Torsten Frings
Torsten Frings in 2009
Torsten Frings Klaus ( born November 22, 1976 in Wuerselen ) is a former German football player and current coach.
- 5.1 club
- 5.2 national team
- 5.3 Awards
Life
Torsten Frings was born the son of Dieter and Adelheid Frings Wuerselen and grew up with five siblings ( his brothers Christian and Michael played the SSG Zopp ) on in Alsdorf. With his school education he reached the college entrance. Torsten Frings met in 1994 at the age of 17 years to know his long -term partner. Since 1998, the two are married and parents of two daughters (* 2001 and * 2003). In 2009 ended the relationship after 15 years. He is nicknamed " Lollipop ".
Playing career
Association
From the sixth to the fourteenth year Frings played far from his birthplace, first for the youth club Rot-Weiss Alsdorf, later for Rhenaniastraße Alsdorf.
Alemannia Aachen
He subsequently moved to Alemannia Aachen, and he made it into the first team - they played at this time under Gerd vom Bruch in the 3rd League ( Football Regionalliga West / Southwest ) - managed. His first game for the Alemannia he denied on October 8, 1994, when he came on in the 58th minutes for Angelo Nijskens.
This season he was used seven times. In the 1995/96 season he scored his first goal in the 2-2 draw against FC Gütersloh on 20 August 1995. During the 4:5 defeat on May 12, 1996 compared to SC Verl Frings scored all four goals for the Aachen. In the season 1996/97 Frings established as -budgetary striker and was used in all first round games, but scored only one goal. After 38 missions in the regional and 13 hits Frings said goodbye to the amateur football.
Werder Bremen
In January 1997 he was transferred for a fee of € 100,000 for German Bundesliga Werder Bremen. His professional debut Frings completed on 15 February 1997 18th match day, in a 1-0 win against SC Freiburg, as he came on in the 77 minutes for Christian Brand. On 11 March 1997 against FC St. Pauli was Hans -Jürgen Dörner Frings for the first time from the beginning to accumulate, but replaced it in 72 minutes by Andree Wieden.
The first game for the full distance completed Frings on 21 March 1997 in the 0-2 home defeat by MSV Duisburg. In his first season for Werder Bremen, he was wagered 15 times. His first Bundesliga goal scored Frings in the season 1997/98 on November 29, 1997 in a 2-2 draw against VfB Stuttgart 1-0. His first try in the DFB Cup had Frings in the first round on 14 August 1997 against Rot -Weiß Oberhausen.
On the international stage Torsten Frings was first used in the UI-Cup game on 5 July 1998 against FK Inkaras Kaunas, scoring his first international goal. His main goal in this season he scored in the final second-leg match against FK Vojvodina Novi Sad in a 1-0 victory. Werder Bremen Thus qualified for the UEFA Awards 1998 /99. In the 0-2 defeat against Brann Bergen in the first round of the UEFA Cup Frings played his first game for the trophy, but retired in the second round with his team against Olympique Marseille.
His first goal in the DFB Cup Frings scored on 29 August 1998 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen for interim 1:1, then 1:2 aet was recovered. His only double Frings scored in the second round on 28 October 1998 against Fortuna Dusseldorf when he scored the 1-0 and 3-1, the match was won 3-2. The final was won on 12 June 1999 against FC Bayern München 6:5 n E. and marked the first success in his young career and the direct qualification for the UEFA Cup in 1999/2000, since only in the League had become 13.
In the season 1999/2000 to Frings has established itself as a regular player in the storm. On 9 April 2000 the 28th round of the Bundesliga, Torsten Frings scored his first brace in a 3-1 win against Arminia Bielefeld. Werder Bremen Frings matured into a national player, important to this was especially the change of position by the storm in the defensive midfield. His second brace on 27 April 2002 he scored against FC St. Pauli - one of the hits meant the victory with 3-2 gates.
After 162 league games and 15 goals for Werder Bremen Frings moved to the 2002 /03 to 8.5 million euros for the then German champions Borussia Dortmund.
