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| Full name | Fredi Bobič | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 October 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | VfB Stuttgart (director of sport) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | VfR Bad Cannstatt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1986 | VfB Stuttgart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1990 | Stuttgarter Kickers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | TSF Ditzingen | 62 | (32) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 62 | (26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1999 | VfB Stuttgart | 148 | (69) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Borussia Dortmund | 56 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 15 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Hannover 96 | 27 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Hertha BSC Berlin | 54 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | NK Rijeka | 8 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 353 | (182) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994–2004 | Germany | 37 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Fredi Bobic (Slovene: Fredi Bobič) (born 30 October 1971 in Maribor, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former German football player. Currently he works as a director of sport for German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.
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Fredi Bobic was born in Maribor, in present-day Slovenia. As a child, he emigrated to Germany with his parents and settled down in Ditzingen. There, he started playing football at VfR Bad Cannstatt but soon switched to the youth team of VfB Stuttgart. While in Stuttgart, he also acquired German citizenship. Bobic reached his prime in the mid-1990s at VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. In his first Bundesliga season (1994–95), he scored a goal in each of his first five games, so he became a candidate for the German national football team after only a few appearances in the first German league. In 1996, he was the Bundesliga's top scorer with 17 goals. After four years in Stuttgart, in 1999 he signed with Borussia Dortmund and was the club's top scorer in both 1999–2000 and 2000–01. However, after the signings of Jan Koller and Marcio Amoroso in the summer of 2001, he soon fell out of favor and played only three games in the first half of 2001–02 season. Subsequently, he was loaned to the Premiership side Bolton Wanderers, where he had a successful spell, playing a key role in keeping Bolton in the Premiership. His hat-trick in the 4–1 win against Ipswich at the Reebok Stadium[1] ensured Bolton stayed up, while effectively sending Ipswich down. He scored once more for Bolton, in a 3–2 victory over Aston Villa.[2] After returning from England he was signed by newly promoted Bundesliga side Hannover 96 where he reestablished himself as one of the league's top scorers, netting 14 times in 27 games. In 2003 he was signed by Hertha BSC, where he played for two seasons, scoring 8 goals in 54 games. He last played for Croatian outfit NK Rijeka before retiring in June 2006, at the end of the 2005–06 season.
He has won 37 caps (10 goals) for Germany and was part of the UEFA Euro 1996 winning squad. He also played at UEFA Euro 2004, having returned to the national team in 2002 after a four year absence.
Bobic signed a contract as a managing director of Bulgarian Chernomorets Burgas on 25 March 2009 and worked in the club with his former teammate Krassimir Balakov.
On 27 July 2010 he became new director of sport of VfB Stuttgart.[3]
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