Hans Meyer (football)
history
| cityofbirth = Briesen, near BĂlina
| countryofbirth = Czechoslovakia
| currentclub = Borussia Mönchengladbach
| position = Defender (retired)
| years = 1961–1969
| clubs = FC Carl Zeiss Jena
| caps(goals) = 30 (1)
| manageryears = 1971–1983
1984–1987
1988–1993
1993–1994
1995
1996–1999
1999–2003
2004
2005–2008
2008–
| managerclubs = FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Rot-WeiĂź Erfurt
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
1. FC Union Berlin
FC Twente
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Hertha BSC
1. FC Nuremberg
Borussia Mönchengladbach
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Hans Meyer (born 3 November 1942 in Briesen (today near BĂlina, Czech Republic)) is a German former football player and manager. He was most recently under contract with 1. FC Nuremberg. Meyer is the only coach to win both the DFB-Pokal and the FDGB-Pokal. In 2001, Meyer led second-division club Borussia Mönchengladbach to promotion to the 1. FuĂźball-Bundesliga, the first East German coach to achieve the feat with a West German side. Meyer next took the reins at Hertha BSC Berlin in mid-season in 2003, successfully leading the club through a protracted relegation fight. 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. FC Nuremberg 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 Nuremberg and the capture of the DFB-Pokal. In the 2007–08 season, Meyer's luck had run out, and after a series of bruising defeats Nuremberg found itself in the drop zone once again. Meyer was fired by 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 Nuremberg for winning the DFB-Cup.
Meyer was featured on the cover of EA Sports' video game FUSSBALL MANAGER 08 (FIFA Manager 08, German version only).
On 18 October 2008 he returned to Borussia Mönchengladbach.