Borussia Dortmund
His first game for Dortmund he played in the 1-2 defeat in the DFL - League Cup on 30 July 2002 against Hertha BSC when he came on in the 46 minutes for Christoph Metzelder. On 9 August 2002 Frings was the first time for BVB in an official match, and scored his first Bundesliga goal for Westphalia, in the DFB - Pokal, he was employed by coach Matthias Sammer against SV Concordia Ihrhove 1945 on 31 August 2002.
His debut in the UEFA Champions League had Torsten Frings on 17 September 2002 in the 2-0 defeat against Arsenal. The first goal in this competition, he scored on 26 November 2002 on the interim it 1-1 in the 2-1 win against Lokomotiv Moscow. On 21 Matchday he scored his only combo for Borussia 's 4-1 victory against VfL Bochum on 15 February 2003.
On 16 July 2003 Frings suffered in the League Cup game against VfL Bochum a torn ACL in his left knee and missed by the entire first half of the season 2003/04. His Bundesliga comeback he gave on 30 January 2004 at the Ruhr derby against FC Schalke 04 after 47 missions, 10 hits and 9 Assists changed Torsten Frings for 9.25 million euros to former vice-champion Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich
In the season 2004/05 Frings established under Felix Magath, who was his coach in Bremen already, directly to the regulars. His first try in the Bundesliga for the Munich he had on 7 August 2004 in the 2-0 win against Hamburger SV on Matchday 1. The first goal for the club he scored on 25 September against SC Freiburg, for a 2-1 half-time lead, in a 3-1 victory. With the Münchenern he reached the quarter- finals of the UEFA Champions League.
After Torsten Frings early celebrated the championship with Bayern, they met on 28 May 2005 at the DFB Cup final to the runner-up FC Schalke 04 He ran the last time for Bayern on, as he, after 82. minutes for Zé Roberto came on and was able to celebrate the Double with a 2-1 win.
Werder Bremen
For the 2005/06 season he returned for 5 million euros back to the Weser and became common at Werder Bremen captain Frank Baumann, Per Mertesacker and Diego to guide players. On 9 May 2007, Werder announced that Frings had knocked out an offer from Juventus and his current contract prematurely extended until 2009 in Bremen by two years until 2011.
On 24 July 2007, Torsten Frings injured in a friendly match against SC Paderborn 07 without the action of the opponent and pulled to a slight damage to the interior and the cruciate ligament in his right knee. His comeback he gave on 3 October 2007 in the Champions League match against Olympiakos Piraeus. On October 27, 2007, injury broke in the Bundesliga match against FC Schalke 04 back on so that Frings turned out for the rest of the season so far. On 22 January 2008, he retired in training a new ligament tear at the already battered knees and had to pause for a long time until he was 23 March 2008 against Arminia Bielefeld fit again again.
In 2009, Frings again won the DFB Cup with Werder Bremen and also reached the final of the UEFA Cup 2008/ 09 in Istanbul, which was, however, lost to Shakhtar Donetsk 1:2 aet. After the retirement of former captain Frank Baumann, the previous vice-captain for the 2009/10 season was named captain of his team. New vice-captain was Per Mertesacker.
On 16 May 2011 the sporting management of Werder Bremen announced that Frings will no longer belong in the coming year for the Green-Whites squad. On 15 May 2011 Frings scored his last Bundesliga goal in his last league game for Werder Bremen the 34th game in the 3-2 defeat against 1 FC Kaiserslautern. On 26 May 2011 he played his last game for Werder Bremen.
Toronto FC
During the summer break in 2011 undertook the Canadian Erstligist Toronto FC, in which Jürgen Klinsmann worked at the time as a consultant, Frings. His debut in the Eastern Conference, he announced on July 20, 2011 (5th Round ) in the 0-1 defeat at home to FC Dallas. In November 2011 he returned to Werder Bremen in order to keep fit in the A- youth of the Bundesliga in the break of the MLS.
23 May 2012 Frings won with Toronto, the Canadian Championship and thus qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League. Toronto continued after return game ( 1:1 and 1:0) through against the Vancouver Whitecaps. Frings developed by its growing strong performance for Team Captain and crowd favorite.
In the 2012 season, Frings was his club only until 26 Matchday available because he had suffered a hip injury. On February 26, 2013 Frings ended his career.
