Steffen Freund

Steffen Freund (born 19 January 1970 in Brandenburg) is a former German professional football (soccer) player. He played as a midfielder.

He started his career at Stahl Brandenburg, coming through their youth system. In 1991 he was transferred to FC Schalke 04 and he established himself as an important midfield player. Schalke were forced to sell Freund due to financial reasons in 1993 to Borussia Dortmund where he stayed until 1999. During his time at Dortmund, he won the league twice in 1995 and 1996 and gained a champions league medal in 1997. After this he transferred to English premiership club Tottenham Hotspur where he stayed until 2003. In his later years he went on to have short spells at FC Kaiserslautern and Leicester City.

He won 21 caps for the German national team, scoring 9 goals. He won Euro 1996 with Germany and also competed in the World Cup 1998.

He is married with one son and one daughter and currently lives in the town of Potsdam.

In 2006 he appeared alongside Boris Becker in a special England v. Germany edition of the popular panel show They Think It's All Over.

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Stahl Brandenburg (1989-1991)
FC Schalke 04 (1991-1993)
Borussia Dortmund (1993-1998)
Tottenham Hotspur (1998-2003)
Kaiserslautern (2003-2004)
Leicester City (2004)

	Germany squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Köpke \| 2 Wörns \| 3 Heinrich \| 4 Kohler \| 5 Helmer \| 6 Thon \| 7 Möller \| 8 Matthäus \| 9 Kirsten \| 10 Häßler \| 11 Marschall \| 12 Kahn \| 13 Jeremies \| 14 Babbel \| 15 Freund \| 16 Hamann \| 17 Ziege \| 18 Klinsmann \| 19 Reuter \| 20 Bierhoff \| 21 Tarnat \| 22 Lehmann \| Coach: Vogts