Alexander Meier
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alexander Meier | ||
| Date of birth | 17 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Buchholz, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1989 | JSG Rosengarten | ||
| 1989–1990 | TuS Nenndorf | ||
| 1990–1995 | TSV Buchholz 08 | ||
| 1995–1998 | Hamburger SV | ||
| 1998–1999 | MSV Hamburg | ||
| 1999–2001 | Hamburger SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | FC St. Pauli | 25 | (7) |
| 2003–2004 | Hamburger SV | 4 | (0) |
| 2004 | Hamburger SV II | 6 | (0) |
| 2004– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 334 | (118) |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Germany U21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:36, 26 March 2017 (UTC). |
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Alexander Meier (born 17 January 1983) is a German footballer who plays for Eintracht Frankfurt as an attacking midfielder. He was the 2014–15 Bundesliga top scorer with 19 goals in 26 games.
Meier began his professional career with FC St. Pauli in 2002. In the 2001–02 season, Meier appeared on matchdays 32 and 33. In the 2002–03 season, he became a regular fixture appearing in 23 league matches and two cup matches. He signed his first professional contract on 10 April 2003. He moved to local rivals Hamburger SV in 2003; signing a three–year contract.Borussia Mönchengladbach also inquired about Meier. In his only season, he made four league appearances for the first team and six appearances for the reserve team.
Meier signed for Eintracht Frankfurt on 1 July 2004, and made his debut for the club in a 2. Bundesliga match against Alemannia Aachen, which finished in a 1–1 draw with him scoring the goal for Frankfurt. He then played in the next four matches without scoring. He then scored in two consecutive matchdays when Frankfurt defeated Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 6–2 and drew Rot-Weiss Essen 4–4. In between matchdays, he scored against Greuther Fürth in the DFB-Pokal. He would not scored again until matchday 21 when he scored from the penalty spotagainst LR Ahlen. He scored three goals against Energie Cottbus on matchday 33 on 15 May 2005. He scored nine goals in 34 league matches and one goal in three cup matches.
He made his season debut on matchday one in a 4–1 loss to Bayer Leverkusen on 4 August 2005. His first goal of the season came on 14 October 2005 against MSV Duisburg in a 1–0 win. He then scored the following week on 21 October 2015 in a 6–3 win against 1. FC Köln. He then scored two goals against Schalke 04 in a 6–0 cup win on 25 October 2005. The scoring streak stopped on matchday 10 against Werder Bremen. The following week, Meier scored two goals against Arminia Bielefeld. He scored against Hamburger SV and Bayern Munich in back–to–back matchdays. however, Frankfurt lost to Hamburg 2–1 and Bayern Munich 5–2. Meier started, and played 90 minutes, in the cup final. Meier scored seven goals in 33 league matches and three goals in five cup matches.
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