Urs Meier (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Urs Meier | ||
Date of birth | 7 July 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1986 | Zug | ||
1986–1987 | Schaffhausen | ||
1987–1989 | Bellinzona | ||
1989–1995 | Grasshoppers | ||
1995–1997 | FC Altstetten | ||
2015–2017 | FC Fislisbach | ||
Managerial career | |||
1993–1995 | Grasshoppers (player-assistant) | ||
1995–1997 | FC Altstetten (player-manager) | ||
1997–1998 | FC Altstetten | ||
1999–2000 | Baden | ||
2000–2003 | Solothurn | ||
2003–2004 | Baden | ||
2005 | Baden (caretaker) | ||
2005–2007 | Zürich (U18) | ||
2006 | Liechtenstein (caretaker) | ||
2007–2010 | Liechtenstein (assistant) | ||
2007–2008 | Zürich (U21) | ||
2008–2010 | Zürich (U18) | ||
2010–2012 | Zürich (U21) | ||
2012 | Zürich (caretaker) | ||
2012–2015 | Zürich | ||
2017–2019 | Ripperswil-Jona | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Urs Meier (born 7 July 1961[1]) is a Swiss football manager. He is the previous manager of Zürich in the Swiss Super League.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]After working with the youth teams at both Bellinzona and Grasshoppers, Meier worked as a playing assistant manager for Grasshoppers.[3] He then moved to FC Altstetten in 1995 as a playing manager. He decided to retire in 1997, but continued as the manager for the club until 1998.[3] He then moved to Thun and worked with the youth sector until 1999. In the 1999/00 season, he was the manager of Baden, from 2000 to 2003 for Solothurn and from 2003 to 2004 at Baden again.
He previously coached Baden, Solothurn[4] and the Liechtenstein national football team.
Since the 2017/18 season, he has been the head coach of Ripperswil-Jona in the Challenge League.
References
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Zurich
- Men's association football defenders
- Swiss men's footballers
- FC Schaffhausen players
- AC Bellinzona players
- Grasshopper Club Zurich players
- Swiss football managers
- FC Zürich managers
- Liechtenstein national football team managers
- FC Baden managers
- Swiss expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Liechtenstein
- FC Zürich non-playing staff
- 20th-century Swiss sportsmen
- Swiss football defender stubs