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Alexander Frei

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Alexander Frei
Frei with Borussia Dortmund in 2007
Personal information
Full name Alexander Frei[1]
Date of birth (1979-07-15) 15 July 1979 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) 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)
International career
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)
Managerial career
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Frei (born 15 July 1979) is a former Swiss football player.

Career statistics

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Club career statistics

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Club statistics League
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals
SwitzerlandLeague
1997–98BaselNationalliga A111
1998–99ThunNationalliga B326
1999–2000LuzernNationalliga A3213
2000–01204
2000–01ServetteNationalliga A126
2001–023317
2002–031913
FranceLeague
2002–03Stade RennaisLigue 1131
2003–042819
2004–053619
2005–06237
GermanyLeague
2006–07Borussia DortmundBundesliga3216
2007–08136
2008–092912
SwitzerlandLeague
2009–10BaselSuper League
CountrySwitzerland 15960
France 10046
Germany 7434
Total 333140

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[4][5]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 200185
200262
200387
200492
2005117
2006118
200731
200885
200993
201092
201120
Total8442
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Frei goal.
List of international goals scored by Alexander Frei[4][5]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 28 March 2001Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Luxembourg1–05–02002 World Cup qualifier
22–0
35–0
42 June 2001Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Faroe Islands1–01–02002 World Cup qualifier
55 September 2001Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Luxembourg1–03–02002 World Cup qualifier
621 August 2002St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Austria2–13–2Friendly
78 September 2002St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Georgia1–04–1Euro 2004 qualifier
8 12 February 2003Športni Park, Nova Gorica, Slovenia Slovenia3–05–1Friendly
95–0
1030 April 2003Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Italy1–01–2Friendly
11 7 June 2003St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Russia1–02–2Euro 2004 qualifier
122–0
1311 June 2003Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Albania2–13–2Euro 2004 qualifier
1411 October 2003St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Republic of Ireland2–02–0Euro 2004 qualifier
1518 February 2004Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco Morocco1–21–2Friendly
169 October 2004Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Israel1–12–22006 World Cup qualifier
1730 March 2005Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Cyprus1–01–02006 World Cup qualifier
18 4 June 2005Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Faroe Islands2–13–12006 World Cup qualifier
193–1
2017 August 2005Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Norway1–02–0Friendly
213 September 2005St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Israel1–01–12006 World Cup qualifier
227 September 2005GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus1–03–12006 World Cup qualifier
2316 November 2005Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey Turkey1–02–42006 World Cup play-offs
24 3 June 2006Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland China1–04–1Friendly
253–0
2619 June 2006FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany Togo1–02–02006 World Cup
2723 June 2006FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover, Germany South Korea2–02–02006 World Cup
28 16 August 2006Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein1–03–0Friendly
292–0
302 September 2006St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Venezuela1–01–0Friendly
316 September 2006Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Costa Rica2–02–0Friendly
3225 March 2007Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States Colombia1–11–3Friendly
3324 May 2008Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland Slovakia2–02–0Friendly
34 30 May 2008AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland Liechtenstein1–03–0Friendly
352–0
3611 October 2008AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland Latvia1–02–12010 World Cup qualifier
3715 October 2008Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece Greece1–02–12010 World Cup qualifier
3828 March 2009Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău, Moldova Moldova1–02–02010 World Cup qualifier
391 April 2009Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Moldova2–02–02010 World Cup qualifier
409 September 2009Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia1–02–22010 World Cup qualifier
41 17 November 2010Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Ukraine1–02–2Friendly
422–1

Managerial

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As of 16 March 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat. From To Record
G W D L Win %
FC Wil Switzerland 7 September 2020 9 November 2021 52161125030.77
Winterthur Switzerland 20 December 2021 30 June 2022 181062055.56
Basel Switzerland 1 July 2022 7 February 2023 34141010041.18
Aarau Switzerland 12 June 2023 16 March 2024 2811710039.29
Total 132513447038.64

Servette

Basel

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2019.
  2. "Alex Frei" (in German). FC Basel. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Alexander Frei". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. 1 2 Alexander Frei at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. 1 2 "Alexander Frei - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Player of the year » Switzerland". World Football. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  7. "Swiss skipper Frei nets football award". Swiss Info. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  8. "2010/11 / Letzte Jahre Home - Swiss Golden Player Award" (in German). goldenplayer.ch. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  9. "Best Forward 2012" (in German). goldenplayer.ch. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
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