Alexander Frei

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Alexander Frei
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Frei
Date of birth	July 15, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Basel, Switzerland
Height	179 cm
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Borussia Dortmund
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2003 2003–2006 2006—	FC Basel FC Thun FC Lucerne Servette FC Rennes Dortmund	11 (1) 34 (7) 32 (15) 64 (36) 100 (47) 23 (11)
National team
2001—	Switzerland	54 (32)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alexander Frei (born July 15, 1979 in Basel) is a Swiss footballer, currently playing for Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga, as a striker. He signed a 4-year contract with Borussia Dortmund on June, 29th. Dortmund paid a transfer fee of aproximately 5 million euros for him.

Frei was the highest goalscorer in the French league for the 2004-05 season with 20 goals, and was named Swiss footballer of the year the same season. He played for Switzerland at Euro 2004 and at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. Till now he has been capped 54 times for his country (as of September 2006). Frei is only 3 goals short from being Switzerland's all time top scorer.

[edit] Honours

• 2001: Winner of Schweizer Cup with Servette FC
• 2002: Semi-finalist of the European under-21 championship
• 2003: Second highest scorer in Ligue 1 (20 goals) after Djibril Cissé
• 2003: Credit Suisse Player of the Year (for the best Swiss player playing abroad)
• 2005: Top goalscorer in Ligue 1 (20 goals)

[edit] Clubs

• 1997-98: FC Basel
• 1998-99: FC Thun
• 1999-00: FC Lucerne
• 2000-03: Servette FC
• 2003-2006: Rennes
• 2006-present: Borussia Dortmund

[edit] External links

• Homepage of Alex Frei (German)
• Related people on NamePedia

	Switzerland squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Zuberbühler | 2 Djourou | 3 Magnin | 4 Senderos | 5 Margairaz | 6 Vogel | 7 Cabanas | 8 Wicky | 9 Frei | 10 Gygax | 11 Streller | 12 Benaglio | 13 Grichting | 14 D. Degen | 15 Džemaili | 16 Barnetta | 17 Spycher | 18 Lustrinelli | 19 Behrami | 20 Müller | 21 Coltorti | 22 Yakın | 23 P. Degen | Coach: Kuhn

Borussia Dortmund - Current Squad
1 Weidenfeller | 2 Amedick | 3 Brzenska | 4 Wörns | 5 Kehl | 6 Kringe | 7 Tinga | 8 Amoah | 9 Valdez | 10 Pienaar | 13 Frei | 14 Smolarek | 16 Saka | 17 Dedé | 18 Ricken | 20 Meier | 21 Metzelder | 22 Kruska | 23 Degen | 25 Şahin | 26 Heitmeier | 27 Hünemeier | 28 Tyrala | 31 Kohlmann | 33 Vržogić | 34 Pirson | 36 Amachaibou | 38 Hillenbrand | Coach: Doll