Norbert Meier

**Norbert Meier** (born 20 September 1958) is a German former football player, who played as a midfielder, and manager, who last managed KFC Uerdingen.

## Playing career

Meier's career as a player was spent mostly at SV Werder Bremen 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 career at Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he played two and a half years.

### Borussia Mönchengladbach

Meier started his coaching career by taking over the reserve side of Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 MSV Duisburg on 1 January 2003.

### Dynamo Dresden

Dynamo Dresden hired 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 Arminia Bielefeld on 24 February 2014.

### Darmstadt 98

He was hired as the new head coach of Darmstadt 98 on 10 June 2016. On 5 December 2016, he was sacked.

### 1. FC Kaiserslautern

On 3 January 2017, Meier was hired 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 KFC Uerdingen on 3 February 2019. He was sacked on 15 March 2019.

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="6"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Borussia Mönchengladbach II|1 July 1996|30 November 1997|colspan="6"|—||||
|Borussia Mönchengladbach|1 December 1997|1 April 1998||||||
|Borussia Mönchengladbach II|1 July 1998|30 June 2001||||||
|MSV Duisburg|1 January 2003|8 December 2005||||||
|Dynamo Dresden|10 September 2006|24 September 2007||||||
|Fortuna Düsseldorf|1 January 2008|27 May 2013||||||
|Arminia Bielefeld|24 February 2014|10 June 2016||||||
|SV Darmstadt 98|10 June 2016|5 December 2016||||||
|1. FC Kaiserslautern|3 January 2017|19 September 2017||||||
|KFC Uerdingen|3 February 2019|15 March 2019||||||

### Player

**Werder Bremen**
- Bundesliga: 1987–88; runner-up: 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86
- DFB-Pokal finalist: 1988–89, 1989–90
- DFL-Supercup: 1988

**Borussia Mönchengladbach**
- DFB-Pokal finalist: 1991–92

### Manager

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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Norbert Meier
- **image**: Norbert Meier 2011.jpg
- **caption**: Meier in 2011
- **height**: 1.73 m
- **birth place**: Reinbek, West Germany
- **position**: Midfielder
- **years1**: 1980–1989
- **clubs1**: SV Werder Bremen, Werder Bremen
- **caps1**: 281
- **goals1**: 82
- **years2**: 1990–1992
- **clubs2**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **caps2**: 50
- **goals2**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 331
- **totalgoals**: 84
- **nationalyears1**: 1981–1982
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national football B team, West Germany B
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1982–1985
- **nationalteam2**: German national football team, West Germany
- **nationalcaps2**: 16
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 1997–1998
- **managerclubs1**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **manageryears2**: 2003–2005
- **managerclubs2**: MSV Duisburg
- **manageryears3**: 2006–2007
- **managerclubs3**: Dynamo Dresden
- **manageryears4**: 2008–2013
- **managerclubs4**: Fortuna Düsseldorf
- **manageryears5**: 2014–2016
- **managerclubs5**: Arminia Bielefeld
- **manageryears6**: 2016
- **managerclubs6**: SV Darmstadt 98, Darmstadt 98
- **manageryears7**: 2017
- **managerclubs7**: 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- **manageryears8**: 2019
- **managerclubs8**: KFC Uerdingen 05, KFC Uerdingen