Manuel Friedrich

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Manuel Friedrich
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Friedrich with Borussia Dortmund in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-09-13) 13 September 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Bad Kreuznach, West Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1992–1995 SG Guldental 07
1995–1998 Mainz 05
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2000 Mainz 05 II 55 (11)
2000–2002 Mainz 05 63 (8)
2002–2004 Werder Bremen II 13 (2)
2003 Werder Bremen 1 (0)
2004–2007 Mainz 05 116 (8)
2007–2013 Bayer Leverkusen 147 (11)
2013–2014 Borussia Dortmund 11 (1)
2014 Mumbai City 14 (1)
Total420(42)
International career
2006–2008 Germany 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Friedrich (born 13 September 1979) is a German former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

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A Mainz 05 youth product, he amassed Bundesliga totals of 258 games and 16 goals over the course of 12 seasons, representing in the competition Werder Bremen, Mainz 05, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund. He spent a season with Mumbai City before retiring.

Club career

Mainz and Werder Bremen

Born in Bad Kreuznach, Friedrich started playing football at SG Guldental 07, making his professional debuts with 1. FSV Mainz 05 which he had joined in 1995 – the club was then in the 2. Bundesliga. However, he had to wait until 26 February 2000 to make his competition debut, in a home match against Energie Cottbus.

In the following two seasons, Friedrich was a defensive stalwart, scoring an astonishing eight goals – no penalties – in the latter as Mainz finished fourth, just one point shy of promotion.

Those stellar performances attracted attention from the Bundesliga, and Friedrich signed with SV Werder Bremen, but his time there would be anything but successful as he only appeared once in the league in one and a half years combined, the final seven minutes of the 4–1 home triumph against Schalke 04 on 23 August 2003. In that second season in the Hanseatic city he also featured for the reserve squad, in Regionalliga Nord; 2002–03 had already been totally lost to an anterior cruciate ligament injury. [1]

In late January 2004, Friedrich returned to Mainz, still contributing with 17 matches en route to top level promotion. On 23 May he scored one of four goals in the league, netting the second in the decisive 3–0 home win against Eintracht Trier on the final day of the campaign (promotion attained on goal difference). In the following three seasons combined he rarely missed a game, [2] adding four goals, but Mainz would be relegated in 2007.

Bayer Leverkusen

In July 2007, Friedrich moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen, continuing to be an everpresent defensive unit and contributing – early in his first year – to consecutive home wins against Karlsruher SC (3–0) and VfL Bochum (2–0). [3] He scored ten league goals in his first three seasons combined.

Friedrich could only appear in 19 games in 2010–11 due to injury, with Leverkusen finishing in second position and qualifying to the UEFA Champions League. In that competition, on 23 November 2011, he headed home in the last-minute to help the hosts come from behind against Chelsea to win it 2–1. [4]

Borussia Dortmund

After an unsuccessful trial with Bangkok Glass F.C. in Thailand, [5] [6] Friedrich joined Borussia Dortmund on a free transfer on 20 November 2013, following injuries to fellow stoppers Mats Hummels and Neven Subotić. [7] He made his debut for his new team three days later, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 home loss to FC Bayern Munich. [8]

Friedrich scored his first goal for BVB on 8 February 2014, netting his team's third in a 5–1 away demolition of former club Werder Bremen. It was his 16th goal in the German top division. [9]

Mumbai City

On 22 August 2014, Friedrich signed with Mumbai City FC in the Indian Super League. [10] Peter Reid picked him for the inaugural season of Mumbai City, where he made his debut against Atlético de Kolkata and played 14 matches for the side, scoring one goal.

International career

In March 2006, Friedrich was called up to Germany's squad for a friendly against the United States, thus becoming the first Mainz player to ever represent the national side. [11] However, he did not receive any playing time in the match, and was not part of the 23-man squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup either.

Friedrich made his full debut on 16 August 2006, playing the entire second half of another friendly, the 3–0 with Sweden in Gelsenkirchen. [12] He subsequently featured the full 90 minutes in the German team's opening two Euro 2008 qualifiers against the Republic of Ireland and San Marino, scoring his first international goal in the latter, the 12th in a 13–0 victory over the group underdogs. [13]

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Friedrich goal.
List of international goals scored by Manuel Friedrich
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
16 September 2006 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San MarinoFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 12–013–0 Euro 2008 qualifying

Honours

Bayer Leverkusen [14]

Borussia Dortmund [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Banovic blow for Bremen". UEFA.com. 21 August 2002. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (2 March 2017). "Manuel Friedrich - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF . Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Friedrich, Manuel" (in German). kicker . Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Leverkusen stun Chelsea to progress". UEFA.com. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Manuel Friedrich: Nächstes Ziel Thailand?" [Manuel Friedrich: Next destination Thailand?] (in German). Goal.com. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Manuel Friedrich: Dortmund instead of Thailand". Thai-Fussball. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dortmund holt Manuel Friedrich" [Dortmund gets Manuel Friedrich] (in German). Fussball Europa. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Goetze haunts Dortmund". ESPN FC. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Lewandowski at the double". ESPN FC. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  10. ↑ Chandra, Shikharr (22 August 2014). "Mumbai City FC sign former German international Manuel Friedrich". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Klinsmann makes Kehl call". UEFA.com. 14 March 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  12. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (2 March 2017). "Manuel Friedrich - International Appearances". RSSSF . Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Records tumble as Germany soar". UEFA.com. 6 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  14. 1 2 "M. Friedrich – Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
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