Peter Meyer (footballer)
 Meyer in 1967 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 February 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wersten 04 | |||
| TuRU Düsseldorf | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1967 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 174 | (119) |
| 1967–1970 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 19 | (19) |
| VfL 06 Benrath | |||
| Viktoria 02 | |||
| International career | |||
| 1967 | Germany | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Peter Meyer (born 18 February 1940, in Düsseldorf) is a retired German football player. He spent four seasons in the Bundesliga with Fortuna Düsseldorf and Borussia Mönchengladbach.[1] He also represented Germany once, in a UEFA Euro 1968 qualifier against Albania.
Career
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Meyer started his career at Wersten 04 and
goal average. He appeared 25 times and scored eight goals during the following season in the Bundesliga, but could not prevent Fortuna from being relegated at the end of the campaign. Meyer was not offered a new contract following Fortuna's relegation, and was free to look for a new club.[3] With a total of 119 goals in 174 league games between 1960 and 1967, he is the club's record goalscorer.[4]
Borussia Mönchengladbach
After initially agreeing terms with
West Germany in their decisive Euro 1968 qualification match against Albania in Tirana. West Germany failed to qualify after drawing the match 0–0, and the game became known as the "Disgrace of Tirana".[5]
Injury and retirement
In January 1968, during a training match played in
Honours
- Bundesliga champion: 1969–70
References
- ^ "Meyer, Peter" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "Peter Meyer wird 65 – Fortunas ehemaliger Rekordstürmer feiert Jubiläum" (in German). Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein 1895 e.V. 17 February 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ a b c Hesse-Lichtenberger, Uli (10 February 2009). "Hoffenheim suffer the curse of Meyer". ESPN. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ a b Mai, Theo (18 February 2010). "Draufgänger mit großem Torinstinkt". DerWesten (in German). WAZ New Media GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Hackett, Robin (7 October 2010). "Euro qualification shocks". ESPN. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Grulke, Thomas (28 January 2013). "Peter Meyer: das Schlitzohr, das von der Eckfahne traf". RP Online (in German). Rheinische Post Mediengruppe. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Keine Feier ohne Meyer". Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach GmbH. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
External links
- Peter Meyer at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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