Arne Friedrich

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Arne Friedrich
Personal information
Date of birth	29 May 1979 (1979-05-29) (age 30)
Place of birth	Bad Oeynhausen, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Central defender / Fullback
Club information
Current club	Hertha BSC
Number	3
Youth career
1985–1987 1987–1992 1992–1995 1995–1999 1999–2000	FC Bad Oeynhausen TuS Lohe SC Herford FC Gütersloh SC Verl
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2002 2002–	Arminia Bielefeld Hertha BSC	047 0(1) 200 (13)
National team2
2000–2001 2002–	Germany U-21 Germany	005 0(0) 066 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:17, 1 June 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 18:54, 9 June 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Arne Friedrich (German pronunciation: [ˈaɐ̯nə ˈfʁiːdʁɪç]) (born 29 May 1979 in Bad Oeynhausen) is a German football defender, who plays for Hertha BSC and the German national team.

As of September 2008, the Hertha BSC captain has represented his country on 61 occasions, his debut coming in the 2-2 draw against Bulgaria in Sofia, on 21 August 2002. On 21 December 2004 Friedrich captained Germany to a 5-1 friendly win over Thailand in Bangkok.

He was included in the 23-man squad in 2006 World Cup, where Germany finished third. Friedrich started almost every game and was very instrumental in getting Germany to the Third Place match. He is a very versatile player, playing full back, center back, and occasionally a more midfield position. He was also called up to Germany's Euro 2008 squad.

Arne Friedrich is a very reliable defender and can cause problems in striking powers as he is one of the fastest defenders in the Bundesliga.

[edit] Career statistics

As of 18 April 2009.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

• Hertha BSC
  • DFB-Ligapokal: 2002
  • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006

[edit] National Team

• FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place: 2005
• FIFA World Cup Third Place: 2006
• UEFA European Football Championship Runner-up: 2008

[edit] External links

• Official Website (German)
• Profile at HerthaBSC.de
• Profile at Kicker.de (German)
• Profile at Transfermarkt.de (German)
• Career stats at Fussballdaten.de (German)

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v • d • e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Kahn • 2 Hinkel • 3 Friedrich • 4 Wörns • 5 Nowotny • 6 Baumann • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Hamann • 9 Bobic • 10 Kurányi • 11 Klose • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Brdaric • 15 Kehl • 16 Jeremies • 17 Ziege • 18 Ernst • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Lahm • 22 Frings • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Völler

v • d • e Germany squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place 1 Kahn • 2 Hinkel • 3 Friedrich • 4 Huth • 5 Owomoyela • 6 Engelhardt • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Hanke • 10 Deisler • 11 Brdaric • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Ernst • 16 Hitzlsperger • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Schulz • 22 Kurányi • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Klinsmann

v • d • e Germany squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Huth • 5 Kehl • 6 Nowotny • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Hanke • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Kahn • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Odonkor • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Klinsmann

v • d • e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2008 Runners-up 1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 A. Friedrich • 4 Fritz • 5 Westermann • 6 Rolfes • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Gómez • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Enke • 13 Ballack • 14 Trochowski • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Odonkor • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Kurányi • 23 Adler • Coach: Löw