Andrew Meredith

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Andrew Meredith
Medal record
Men's Field Hockey
Representing Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg  Ireland
Coaching Career
Senior Men's National Coach
Hockey Champions Challenge I
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Quilmes Team
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Coaching Career
German National Assistant Coach
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Team
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Mönchengladbach Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 New Delhi Team
Champions Trophy
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Terrassa Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Kuala Lumpur Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Melbourne Team
EuroHockey Nations Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Leipzig Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Amsterdam Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Mönchengladbach Team

Andrew Meredith (born 24 April 1972 in Adelaide, Australia) was the former Analysis Operations Manager at Premier League club Manchester United. Formerly Director of Performance Analysis and Innovation Architect at 2. Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli, Meredith was involved as Technical Analyst with the Australia national football team during their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

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Meredith is a former FIH High Performance Field hockey Coach, who worked as an International Field hockey coach during the period 2004– 2013. Following an 8-year period as the former Assistant Coach of the Germany national field hockey team, [1] where he assisted the German National coaches, Bernhard Peters in the period 2004–2006, and Markus Weise 2006–2012, Meredith was named as National Coach of the Ireland national field hockey team for a 14-month period in October 2012 before moving to professional Football in Germany.

Hockey

Meredith was a member of the German Men's Hockey Team during a significantly successful period, winning gold in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, gold in Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, gold at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach. gold at the 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur, and the gold medal at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach.

During his period as Ireland coach the team finished third at the 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I and 7th at the 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals. [2] [3]

Football

October 2013, saw him engaged as a High Performance consultant for the Hamburg Bundesliga Football club FC St. Pauli, which later led to an expanded full-time role in December 2013 where he was contracted as Innovation Architect and Head of Performance Analysis until August 2019. [4] [5]

March 2015, Meredith began his involvement with the Australian National Football team the Socceroos in a friendly match against Germany [6] and was retained for the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers.

In September 2019, Meredith joined Manchester United in the club’s Managerial Department, taking up the role of Analysis Operations Manager, which sees him focus on the strategic level responsibilities of analysis provision and innovation architecture within the First Team, Academy and Women’s program, and, the management of club resources. [7]

Family

Andrew Meredith is the son of Dennis Meredith AM , the former Australian Hockey Player, international umpire and umpire's manager, and the competition and Events Manager for the International Hockey Federation from the period 2001 to 2010.

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References

  1. ↑ "WM in Mönchengladbach: Hockey - die "Tor-Professoren"". 15 September 2006.
  2. ↑ "Ireland 6-4 France". www.rte.ie. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Ireland men's coach Andrew Meredith steps down from role". www.hockey.ie. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Manchester United wirbt St. Pauli-Analysten ab". 27 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Hockeytrainer macht Fußballprofis beim FC. St. Pauli schlau". 25 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Länderspiele in Kaiserslautern und Köln".
  7. ↑ "Olympic gold medal coach confirms he is joining Manchester United". 27 August 2019.
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