Michael Geiger (footballer)

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Michael Geiger
Personal information
Full name Michael Geiger
Date of birth(1960-09-27)27 September 1960
Place of birth Heilbronn, West Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
0000–1979 Union Böckingen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Geiger was never capped by the senior Germany 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.

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References

  1. "Geiger, Michael" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  2. "Als Beckenbauer sein Bett mit Cramer teilen musste" (in German). welt.de. Retrieved 4 February 2013.