Michael Geiger (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michael Geiger | ||
Date of birth | 27 September 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Heilbronn, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
–1979 | Union Böckingen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1986 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 203 | (22) |
1986–1993 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
International career | |||
West Germany Youth | |||
1981–1982 | West Germany U-21 | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1993–1995 | VfB Fallersleben | ||
1995–1998 | SSV Vorsfelde | ||
1998–2005 | VfB Fallersleben | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Michael Geiger (born 27 September 1960) is a former German footballer[1] and current manager. As a player, he spent five seasons in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Braunschweig, as well as three seasons in the 2. Bundesliga with Braunschweig and VfL Wolfsburg.
Geiger was never capped by the senior German national team, but at one point he was the country's most ever capped player at the youth level,[2] having played through all age groups up to the West German U-21.
Honours
- UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship runner-up: 1982
References
- ^ "Geiger, Michael" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Als Beckenbauer sein Bett mit Cramer teilen musste" (in German). welt.de. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
External links
- Michael Geiger at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Categories:
- 1960 births
- Living people
- People from Heilbronn
- Footballers from Baden-Württemberg
- Association football defenders
- German footballers
- German football managers
- Germany youth international footballers
- Germany under-21 international footballers
- Eintracht Braunschweig players
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- German football defender, 1960s birth stubs