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Urs Meier
Personal information
Full name	Urs Meier
Date of birth	7 July 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Zürich, Switzerland
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
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

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.