Alexander Frei
Alexander Frei (born 15 July 1979) is a former Swiss football player.
 Frei with Borussia Dortmund in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Frei[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1979
(aged 46)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Basel, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1988 | FC Begnins | ||
| 1988–1995 | FC Aesch | ||
| 1995–1997 | Basel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Basel | 11 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Thun | 32 | (6) |
| 1999–2000 | FC Luzern | 53 | (17) |
| 2001–2003 | Servette | 64 | (36) |
| 2003–2006 | Rennes | 100 | (47) |
| 2006–2009 | Borussia Dortmund | 74 | (34) |
| 2009–2013 | Basel | 103 | (72) |
| Total | 437 | (213) | |
| National team | |||
| 1995–1996 | Switzerland U-18 | 5 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Switzerland U-19 | 4 | (3) |
| 1999–2000 | Switzerland U-21 | 19 | (9) |
| 2001–2011 | Switzerland | 84 | (42) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013–2014 | FC Luzern (sporting director) | ||
| 2015–2020 | Basel (youth) | ||
| 2018 | Basel (interim) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Wil | ||
| 2021–2022 | Winterthur | ||
| 2022–2023 | Basel | ||
| 2023–2024 | Aarau | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club career statistics
| Club performance | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Switzerland | League | |||
| 1997–98 | Basel | Nationalliga A | 11 | 1 |
| 1998–99 | Thun | Nationalliga B | 32 | 6 |
| 1999–2000 | Luzern | Nationalliga A | 32 | 13 |
| 2000–01 | 20 | 4 | ||
| 2000–01 | Servette | Nationalliga A | 12 | 6 |
| 2001–02 | 33 | 17 | ||
| 2002–03 | 19 | 13 | ||
| France | League | |||
| 2002–03 | Stade Rennais | Ligue 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 2003–04 | 28 | 19 | ||
| 2004–05 | 36 | 19 | ||
| 2005–06 | 23 | 7 | ||
| Germany | League | |||
| 2006–07 | Borussia Dortmund | Bundesliga | 32 | 16 |
| 2007–08 | 13 | 6 | ||
| 2008–09 | 29 | 12 | ||
| Switzerland | League | |||
| 2009–10 | Basel | Super League | ||
| Country | Switzerland | 159 | 60 | |
| France | 100 | 46 | ||
| Germany | 74 | 34 | ||
| Total | 333 | 140 | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2001 | 8 | 5 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 8 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 11 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 11 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 8 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 84 | 42 | |
- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Frei goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 March 2001 | Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland |  Luxembourg |
1–0 | 5–0 | 2002 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | 2–0 | |||||
| 3 | 5–0 | |||||
| 4 | 2 June 2001 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe |  Faroe Islands |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2002 World Cup qualifier |
| 5 | 5 September 2001 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2002 World Cup qualifier |
| 6 | 21 August 2002 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Austria |
2–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 7 | 8 September 2002 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Georgia |
1–0 | 4–1 | Euro 2004 qualifier |
| 8 | 12 February 2003 | Športni Park, Nova Gorica, Slovenia |  Slovenia |
3–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 9 | 5–0 | |||||
| 10 | 30 April 2003 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |  Italy |
1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 11 | 7 June 2003 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Russia |
1–0 | 2–2 | Euro 2004 qualifier |
| 12 | 2–0 | |||||
| 13 | 11 June 2003 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |  Albania |
2–1 | 3–2 | Euro 2004 qualifier |
| 14 | 11 October 2003 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Ireland |
2–0 | 2–0 | Euro 2004 qualifier |
| 15 | 18 February 2004 | Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco |  Morocco |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 16 | 9 October 2004 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel |  Israel |
1–1 | 2–2 | 2006 World Cup qualifier |
| 17 | 30 March 2005 | Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland |  Cyprus |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 World Cup qualifier |
| 18 | 4 June 2005 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe | Faroe Islands |
2–1 | 3–1 | 2006 World Cup qualifier |
| 19 | 3–1 | |||||
| 20 | 17 August 2005 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Norway |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 21 | 3 September 2005 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | Israel |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2006 World Cup qualifier |
| 22 | 7 September 2005 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | Cyprus |
1–0 | 3–1 | 2006 World Cup qualifier |
| 23 | 16 November 2005 | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey |  Turkey |
1–0 | 2–4 | 2006 World Cup play-offs |
| 24 | 3 June 2006 | Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland |  China PR |
1–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 25 | 3–0 | |||||
| 26 | 19 June 2006 | FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany |  Togo |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2006 World Cup |
| 27 | 23 June 2006 | FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover, Germany |  Korea Republic |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 World Cup |
| 28 | 16 August 2006 | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein |  Liechtenstein |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 29 | 2–0 | |||||
| 30 | 2 September 2006 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Venezuela |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 31 | 6 September 2006 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |  Costa Rica |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 32 | 25 March 2007 | Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States |  Colombia |
1–1 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 33 | 24 May 2008 | Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland |  Slovakia |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 34 | 30 May 2008 | AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland | Liechtenstein |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 35 | 2–0 | |||||
| 36 | 11 October 2008 | AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland |  Latvia |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2010 World Cup qualifier |
| 37 | 15 October 2008 | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece |  Greece |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2010 World Cup qualifier |
| 38 | 28 March 2009 | Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău, Moldova |  Moldova |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2010 World Cup qualifier |
| 39 | 1 April 2009 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | Moldova |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2010 World Cup qualifier |
| 40 | 9 September 2009 | Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia | Latvia |
1–0 | 2–2 | 2010 World Cup qualifier |
| 41 | 17 November 2010 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |  Ukraine |
1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 42 | 2–1 |
Managerial
- As of 16 March 2024
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| FC Wil | 
|
7 September 2020 | 9 November 2021 | 52 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 30.77 | |||
| Winterthur |
|
20 December 2021 | 30 June 2022 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 55.56 | |||
| Basel |
|
1 July 2022 | 7 February 2023 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 41.18 | |||
| Aarau |
|
12 June 2023 | 16 March 2024 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 39.29 | |||
| Total | 132 | 51 | 34 | 47 | 38.64 | ||||||
Honours
Servette
Basel
Individual
- Credit Suisse Player of the Year: 2003
- Ligue 1 Golden Boot: 2004–05 (20 goals)
- Credit Suisse Player of the Year: 2004, 2005, 2007[6][7]
- Swiss Super League Golden Boot: 2010–11 (27 goals), 2011–12 (24 goals)
- Axpo Super League Player of the Year: 2011, 2012[6]
- Swiss Golden Player Award: "Best Forward": 2011,[8] 2012[9]
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2014–15
Alexander Frei Media
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2019.
- ↑ "Alex Frei" (in Deutsch). FC Basel. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Alexander Frei". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Alexander Frei at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Alexander Frei - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Player of the year » Switzerland". World Football. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ↑ "Swiss skipper Frei nets football award". Swiss Info. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ↑ "2010/11 / Letzte Jahre Home - Swiss Golden Player Award" (in Deutsch). goldenplayer.ch. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ↑ "Best Forward 2012" (in Deutsch). goldenplayer.ch. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
External links
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- Alexander Frei at WorldFootball.net
- Alexander Frei at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Alexander Frei at Soccerway
- Official website (in German)
- Alexander Frei's profile, stats & pics (in French)