Torsten Frings

Retired
Last club: Toronto Most games for: Werder Bremen Retired since: Feb 26, 2013

Date of birth/Age: Nov 22, 1976 (47)
Place of birth: Würselen
Citizenship: Germany

Height: N/A
Position: Defensive Midfield

Former International: Germany
Caps/Goals: 79 / 10

Last position:

Manager Club: SV Meppen

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Germany
22		Germany	Feb 27, 2001	79	10	Rudi Völler	24 years 03 months 05 days
	Germany U21
-		Germany U21	-	6	1
	Germany B
-		Germany Team 2006	Oct 6, 1999	1	-	Horst Hrubesch	22 years 10 months 14 days

Stats of Torsten Frings

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			79	10	14	13	-	-	6.167'
	International Friendlies	39	7	6	5	-	-	2.794'
	European Qualifiers	13	1	7	3	-	-	1.142'
	World Cup	13	1	1	3	-	-	1.171'
	EURO	8	1	-	1	-	-	619'
	Confederations Cup	5	-	-	1	-	-	434'
	World Cup qualification	1	-	-	-	-	-	7'

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	Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		2/27/01	A	France	1:0	RM				9'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group 9	3/24/01	H	Albania	2:1	Not in squad
	group 9	3/28/01	A	Greece	2:4	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		5/29/01	H	Slovakia	2:0	RM				26'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group 9	6/2/01	A	Finland	2:2	Not in squad
	group 9	6/6/01	A	Albania	0:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		8/15/01	A	Hungary	2:5	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group 9	9/1/01	H	England	1:5	Not in squad
	group 9	10/6/01	H	Finland	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Playoffs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg	11/10/01	A	Ukraine	1:1	Not in squad
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	11/14/01	H	Ukraine	4:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		2/13/02	H	Israel	7:1			2		24'
		3/27/02	H	USA	4:2	RM	1			90'
		4/17/02	H	Argentina	0:1	RM				83'
		5/9/02	H	Kuwait	7:0	DM	1			90'
		5/14/02	A	Wales	1:0	AM			59'	90'
		5/18/02	H	Austria	6:2	DM				85'
	World Cup 2002
	Group E	6/1/02	A	Saudi Arabia	8:0	CM		1		90'
	Group E	6/5/02	A	Ireland	1:1	CM				90'
	Group E	6/11/02	A	Cameroon	0:2	CM			74'	90'
	Round of 16	6/15/02	A	Paraguay	1:0	DM				90'
	Quarter-Finals	6/21/02	A	USA	1:0	CM				90'
	Semi-Finals	6/25/02	A	South Korea	1:0	RB				90'
	Final	6/30/02	A	Brazil	0:2	DM				90'
	International Friendlies
		8/21/02	A	Bulgaria	2:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 5	9/7/02	A	Lithuania	0:2	CM		1	49'	90'
	International Friendlies
		10/11/02	A	Bosnia	1:1	RM				90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 5	10/16/02	H	Faroe Islands	2:1	RM				90'
	International Friendlies
		11/20/02	H	Netherlands	1:3	DM				90'
		2/12/03	A	Spain	3:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 5	3/29/03	H	Lithuania	1:1	CM				90'
	International Friendlies
		4/30/03	H	Serbia-Mont.	1:0	RM				90'
		6/1/03	H	Canada	4:1	RM				90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 5	6/7/03	A	Scotland	1:1	RM		1	33'	90'
	Group 5	6/11/03	A	Faroe Islands	0:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		8/20/03	H	Italy	0:1	Cruciate ligament tear
	European Qualifiers
	Group 5	9/6/03	A	Iceland	0:0	Cruciate ligament tear
	Group 5	9/10/03	H	Scotland	2:1	Cruciate ligament tear
	Group 5	10/11/03	H	Iceland	3:0	Cruciate ligament tear
	International Friendlies
		11/15/03	H	France	0:3	Cruciate ligament tear
		2/18/04	A	Croatia	1:2	CM				62'
		3/31/04	H	Belgium	3:0	DM		1		63'
		4/28/04	A	Romania	5:1	LM				45'
		5/27/04	H	Malta	7:0	LM	1			90'
		6/2/04	A	Switzerland	0:2	RM				28'
		6/6/04	H	Hungary	0:2	DM				90'
	EURO 2004
	Group D	6/15/04	A	Netherlands	1:1	LM	1			79'
