Frank Fahrenhorst

Frank Fahrenhorst

Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-09-24) 24 September 1977
Place of birth	Kamen, West Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	FC Schalke 04 II
Youth career
	VfK Nordbögge
	SpVgg Bönen
0000–1994	Hammer SpVg
1994–1996	VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2001	VfL Bochum II	61	(7)
1997–2004	VfL Bochum	136	(16)
2004–2006	SV Werder Bremen	39	(1)
2006–2009	Hannover 96	71	(5)
2009–2010	MSV Duisburg	21	(3)
2010–2012	FC Schalke 04 II	60	(4)
Total		388	(36)
National team‡
1998	Germany U-21	2	(0)
1998	Germany Olympic	4	(0)
2002–2004	Germany Team 2006	3	(0)
2004	Germany	2	(0)
Teams managed
2012–	FC Schalke 04 II (assistant)
2013	FC Schalke 04 U-17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2004

Frank Fahrenhorst (born 24 September 1977 in Kamen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German footballer, currently employed as assistant manager to Bernhard Trares at FC Schalke 04 II.

Career

The defender turned professional with VfL Bochum in 1996 and remained with them for eight seasons as they yo-yo'ed between the top two divisions.

In summer 2004, he switched to then-champions Werder Bremen, where he immediately won the DFB-Ligapokal against Bayern Munich. The club never managed any further honours during his two seasons there but he did achieve eight appearances in the UEFA Champions League.

On 9 August 2006, he transferred to Hannover 96, as part of the deal which saw Per Mertesacker move in the opposite direction.

On 27 September 2008, Hannover 96 were scheduled to play Bayern Munich at the AWD-Arena. Fahrenhorst was allowed exclusion from the team as his wife was close to giving birth. However, shortly before the match began, Jiří Štajner accidentally injured Mario Eggimann's eye in training. Due to Eggiman's injury, Fahrenhorst was hastily recalled into the starting line-up against the defending champions. He gave an eye-catching, determined performance as Hannover 96 ran out 1–0 winners.^[1] On 22 April 2009, Hannover 96 announced that they would not renew his contract. Fahrenhorst left the club on 30 June 2009 at the end of his contract and joined MSV Duisburg until 30 June 2011, but on 17 August 2010 he signed a two-year contract with FC Schalke 04 II.^[2]

Statistics

International career

On 12 August 2004 Fahrenhorst was first invited to the senior national team of Germany, when he was nominated for the test match at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna against Austria.^[3] On 18 August 2004 Frank Fahrenhorst debuted in this game for the senior team and played through.^[4] On 8 September 2004 Frank Fahrenhorst came to his second and final application for the senior national team when he played another 90 minutes for the 1-1 draw in Olympic Stadium in Berlin against Brazil.^[5]

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