Peter Niemeyer

Peter Niemeyer is my kind of footballer, a defensive midfielder who also covered at center back, doing the thankless work of breaking up attacks and recycling possession. That role rarely earns headlines, but anyone who studies the game knows a team collapses without it. What impresses me most is his second act: becoming sporting director at Preußen Münster, carrying a player's instinct for what actually happens on the pitch into the executive side. Athletes who can bridge the dressing room and the boardroom are genuinely rare. There is a sturdy, unfussy German competence in his trajectory that I find quietly admirable and worth respecting.

Name (English)

Peter Niemeyer

Name (Japanese)

ペーター・ニーマイヤー

Reading

ぺーたー・にーまいやー

Born

November 22, 1983 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Origin

Hörstel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Height

187 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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