Torsten Frings
Frings playing for Toronto at Rogers Centre on 7 March 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Torsten Klaus Frings | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Würselen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Darmstadt 98 (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1988 | Rot-Weiß Alsdorf | ||
| 1988–1990 | Rhenania Alsdorf | ||
| 1990–1994 | Alemannia Aachen II | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Alemannia Aachen | 57 | (13) |
| 1997 | Werder Bremen (A) | 1 | (1) |
| 1997–2002 | Werder Bremen | 162 | (15) |
| 2002–2004 | Borussia Dortmund | 47 | (10) |
| 2004–2005 | Bayern Munich | 29 | (3) |
| 2005–2011 | Werder Bremen | 164 | (21) |
| 2011–2012 | Toronto FC | 33 | (2) |
| Total | 493 | (65) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997–1998 | Germany U21 | 6 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Germany B | 5 | (0) |
| 2001–2009 | Germany | 79 | (10) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013–2014 | Werder Bremen II (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Werder Bremen (assistant) | ||
| 2016– | Darmstadt 98 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Torsten Klaus Frings (born 22 November 1976) is a German former footballer, and current manager of Darmstadt 98.
He played 79 matches for the Germany national team from his debut in 2001, including at two European Championships and two FIFA World Cups.
His professional career began at third division Alemannia Aachen before a move to Werder Bremen in 1996–97, helping the Weserstadion outfit to a German Cup final defeat of Bayern Munich in 1999 and tallying more than 160 Bundesliga appearances and 15 goals over five and a half seasons.
In 2002, a number of Europe's leading clubs were on Frings's trail prior to the World Cup but he opted for a four-year deal with Borussia Dortmund for a reported fee of €10 million, penning the contract two games into the competition. A regular in his first term at the Westfalenstadion, Frings also played 12 times in the UEFA Champions League, scoring home and away against Lokomotiv Moscow.
Frings's 2003–04 season only began on 30 January when he played against Schalke 04, his first game since damaging his knee against VfL Bochum in July. He took over from Tomáš Rosický in the playmaking role and scored four times in 16 games before signing a three-year contract with Dortmund's rivals, Bayern Munich.
Despite winning the domestic double with Bayern and making 29 Bundesliga and ten Champions League appearances, Frings never really enjoyed his football in Munich, and was played out of position by coach Felix Magath.
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