Hans Meyer (footballer)

Hans Meyer in 2007 as coach of 1.FC Nuremberg

Hans -Joachim Meyer ( born November 3, 1942 in Briesen in Bilin, Reich District of Sudetenland, German Reich ) is a former German football player and coach. He is currently a board member at Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Career

Playing career

Meyer fled with his family in 1945 from Bohemia to Roßleben and began as a teenager in the village südwestthüringischen team BSG Motor Dietlas to play football. At 14, he came in 1956 to train as a machinist to Suhl and joined the BSG Motor Suhl, whose first men's team was represented at this time in the fourth-class district league Suhl. As a player perspective Meyer was 21 years old in 1963 to become the first East German champion SC Motor Jena delegated, and at the same time started studying for sports and history teacher. In sports club he was first employed in the reserve team, with which he rose to the second-rate DDR League 1967. In the second season of Jena Championship 1967/68 Meyer were held to a league use. Only in the subsequent series, he was inducted into the league team. In the league season in 1968/69 was Hans Meyer, playing as a defender, with more than 20 games most commonly used. In the third year of Jena Championship 1969/70 Meyer was re- summoned only twice. At the end of this season, he ended his active career in which he came to a total of 30 league inserts and scored a goal.

A trainer

Hans Meyer earned his coaching diploma at the DHfK. On 1 July 1971 he became the youngest coach of the DDR Oberliga FC Carl Zeiss Jena, after he had previously been an assistant coach from Georg Buschner. With the Jena citizens he was three times fdgb Cup winner (1972, 1974, 1980) and reached the final of the 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup ( 1-2 against Dinamo Tbilisi ). As in 1983, the Jena team without a win was on second from bottom of the league after eight games, Meyer was fired after 12 years as a trainer at FC Carl Zeiss. Then he coached from 1984 to 1987 Rot-Weiß Erfurt, FC Karl- Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz FC ) ( 1988 to June 1993), again Jena ( October 1993-August 1994 ), the first FC Union Berlin (1995 ) and the Dutch first division side FC Twente Enschede ( January 1996-September 1999 ).

In September 1999, Meyer became coach of the then second division club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Meyer led Borussia 2001 back to the first league. He was thus the first football coach of the East German states, who ascended with a club from the West to the Bundesliga. Meyer resigned in March 2003 at his own request at Borussia Mönchengladbach, there were disagreements with some members of the press. Meyer was after his separation talents classifier in Mönchengladbach. In December 2003, the then relegation threatened club Hertha BSC lured him back to the dugout. With Hertha Meyer came at the end of the season on the 12th place in the table. In June 2004, Meyer was the coach at Hertha BSC border activity, although it was present an offer to extend the contract. But he acted still continue for some time as a scout for the club.

On 9 November 2005, he took over the post of head coach of the then bottom club in the Bundesliga, 1 FC Nuremberg. Within a short time he led the Franks to a non- relegation zone, secured on Matchday 32 in the league and reached the end even 8th place Thereupon Meyers first contract periods - anytime the possibility of termination of both sides - extended. In February 2007 he received a contract until 2009. During the season 2006/ 07 the 1st FC Nuremberg reached under Meyer's leadership the 6th place in the table of the 1st Bundesliga and won on May 26, 2007 the DFB Cup. After the crash on a descent place in the 2007/ 08 season Meyer was suspended on 11 February 2008 because of persistent failure. The descent set of the 1st FC Nuremberg a monthly salary payments in the amount of 140,000 euros, since Meyer is said to have always excluded to train again in the second division. However, this was on the other bank, which would have been around 1.7 million euros by mid-2009. An attempt at conciliation, the German Football Association failed initially as a conciliation hearing before the labor court Nuremberg. On October 18, 2008 it was announced that the first FC Nuremberg and Hans Meyer have settled all outstanding disputes amicably. The pending before the Labour Court Nuremberg dispute was thus officially ended. Nothing was known about the details of their agreement and the terms of the settlement.

On the same day Meyer returned as head coach at his former club Borussia Mönchengladbach. He signed with the then bottom club a contract until the end of June 2010. To avoid relegation, he built the team around. So he ran shortly after taking office, several players from the squad. During the winter break, he undertook new players, such as Tomáš Galásek, he had already brought to Nuremberg. At the end managed to rank 15 of the direct relegation with only 31 points, which means a new record. Despite class receipt Hans Meyer asked on 28 May 2009 to dissolve its current to 30 June 2010 contract prematurely. This desire corresponded to the club.

On June 15, 2011 it was announced that Meyer was elected as the fourth board member to the Board of Borussia Mönchengladbach by the Supervisory Board. He should support next Rainer Bonhof the athletic component at Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Private

The Ministry for State Security led Hans Meyer from 1971 to 1978 under the code name " Hans Schaxel " as societal employees for safety. As such, he is said to have supplied information on trained by his players. A written undertaking Meyers is not available; he denies to have been working as a informer.

Dealing with the media

Responding to questions from media representatives Hans Meyer reacts most distant and often sarcastic, but not without self-irony. So he replied to praise once with the sentence: ". In football you can quickly build you a monument, but just as quickly it pees it to " For the football magazine 11 Freunde is Hans Meyer since February 2011 as a permanent interlocutor in the interview section " Assume from - Hans Meyers truths ", both in the former coach will be asked about current football issues. Parodied here is the former time - heading on a cigarette with Helmut Schmidt, former Chancellor of the current political questions were asked.

Trivia

• Hans Meyer is a member of the German Academy for football culture. Before the World Cup, the writer in 2007 in Sweden, he trained briefly the German authors team.
• The German Academy for football culture Meyer also wrote the football award of the year 2007. It reads: " In regularity football is always the same."

Achievements

As a player

As a coach