	Group D	6/19/04	A	Latvia	0:0	LM			53'	90'
	Group D	6/23/04	A	Czechia	1:2	CM				45'
	International Friendlies
		8/18/04	A	Austria	1:3	DM		1		86'
		9/8/04	H	Brazil	1:1	DM		1		90'
		10/9/04	A	Iran	0:2	Not in squad
		11/17/04	H	Cameroon	3:0	RB		1		90'
		12/16/04	A	Japan	0:3	Not in squad
		12/19/04	A	South Korea	3:1	Not in squad
		12/21/04	A	Thailand	1:5	Not in squad
		2/9/05	H	Argentina	2:2	DM	1		65'	90'
		3/26/05	A	Slovenia	0:1	CM				90'
		6/4/05	A	N. Ireland	1:4	DM			81'	90'
		6/8/05	H	Russia	2:2	DM				90'
	Confederations Cup 2005
	Group A	6/15/05	H	Australia	4:3	DM				90'
	Group A	6/18/05	H	Tunisia	0:3	DM				90'
	Group A	6/21/05	H	Argentina	2:2	DM				45'
	Semi-Finals	6/25/05	H	Brazil	2:3	DM				90'
	Third Place Play-Off	6/29/05	H	Mexico	4:3 AET	DM			68'	120'
	International Friendlies
		8/17/05	A	Netherlands	2:2	CM				66'
		9/3/05	A	Slovakia	2:0	Not in squad
		9/7/05	H	South Africa	4:2	Not in squad
		10/8/05	A	Türkiye	2:1	DM			22'	45'
		10/12/05	H	China	1:0	DM	1			90'
		11/12/05	A	France	0:0	DM				90'
		3/1/06	A	Italy	4:1	CM			✔	68'
		3/22/06	H	USA	4:1	Not in squad
		5/27/06	H	Luxembourg	7:0	DM	1			45'
		5/30/06	H	Japan	2:2	DM				90'
		6/2/06	H	Colombia	3:0	CM				71'
	World Cup 2006
	Group A	6/9/06	H	Costa Rica	4:2	DM	1			90'
	Group A	6/14/06	H	Poland	1:0	DM				90'
	Group A	6/20/06	H	Ecuador	0:3	DM				66'
	Round of 16	6/24/06	H	Sweden	2:0	DM			26'	85'
	Quarter-Finals	6/30/06	H	Argentina	5:3 on pens	DM				120'
	Semi-Finals	7/4/06	H	Italy	0:2 AET	Sperre durch Sportgericht
	Third Place Play-Off	7/8/06	H	Portugal	3:1	DM			7'	90'
	International Friendlies
		8/16/06	H	Sweden	3:0	DM				74'
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	9/2/06	H	Ireland	1:0	DM				90'
	Group D	9/6/06	A	San Marino	0:13	DM		1		62'
	International Friendlies
		10/7/06	H	Georgia	2:0	DM				14'
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	10/11/06	A	Slovakia	1:4	DM				90'
	Group D	11/15/06	A	Cyprus	1:1	DM				90'
	International Friendlies
		2/7/07	H	Switzerland	3:1	CM	1			74'
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	3/24/07	A	Czechia	1:2	DM		1		90'
	International Friendlies
		3/28/07	H	Denmark	0:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	6/2/07	H	San Marino	6:0	DM	1	3		90'
	Group D	6/6/07	H	Slovakia	2:1	DM				90'
	International Friendlies
		8/22/07	A	England	1:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	9/8/07	A	Wales	0:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		9/12/07	H	Romania	3:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	10/13/07	A	Ireland	0:0	DM			55'	90'
	Group D	10/17/07	H	Czechia	0:3	DM				90'
	Group D	11/17/07	H	Cyprus	4:0	Knee problems
	Group D	11/21/07	H	Wales	0:0	Knee problems
	International Friendlies
		2/6/08	A	Austria	0:3	Inner knee ligament tear
		3/26/08	A	Switzerland	0:4	Not in squad
		5/27/08	H	Belarus	2:2	DM				67'
		5/31/08	H	Serbia	2:1	DM				69'
	EURO 2008
	Group B	6/8/08	A	Poland	2:0	DM				90'
	Group B	6/12/08	A	Croatia	2:1	DM				90'
	Group B	6/16/08	A	Austria	0:1	DM				90'
	Quarter-Finals	6/19/08	A	Portugal	2:3	Rib fracture
	Semi-Finals	6/25/08	A	Türkiye	3:2	DM				45'
	Final	6/29/08	A	Spain	0:1	DM				90'
	International Friendlies
		8/20/08	H	Belgium	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group D	9/6/08	A	Liechtenstein	0:6	Broken nose bone
	Group D	9/10/08	A	Finland	3:3	Broken nose bone
	Group D	10/11/08	H	Russia	2:1	DM				7'
	Group D	10/15/08	H	Wales	1:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		11/19/08	H	England	1:2	Not in squad
		2/11/09	H	Norway	0:1	DM				68'
Squad: 80, Starting eleven: 71, Substituted in: 8, On the bench: 1, Suspended: 1, Injured: 11,

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