal. On 18 October 2008 he returned to Borussia Mönchengladbach and retired on 28 May 2009.
As of 27 April 2012
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Same club with two different names.
