Footballer Urs Meier
Urs Meier (born 7 July 1961) is a Swiss football manager.
He is the previous manager of Zürich in the Swiss Super League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Coaching career
After working with the youth teams at both Bellinzona and Grasshoppers, Meier worked as a playing assistant manager for Grasshoppers. 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. 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 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
External links
- Urs Meier at FootballDatabase.eu
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