Arne Friedrich

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Arne Friedrich
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Arne Friedrich in July 2014
Personal information
Full name Arne Friedrich[1]
Date of birth (1979-05-29) 29 May 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Bad Oeynhausen, West Germany
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Germany U18 (assistant)
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 (13)
2010–2011 VfL Wolfsburg 15 (0)
2012–2013 Chicago Fire 23 (1)
Total 347 (15)
International career
2000–2001 Germany U21 5 (0)
2002 Germany Team 2006 1 (0)
2002–2011 Germany 82 (1)
Managerial career
2014– Germany U18 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arne Friedrich (German pronunciation: [ˈaɐ̯nə ˈfʁiːdʁɪç]) (born 29 May 1979) is a German football coach and former football defender.[2] He is currently the assistant manager of Germany U18.

He played 82 times 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, scoring once. He participated in Euro 2004, World Cup 2006, Euro 2008 and the World Cup 2010.

As announced on 21 January 2013, Friedrich became a US permanent resident which allowed him to no longer occupy an international slot while playing for Major League Soccer clubs.[3]

Club career

Arminia Bielefeld

In the 2000–01 seasonm 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.

Hertha BSC

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 performance-based option for an additional year. He made 231 matches in the German top-flight for the club from the capital.[4]

VfL Wolfsburg

However after Hertha's relegation in 2010, he left the club in a €2million transfer[5] to VfL Wolfsburg, signing a three-year contract.[6]

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Friedrich (left) playing for Chicago Fire.

On 19 September 2011 he was released from his contract at Wolfsburg due to long term injury.[7]

Chicago Fire

In March 2012, he signed with the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.[8] Friedrich made his competitive debut for Chicago in a match against the Houston Dynamo on 16 April 2012. The game ended in a 1–1 draw. Friedrich scored his first MLS goal on 12 August 2012 in a match against Philadelphia Union.[9] Friedrich was named the club's 2012 season's Defender of the Year.[10] At the end of 2012 season, Friedrich extended his contract with Chicago Fire until the end of 2013.[11] Due to recurring injuries, Friedrich did not appear in any matches in 2013.[12][13]

Retirement

On 23 June 2013, Friedrich announced his retirement from professional football.[14][15]

International career

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Friedrich and Michael Ballack playing for Germany in 2009
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Friedrich with Germany in 2011

Friedrich played a total of five games for the German U-21 team, and once for the B-team known as "Team 2006".

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Arne Friedrich with Hertha BSC in 2009
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Friedrich with Chicago Fire in 2012

On 21 August 2002, Friedrich made his debut for the senior team against Bulgaria with in a 2–2 draw in Sofia.[16] 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[5] for Germany on 3 July 2010 in the 2010 World Cup 4–0 quarter-final win over Argentina.[17] He became famous for being the German international playing 'most games in a row without scoring': 76 matches.

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 7 May 2013
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
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
Club Totals 47 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 49 1
Hertha BSC Bundesliga 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 – 8 0 34 0
2009–10 31 0 0 0 7 0 38 0
Club Totals 231 13 14 2 4 0 37 0 286 15
VfL Wolfsburg Bundesliga 2010–11 15 0 2 0 – – 17 0
2011–12 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Club Totals 15 0 2 0 – 0 0 17 0
United States League U.S. Open Cup MLS Playoffs North America Total
Chicago Fire MLS 2012 23 1 0 0 1 0 – 24 1
2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Club Totals 23 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 1
Club totals Germany 293 14 20 2 4 0 37 0 354 16
United States 23 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 1
Career totals 316 15 20 2 5 0 37 0 378 17

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.
Arne Friedrich: International goals
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 July 2010 Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa  Argentina 3–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup

After retirement

On 28 August 2014 it was confirmed, that Friedrich was the new assistant coach of the German U18 team.[18]

Honours

Hertha BSC

National Team

References

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