Eugen Meier

Eugen Meier, called " Geni " ( born April 30, 1930 in Schaffhausen, † 26 March 2002 in Bern ) was a Swiss football player. He is with his 249 goals scored in the top Swiss league as one of the best Swiss striker of all time. When BSC Young Boys, where he played 14 seasons, he's leading scorer by a wide margin. He played in the years 1953-1965 also in the Swiss national football team and was 42 times used.

Private

Geni Meier was born on April 30, 1930 in Schaffhausen and died at the age of 72 years in Bern.

Career

Childhood and youth

In the youth team of the youth department of his home team FC Schaffhausen Eugen Meier began his career in 1942 as a football player. In the city the Munot young striker chased to the year 1951 as the yellow and black the ball behind. In rounds 1946/47 bis 1950/51, he gained while playing experience in the 2nd Division.

BSC Young Boys, 1951-65

1951 changed the 21 -year-old Meier in the federal capital for BSC Young Boys. Already in his second season in Bern celebrated " Geni " Meier 1953 Cup win against Grasshoppers Zurich and the runner-up. In the same round, the offensive half striker profiled as prolific attacker. With 32 hits he took the title of the scorer in National League A in Switzerland. After three more rounds of growing together of the team of coach Albert Sing with places four, five, and three of the championship win was followed by four rounds in a row. From 1956/57, bis 1959/60, the " black-yellow " Young Boys triumphed in the domestic Wankdorf stadium in the Swiss championship. In the round in 1957/58 this managed the Double - profit. In the season 1958/59 the Committee formidable inside forward with 24 goals for the second time in his career scorer. As a " Geni " Meier in the summer of 1965 after 14 years with the renewed runner finished his career at Young Boys, he had a record of 320 league operations with 249 gates are to book. With Young Boys Bern but he also addressed with the European competition in the European Cup of Champions. 1958/59 failed Bern until the semi-finals at Stade de Reims. 1960, they measured their strength with Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburg in 1961 with the SV. The draw in each case made in the return games - 1-1 in Frankfurt, 3:3 in Hamburg - but could not prevent the withdrawal by the home defeats in the first leg. When local rivals FC Bern Geni Meier left in the two rounds of 1965-67 end his playing career in the second division. He was a player personality, captain, all-rounder, a goal threat, equipped with a powerful, hard shot.

National Team, 1953-62

In the "Nati " he made his debut on 25 May 1953. During the football World Cup in 1954 in his own country he came from Italy and England are used. In the successful World Cup qualifying for the World Cup in Chile in 1962, he brought in 1961 to four inserts, while all three matches against Sweden. At the tournament in Chile itself, he said goodbye to the 0:3 defeat on June 7, 1962 against Italy after 42 internationals from the national team.

Achievements

4 times Swiss champion ( 1957-1960 )
2 times Swiss Cup winner (1953 and 1958 )
2 times top scorer of the National League A (1953 and 1959 )
42 matches with two World Cup participations

Swell

211 world's best first- League goal scorers of the century, IFFHS, 1998
The major European football book, Volume 2, internationals and cup finals, sports Verlag Uwe Nuttelmann, Jade, 1999, ISBN 3-930814-02-1
WM encyclopedia 1930-2006, AGON, 2002, ISBN 3-89784-205- X

National League / National League A

Super League

National football team ( Switzerland )
Person (Schaffhausen)
Born in 1930
Died in 2002
Man
Swiss
Person (BSC Young Boys)

1933–34 Nationalliga Leopold Kielholz 1934–35 Nationalliga 1935–36 Nationalliga 1936–37 Nationalliga Alessandro Frigerio 1937–38 Nationalliga 1938–39 Nationalliga 1939–40 Nationalliga Georges Aeby 1940–41 Nationalliga 1941–42 Nationalliga 1942–43 Nationalliga 1943–44 Nationalliga 1944–45 Nationalliga A 1945–46 Nationalliga A 1946–47 Nationalliga A 1947–48 Nationalliga A 1949–50 Nationalliga A 1950–51 Nationalliga A 1951–52 Nationalliga A 1952–53 Nationalliga A 1953–54 Nationalliga A 1954–55 Nationalliga A Marcel Mauron 1955–56 Nationalliga A 1956–57 Nationalliga A 1957–58 Nationalliga A 1958–59 Nationalliga A 1959–60 Nationalliga A 1960–61 Nationalliga A 1961–62 Nationalliga A 1962–63 Nationalliga A 1963–64 Nationalliga A 1964–65 Nationalliga A Pierre Kerkhoffs 1965–66 Nationalliga A 1966–67 Nationalliga A 1967–68 Nationalliga A 1968–69 Nationalliga A 1969–70 Nationalliga A 1970–71 Nationalliga A 1971–72 Nationalliga A 1972–73 Nationalliga A Ottmar Hitzfeld Ove Grahn Daniel Jeandupeux 1974–75 Nationalliga A 1975–76 Nationalliga A Peter Risi 1976–77 Nationalliga A 1977–78 Nationalliga A 1978–79 Nationalliga A 1979–80 Nationalliga A Claudio Sulser 1981–82 Nationalliga A 1982–83 Nationalliga A 1983–84 Nationalliga A Georges Bregy 1984–85 Nationalliga A 1985–86 Nationalliga A Steen Thychosen John Eriksen 1987–88 Nationalliga A 1988–89 Nationalliga A Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90 Nationalliga A 1990–91 Nationalliga A Dario Zuffi 1991–92 Nationalliga A 1992–93 Nationalliga A Sonny Anderson 1993–94 Nationalliga A 1994–95 Nationalliga A 1995–96 Nationalliga A 1996–97 Nationalliga A 1997–98 Nationalliga A 1998–99 Nationalliga A Alexandre Rey Charles Amoah 2000–01 Swiss Football League 2001–02 Nationalliga A 2002–03 Nationalliga A 2003–04 Swiss Super League 2004–05 Swiss Super League 2005–06 Swiss Super League Alhassane Keita 2006–07 Swiss Super League 2007–08 Swiss Super League Hakan Yakin 2008–09 Swiss Super League Seydou Doumbia 2010–11 Swiss Super League Alexander Frei 2012–13 Swiss Super League

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