James Meyer

James Meyer (born 28 May 1986) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for National Premier Leagues Queensland club Brisbane City.

Career

Early career Born in Sydney, Meyer started his youth career with Brisbane City FC in 2005. The following year Meyer went to Europe and signed on as a youth player for Bohemian F.C. of Ireland and then Hertha BSC of Germany the next year. After the trial Meyer was handed a one-year deal with the Roar with Postecoglou saying "I watched James a couple of times ... he can play a number of positions for us, he's quick and he's good technically". He came off the bench for the Roar in the 75th minute for Erik Paartalu and eventually scored the equalizing goal for the Roar which led to them drawing the match 3–3 in the 78th minute, three minutes after coming on. He came on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Mitch Nichols and then went on to score in the 83rd and 89th minutes of the game to grant the Roar a late 2–0 victory.

The next season Meyer scored his one and only goal on 19 November 2011 against the Newcastle Jets. He came off the bench in the 79th minute for Henrique and then found the net five minutes later in the 84th minute to lead the Brisbane Roar to a 2–1 victory. The Roar eventually went on to lose that match 2–0. He started this match and scored the goal in the 16th minute which would turn out to be the only goal in that match as the Roar won 1–0. He came on as a 116th-minute substitute for Ben Halloran and then missed from the penalty spot in the penalty shoot-out which saw Buriram United advance to the group stages of Asia's top competition as 3–0 winners.

Pune On 13 August 2013 it was announced that Meyer had signed with Pune of the I-League in India as the club's fourth foreigner for the 2013–14 I-League season. He then made his debut for the Indian side on 21 September 2013 against Mohammedan at the Salt Lake Stadium. He started this match and played the full 90 minutes and even scored his first goal for the club in the 52nd minute to help Pune to an opening day 3–1 victory. Meyer then scored his third goal for the club on 6 November 2013 against Bengaluru FC in which his 71st minute proved to be the deciding goal in a 1–0 victory.

Career statistics

Honours

Brisbane Roar A-League: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2011–12

Yadanarbon Myanmar National League: 2014

Eastern Hong Kong Premier League: 2015–16