Steffen Freund

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Steffen Freund
Full name	Steffen Freund
Date of birth	January 19, 1970 (1970-01-19) (age 38)
Place of birth	Brandenburg, East Germany
Playing position	Defensive midfielder (retired)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1991 1991-1993 1993-1998 1998-2003 2003-2004 2004	Stahl Brandenburg FC Schalke 04 Borussia Dortmund Tottenham Hotspur Kaiserslautern Leicester City	031 (0) 053 (3) 117 (6) 102 (0) 00? (?) 00? (?)
National team²
1995-1998	German national team	021 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 17 October 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Steffen Freund (born 19 January 1970 in Brandenburg) is a German former professional football player. He played as a defensive 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 last year he went on to have short spells at FC Kaiserslautern and Leicester City.

Between 1995 and 1998, he won 21 caps for the German national team, scoring no goals. He won Euro 1996 with Germany and also competed in the World Cup 1998.

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.

On December 5, 2007, he was named as a new assistant to Nigeria coach Berti Vogts.

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

[edit] Career honours

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Winner

1999 League Cup

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 1996 Winners (3rd title)

1 Köpke • 2 Reuter • 3 Bode • 4 Freund • 5 Helmer • 6 Sammer • 7 Möller • 8 Scholl • 9 Bobic • 10 Häßler • 11 Kuntz • 12 Kahn • 13 Basler • 14 Babbel • 15 Kohler • 16 Schneider • 17 Ziege • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Strunz • 20 Bierhoff • 21 Eilts • 22 Reck • Coach: Vogts

v • d • e Germany squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup

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