Alexander Meier

Early career

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 (scoring seven goals) 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.

Eintracht Frankfurt

2004–2009

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 score again until matchday 21 when he scored from the penalty spot against 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…

Eintracht Frankfurt

DFB-Pokal: 2017–18; runner-up: 2005–06, 2016–17 2. Bundesliga runner-up: 2011–12 Individual

2. Bundesliga top goalscorer: 2011–12 Bundesliga top goalscorer: 2014–15