Torsten Frings

Torsten Frings
	Frings during his time as Werder Bremen assistant manager
Personal information
Full name	Torsten Klaus Frings
Date of birth	22 November 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Würselen, West Germany
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Youth career
1982–1988	Rot-Weiß Alsdorf
1988–1990	Rhenania Alsdorf
1990–1994	Alemannia Aachen II
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1997	Alemannia Aachen
1997	Werder Bremen (A)
1997–2002	Werder Bremen
2002–2004	Borussia Dortmund
2004–2005	Bayern Munich
2005–2011	Werder Bremen
2011–2012	Toronto FC
Total
National team
1997–1998	Germany U21
1999–2000	Germany B
2001–2009	Germany
Teams managed
2016–2017	Darmstadt 98
2020–2021	SV Meppen
Honours
Men's Football
Representing Germany
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Torsten Frings (born 22 November 1976 in Würselen, Germany) is a former German football player and current manager. At the moment he playes for the Canadian soccer club Toronto FC. Before his change, he played for the German club Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich (2004 until 2005), Borussia Dortmund (2002 until 2004) and Werder Bremen (1997 until 2002).

He has played for the Germany national team since 2001.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total		Ref.
Club	Season	League	App	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Ref.
Alemannia Aachen	1994–95	Regionalliga West	6	0	0	0	—		—		6	0	^[2]
	1995–96		32	12	—		—		—		32	12	^[2]
	1996–97		19	1	—		—		—		19	1	^[2]
	Total		57	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	13	—
Werder Bremen II	1996–97	Regionalliga Nord	1	1	—		—		—		1	1	^[2]
Werder Bremen	1996–97	Bundesliga	15	0	0	0	—		—		15	0	^[3]
	1997–98		28	2	2	0	3	0	—		33	2	^[4]^[5]
	1998–99		23	3	4	3	12	3	—		39	9	^[6]^[7]
	1999–2000		33	3	4	0	9	0	2	0	48	3	^[8]
	2000–01		30	1	2	0	5	0	—		37	1	^[9]
	2001–02		33	6	1	0	2	0	—		36	6	^[10]^[11]
	Total		162	15	13	3	31	3	2	0	208	21	—
Borussia Dortmund	2002–03	Bundesliga	31	6	2	0	12	2	1	0	46	8	^[12]
	2003–04	Bundesliga	16	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	4	^[12]
	Total		47	10	2	0	12	2	2	0	63	12	—
Bayern Munich	2004–05	Bundesliga	29	3	6	0	8	1	2	1	45	5	^[13]
Werder Bremen	2005–06		28	3	4	1	10	1	2	0	44	5	^[14]
	2006–07		33	1	0	0	6	1	2	1	41	3	^[15]
	2007–08		11	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	14	1	^[16]
	2008–09		30	4	5	0	13	0	—		48	4	^[17]
	2009–10		30	6	6	0	9	4	—		45	10	^[18]
	2010–11		32	6	1	0	6	1	—		39	7	^[19]
	Total		164	21	16	1	47	6	5	1	231	30	—
Toronto FC	2011	MLS	13	0	0	0	6	0	—		19	0	^[20]
	2012	MLS	20	2	3	0	2	0	—		25	2	^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
	Total		33	2	3	0	8	0	—		44	2	—
Career total			493	65	40	4	105	13	11	5	649	84	—

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany^[25]	2001	2	0
	2002	17	2
	2003	4	0
	2004	12	2
	2005	13	2
	2006	16	2
	2007	6	2
	2008	8	0
	2009	1	0
Total		79	10

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Frings goal.^[26]

List of international goals scored by Torsten Frings
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 March 2002	Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany	United States	4–1	4–2	Friendly
2	9 May 2002	Schwarzwald-Stadion, Freiburg, Germany	Kuwait	1–0	7–0	Friendly
3	27 May 2004	Schwarzwald-Stadion, Freiburg, Germany	Malta	4–0	7–0	Friendly
4	15 June 2004	Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal	Netherlands	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2004
5	9 February 2005	Merkur Spielarena, Düsseldorf, Germany	Argentina	1–0	2–2	Friendly
6	12 October 2005	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany	China	1–0	1–0	Friendly
7	27 May 2006	Schwarzwald-Stadion, Freiburg, Germany	Luxembourg	2–0	7–0	Friendly
8	9 June 2006	Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany	Costa Rica	4–2	4–2	2006 FIFA World Cup
9	7 February 2007	Merkur Spielarena, Düsseldorf, Germany	Switzerland	3–0	3–1	Friendly
10	2 June 2007	Max-Morlock-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany	San Marino	3–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

As of matches played on 4 April 2020

Team!	From!	To!	Record
Team!	From!	To!	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref.
Darmstadt 98	27 December 2016	9 December 2017	36	9	8	19	42	61	−19	025.00
SV Meppen	14 July 2020	14 April 2021	31	11	3	17	32	51	−19	035.48
Total			67	20	11	36	74	112	−38	029.85	—

Werder Bremen

Bayern Munich

Toronto FC

Germany

Individual

kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]

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