In addition to 75 Bundesliga matches (11 goals), he played 92 matches in the 2. Bundesliga (18 goals) and 51 Regionalliga matches (16 goals).[1] His greatest successes as a player were with FC St. Pauli, with whom he achieved promotion to the Bundesliga twice and to the 2. Bundesliga once, and reached the semi-finals of the DFB Cup in 2005/06.[2] He last played for FC St. Pauli in central midfield from the 2005/06 season and ended his professional career there after the 2009/10 season.[3] In 2010, he was selected for FC St. Pauli's 100th Anniversary Team.[4]

In the 2000/01 season, he played as a playmaker, contributing to FC St. Pauli's promotion to the Bundesliga. With 70 goals, FC St. Pauli was the most prolific team in German professional football that season. [5] [6] Meggle contributed 13 of these goals, and was only surpassed by Marcel Rath in FC St. Pauli's internal goalscoring statistics. [7] In the following 2001/02 season, he was FC St. Pauli's most prolific scorer with ten goals and four assists. [8] These goals included his opening goal in the Intercontinental Cup Winners' Cup match (final score 2-1) against FC Bayern Munich . [9]