* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Norbert Meier (born 20 September 1958) is a German former football player, who played as a midfielder, and manager, who last managed KFC Uerdingen.[source?]
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.[1]
Meier started his coaching career by taking over the reserve side of Borussia Mönchengladbach on 1 July 1996.[3] Meier coached them until 30 November 1997.[3] Meier coached the senior squad between 1 December 1997 and 1 April 1998.[3] Meier rejoined the reserve team on 1 July 1998.[3]
MSV Duisburg
Meier officially took over for MSV Duisburg on 1 January 2003.[4]
Dynamo Dresden
Dynamo Dresden hired Meier as the new manager on 10 September 2006.[5] Meier was sacked on 24 September 2007.[6]
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf hired Meier on 1 January 2008.[7] Meier was sacked after being relegated after the 2012–13 season.[8]
He was hired as the new head coach of Darmstadt 98 on 10 June 2016.[10] On 5 December 2016, he was sacked.[11]
1. FC Kaiserslautern
On 3 January 2017, Meier was hired as manager of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He signed a contract until June 2018.[12] Meier was sacked on 20 September 2017.[13]
KFC Uerdingen
Meier took over KFC Uerdingen on 3 February 2019.[14] He was sacked on 15 March 2019.[15]