Alexander Frei

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Alexander Frei Personal information Full name Alexander Frei Date of birth July 15, 1979(1979-07-15) (age 28) Place of birth Basel, SwitzerlandHeight 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Playing position StrikerClub information Current club Borussia DortmundNumber 13 Youth clubs 1987–1988
1988-1995
1995-1997 FC Begnins
FC Aesch (Basel-Country)
FC BaselSenior clubs1 Years Club App (Gls)* 1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2003
2003–2006
2006– FC Basel
FC Thun
FC Lucerne
Servette FC
Stade Rennes
Borussia Dortmund011 0(1)
034 0(7)
032 (15)
064 (36)
100 (47)
037 (16) National team 2001– Switzerland059 (35)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Alexander Frei (born 15 July 1979 in Basel) is a Swiss footballer that plays for Borussia Dortmund and the Swiss national team, of which he is captain.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Honours
4 External links
5 References

Club career

Frei signed a 4-year contract with Borussia Dortmund on 29 June, 2007. Dortmund paid a transfer fee of approximately 5 million euros for him. From the end of the 2006–07 season he has been continually linked with Celtic, whether this move will materialise however is in doubt after Borussia Dortmund released a statement insisting that Frei would go nowhere, even if a club offered 25 million euros.

Frei was the highest goalscorer in the French league for the 2004-05 season with 20 goals, playing for Rennes and was named Swiss Footballer of the year the same season.

He has recovered from a long-term injury this season at current club Borussia Dortmund to score six times in his last eight appearances and prove his fitness for the forthcoming European Football Championships - for which the Schweitzer Nati will be co-hosts along with Austria.

International career

Frei played for Switzerland at Euro 2004 and at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. He scored two goals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, one in the match against Togo and a controversial goal against South Korea. Until now he has been capped 58 times for his country (as of June 2008).

Frei is Switzerland's all time top scorer with 35 goals.[1] During Euro 2004, in a group match against England, Frei was caught on camera appearing to spit at Steven Gerrard. Although no action was taken at the time, Frei was later charged and given a provisional 15 day suspension by UEFA. Despite this, he was subsequently cleared of the charge on appeal and atoned by agreeing to take care of a llama.[2]

Within the first half of the opening match of Euro 2008, Frei was injured while captaining the Swiss team. Frei will likely miss the rest of the tournament due to a torn knee ligament. [3]

Honours

2001: Winner of Schweizer Cup with Servette FC
2002: Semi-finalist of the European under-21 championship
2003: Second highest scorer in Ligue 1 (20 goals) after Djibril Cissé
2003: Credit Suisse Player of the Year
2005: Top goalscorer in Ligue 1 (20 goals)

External links

References

v • d • e Switzerland squad- UEFA Euro 20041 Stiel • 2 Haas • 3 Berner • 4 Henchoz • 5 Murat Yakın • 6 Vogel • 7 Cabanas • 8 Wicky • 9 Frei • 10 Hakan Yakın • 11 Chapuisat • 12 Zuberbühler • 13 Zwyssig • 14 Magnin • 15 Gygax • 16 Celestini • 17 Spycher • 18 Huggel • 19 Barnetta • 20 Müller • 21 Rama • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 Roth • Coach: Kuhn

v • d • e Switzerland squad- 2006 FIFA World Cup1 Zuberbühler • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Margairaz • 6 Vogel • 7 Cabanas • 8 Wicky • 9 Frei • 10 Gygax • 11 Streller • 12 Benaglio • 13 Grichting • 14 D. Degen • 15 Džemaili • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Lustrinelli • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Coltorti • 22 Yakın • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn

v • d • e Switzerland squad- UEFA Euro 20081 Benaglio • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Lichtsteiner • 6 Huggel • 7 Cabanas • 8 İnler • 9 Frei • 10 H. Yakın • 11 Streller • 12 Derdiyok • 13 Grichting • 14 Gygax • 15 G. Fernandes • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Zuberbühler • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Jakupović • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn

v • d • e Borussia Dortmund– current squad

1 Weidenfeller • 2 Amedick • 3 Brzenska • 4 Wörns • 5 Kehl • 6 Kringe • 7 Tinga • 8 Federico • 9 Valdez • 10 Petrić • 13 Frei • 14 Rukavina • 15 Hummels • 16 Błaszczykowski • 17 Dedê • 18 Ricken • 19 Klimowicz • 20 Ziegler • 21 Kovač • 22 Kruska • 23 Degen • 24 Gordon • 26 Buckley • 27 Hünemeier • 28 Tyrala • 29 Rammel • 30 Höttecke • 33 Vržogić • 36 Amachaibou • 38 Hillenbrand • Coach: Klopp