Andrew Meredith

Andrew Meredith (born 24 April 1972 in Adelaide, Australia) is the current Head of Analysis at German Football Club FC St.Pauli located in Hamburg, while also holding the role of Technical Analyst with the Australian National Football team the Socceroos. Meredith is a former FIH High Performance Field hockey Coach, who worked as an International Hockey coach during the period 2004- 2013. Following an 8-year period as the former Assistant Coach of the Germany national field hockey team, 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.

Meredith was a member of the German Men's Hockey Team during a significantly successful period, winning gold in Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, gold in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, gold at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in New Delhi, gold at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Mönchengladbach, the silver medal at the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup in New Delhi, and the gold medal at the 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

During his period as National Coach of Ireland, the team achieved Ireland's highest ever finish, to win Bronze at the 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I, and reached the Semi-Finals of the 2013 FIH Hockey World League in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

In October 2013, Meredith was 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 remains contracted as Innovation Architect and Head of Performance Analysis.

In March 2015, Meredith began his involvement with the Australian National Football team the Socceroos in a friendly match against Germanyand was retained for the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers.

Andrew Meredith is the son of Dennis Meredith, 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.