National
His debut in the senior team was Frings on February 27, 2001 in Paris during the 0-1 defeat in the Test match against France. At the Confederations Cup in 2005 Frings was the first time the captaincy after Bernd Schneider (Representative Michael Ballack ) has been replaced. In the 2002 World Cup, he completed all the games; including the 0-2 lost against Brazil final.
At the European Championships in Portugal in 2004 Frings played in all three group matches ( about 90 minutes) and scored in the first, the 1-1 draw against the Netherlands 1-0.
In the opening game of the 2006 World Cup from 30 yards, he scored in the 87th minute the score to 4-2 final score against Costa Rica.
After the quarter-final game against Argentina with 4:2 iE was won, it came on the sidelines of a larger scuffle between players and coaches from both teams. Frings led here from one blow to the Argentine Julio Ricardo Cruz and was therefore banned by FIFA for the semi-final against Italy. He was also fined SFR to 5000 and a further match suspension, which was suspended for six months on probation, convicted. The judgment is controversial despite a recognizable to television images gesture to the face of Cruz, on the one hand because Cruz had declared to a newspaper to have noticed no impact, partly because Frings was not shown as of the Argentinian side, but Italian media the matter to the roles brought after FIFA had initially set the investigations against German players. Frings himself had this to say: "This is all politics. The Argentinians attack us, I am fighting, Italians get upset. Since FIFA wanted to show with this lock only that Germany is not treated preferentially at the World Cup in their own country. "With the exception of the semi-final Frings played all matches from the start.
For the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland by national coach Joachim Loew nominated Frings completed all three group games before the last game of the preliminary round he incurred a rib injury and had to sit in the quarter- final against Portugal.
With the loss of his ordinary place after the European Championships he came only on 11 October 2008 at the qualifier for the 2010 World Cup in a 2-1 victory over Russia used. Not taking into consideration against Wales four days later and the resulting, by Ballack, a good friend Frings ', triggered discussion regarding the criticism of Germany coach Loew in dealing with players deserved, was cleared in November in a debate of the three parties concerned. His last international match played Frings on 11 February 2009 in the 0-1 defeat against Norway because he learned on 20 January 2010 by Löw that he no longer uses in the planning for the 2010 World Cup.
Farewell match
On September 7, 2013 Frings played at a packed Weser stadium before 42,300 spectators his farewell game. The Allstars defeated Werder Torsten & Friends 8-7. Torsten Frings scoring for each team ever score a goal. Under the coach Thomas Schaaf ran for Werder Allstars among others Tim Wiese, Dieter Eilts, Ivan Klasnic, Ailton, Diego, Naldo, Oliver Reck and Johan Micoud. In the team Torsten & Friends playing alongside his two brothers, Michael and Christian, among others Michael Ballack, Mark van Bommel, Oliver Neuville, Bernd Schneider and Michael Schumacher.
Position
Before his first move to Werder Bremen Torsten Frings was a striker. Over time and under different coaches he became more and more an all-rounder. He was also occasionally used as a right-back or in midfield. Under Thomas Schaaf he was a regular fixture of the Werder midfield. By leaving Frank Baumann from professional football in 2009 Frings acted mostly on the inside right position, he has taken on the position of the central defensive midfielder Baumann since 2009 and was therefore was the last midfielder in front of the back four.
In the National Team, he acted under Jurgen Klinsmann with Michael Ballack in central midfield. In the 2002 World Cup under Rudi Völler he was employed as a right-back.
Coaching career
For the 2013/14 season Frings returned to his old stamping ground and took over the office of the assistant coach at the regional league team Werder Bremen II
Successes as a player
Association
- Intertoto Cup winners 1998
- DFB Cup winners 1999
- League Cup winners 2004
- German Champion 2005
- DFB Cup Winner 2005
- League Cup winners 2006
- UEFA Cup finalists in 2009 (1:2 nV against Shakhtar Donetsk )
- DFB Cup Winner 2009
- DFB Cup Finalist 2010
- Canadian Masters 2012 with Toronto FC
National
- Second in the 2002 World Cup
- Third in Confederations Cup 2005
- Third in the 2006 World Cup
- Second in the 2008 European
Awards
- Silver bay leaf as part of the levy of the 2006 World Cup