Brad Friedel
Friedel with Tottenham Hotspur in 2011
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| Full name | Bradley Howard Friedel | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 18, 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lakewood, Ohio, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | UCLA Bruins | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | USSF | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | → Brøndby (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Galatasaray | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Columbus Crew | 38 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Liverpool | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2008 | Blackburn Rovers | 287 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Aston Villa | 114 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | 50 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 544 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–2005 | United States | 82 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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| 2016– | United States U19 | ||||||||||||||
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Bradley Howard Friedel /ˈfriːdəl/ (born May 18, 1971) is a retired American professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.
Friedel played 82 games for the United States national team between 1992 and 2005, and represented his country at three FIFA World Cup tournaments. He is the current holder of the Premier League record for most consecutive appearances with 310, a feat he achieved during spells at Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur. Until he was left out of the Tottenham team on October 7, 2012, the last Premier League games Friedel missed were Blackburn's final two fixtures of the 2003–04 season against Tottenham and Birmingham City, on 10 May and May 15, 2004, respectively.
Friedel is also officially Aston Villa's oldest-ever player, a record he set on February 1, 2011, by playing in the club's Premier League fixture away at Manchester United. Friedel's age of 39 years and 259 days surpassed the previous record held by Ernie Callaghan, who last played for Villa against Grimsby Town in April 1947, aged 39 years and 257 days. Friedel's last appearance for Villa was on May 22, 2011, in a 1–0 home win against Liverpool, aged 40 years and four days.
On May 6, 2012, Friedel also became the oldest player to appear in a competitive match for Tottenham when he played in the club's Premier League fixture at Aston Villa, beating Jimmy Cantrell's near-80-year-old record.
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