Arne Friedrich
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Arne Friedrich | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Bad Oeynhausen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Full Back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Free Agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1987 | FC Bad Oeynhausen | ||
| 1987–1992 | TuS Lohe | ||
| 1992–1995 | SC Herford | ||
| 1995–1999 | FC Gütersloh | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2000 | SC Verl | 31 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Arminia Bielefeld | 47 | (1) |
| 2002–2010 | Hertha BSC | 231 | (14) |
| 2010–2011 | VfL Wolfsburg | 15 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000–2001 | Germany U-21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2002 | Germany B | 1 | (0) |
| 2002– | Germany | 82 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:33, 16 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Arne Friedrich (German pronunciation: [ˈaɐ̯nə ˈfʁiːdʁɪç]) (born 29 May 1979 in Bad Oeynhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German international football defender, who plays for the German national team.
He is a very versatile player, playing full back, center back, and occasionally a midfield position. As of October 2011, Friedrich has represented his country on 82 occasions, and scored once. He took part in Euro 2004, World Cup 2006, Euro 2008 and the World Cup 2010.
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[edit] Club career
In the 2000–01 season Arne Friedrich signed his first professional contract. Hermann Gerland, head coach of Arminia Bielefeld at the time, scouted Friedrich while playing for Regionalliga club SC Verl. Because of his convincing performance, Gerland decided to bring Friedrich to Bielefeld, where he immediately became a regular starter.
For two years Friedrich played for Bielefeld in the 2. Bundesliga. In 2002, he accepted an offer from Hertha BSC. With the Berlin club, Friedrich won the DFB-Ligapokal that year, defeating FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, and FC Schalke 04.
In 2004–05, Falko Götz named Friedrich captain, a role he kept for the remainder of his time at Hertha. He renewed his contract with Hertha twice which was due to run until 2012 with a performanced-based option for an additional year. However after Hertha's relegation in 2010, he left the club in a €2million transfer[1] to VfL Wolfsburg, signing a three-year contract.[2]
On 19 September 2011 he was released from his contract at Wolfsburg due to long term injury.[3]
[edit] International career
Friedrich played a total of five games for the German U-21 team, and once for the B-team known as "Team 2006".
On 21 August 2002, Friedrich made his debut for the senior team against Bulgaria with in a 2–2 draw in Sofia. His first major tournament for the national team was Euro 2004 where he appeared in all three group matches that saw the German team was eliminated. On 21 December 2004, Friedrich captained Germany in a 5–1 friendly win over Thailand in Bangkok. He has captained the team three more time since.
In 2005, Germany took part in the Confederations Cup, as upcoming World Cup hosts. Friedrich took turns with Andreas Hinkel on the right wing back position. The following year, he was part of the 23-man squad for the 2006 World Cup. Except the match for third place, which he missed due to an injury, Friedrich started all of Germany's games.
At Euro 2008, Friedrich was once again part of the German team, but was initially intended as a substitute. Following an injury to Marcell Jansen, he started the final group game and all three knock-out stage matches. The quarter-final was one of Friedrich's best international matches where he successfully shut down Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.
In March 2009, German coach Joachim Löw explained that he now planned Friedrich as a centre back instead of the right wing back position.
He was part of Germanys squad in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. After a Bastian Schweinsteiger solo run, he scored his very first international goal on his 77th appearance[1] for Germany on 3 July 2010 in the 2010 World Cup 4–0 quarter-final win over Argentina.[4] He became famous for being the German international playing 'most games in a row without scoring': 76 matches.
[edit] Career statistics
- As of 16 May 2011
[edit] Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | DFL-Ligapokal | Europe | Total | |||||||
| Arminia Bielefeld | Bundesliga | 2000–01 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2001–02 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Hertha BSC | 2002–03 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 5 | |
| 2003–04 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| 2004–05 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 3 | ||||
| 2005–06 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2010–11 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Club totals | Arminia Bielefeld | 47 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | |
| Hertha BSC | 231 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 282 | 15 | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Career totals | 293 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 350 | 16 | ||
[edit] International goals
- Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 3 July 2010 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa |  Argentina |
3–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |
[edit] Honours
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- 2002
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- 2006
[edit] National Team
- FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place: 2005
- FIFA World Cup Third Place: 2006
- UEFA European Football Championship Runner-up: 2008
- FIFA World Cup Third place: 2010
[edit] References
- ^ a b Langer, Sebastian (3 July 2010). "Ein Tor mit 76 Spielen Anlauf" (in German). Berliner Kurier. http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/sport/ein_tor_mit_76_spielen_anlauf/301723.php. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
- ^ Dobbert, Steffen (2 July 2010). "Ich habe Sachen gelesen, die kotzen mich an" (in German). Die Zeit. http://www.zeit.de/sport/2010-07/wm-friedrich-interview. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ^ "Germany defender Friedrich quits Wolfsburg". Sports Illustrated. 19 September 2011. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/soccer/wires/09/19/2080.ap.soc.wolfsburg.friedrich.1st.ld.writethru.0196/. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "Match Report". FIFA. 3 July 2010. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=249718/match=300061505/report.html. Retrieved 4 July 2010.[dead link]
[edit] External links
- Official website (German)
- Arne Friedrich at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Arne Friedrich at kicker.de (German)
- Arne Friedrich at transfermarkt.de (German)
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Bad Oeynhausen
- German footballers
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- 2. Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Association football defenders
- Association football fullbacks
- Germany international footballers
- Germany under-21 international footballers
- Germany B international footballers
- SC Verl players
- Arminia Bielefeld players
- Hertha BSC players
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
