Arne Friedrich

{{Short description|German footballer (born 1979)}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Arne Friedrich | image = Arne Friedrich 2019 (cropped).jpg | caption = Friedrich in a charity match in 2019 | fullname = Arne Friedrich<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2010/PDF_BackUp_2010_06_13/FWC_2010_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players: Germany |publisher=FIFA |page=11 |date=12 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018131759/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2010/PDF_BackUp_2010_06_13/FWC_2010_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=18 October 2019}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|05|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Bad Oeynhausen, West Germany | height = 1.85 m | position = Defender | currentclub = Hertha BSC (sporting director) | youthyears1 = 1985–1987 | youthclubs1 = FC Bad Oeynhausen | youthyears2 = 1987–1992 | youthclubs2 = TuS Lohe | youthyears3 = 1992–1995 | youthclubs3 = SC Herford | youthyears4 = 1995–1999 | youthclubs4 = FC Gütersloh | years1 = 1999–2000 | clubs1 = SC Verl | caps1 = 31 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2000–2002 | clubs2 = Arminia Bielefeld | caps2 = 47 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2002–2010 | clubs3 = Hertha BSC | caps3 = 231 | goals3 = 13 | years4 = 2010–2011 | clubs4 = VfL Wolfsburg | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2012–2013 | clubs5 = Chicago Fire | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 1 | totalcaps = 347 | totalgoals = 15 | nationalyears1 = 2000–2001 |nationalteam1 = Germany U21 |nationalcaps1 = 5 |nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2002 |nationalteam2 = Germany Team 2006 |nationalcaps2 = 1 |nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2002–2011 |nationalteam3 = Germany |nationalcaps3 = 82 |nationalgoals3 = 1 | manageryears1 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs1 = Germany U18 (assistant) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's Football}} {{Medal|Country|{{GER}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}} {{Medal|B|2006 Germany|}} {{Medal|B|2010 South Africa|}} {{Medal|Competition|UEFA European Championship}} {{Medal|RU|2008 Austria–Switzerland|}} }} '''Arne Friedrich''' (born 29 May 1979) is a German football executive and former player who played as a defender.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/arne-friedrich-dfb-nationalspieler-beendet-karriere-a-907399.html | title = Verletzungsprobleme: Arne Friedrich beendet seine Karriere |trans-title=Injury problems: Arne Friedrich ends his career | language = de | publisher = Spiegel Online | access-date = 23 June 2013 | date = 23 June 2013}}</ref> He formerly was the sporting director of Hertha BSC.

He played 82 times for the Germany national team.

Friedrich was a very versatile player, playing full-back, centre-back and occasionally a midfield position. He represented his country on 82 occasions, scoring once. He participated in Euro 2004, World Cup 2006, Euro 2008 and the World Cup 2010.

== Club career == ===Arminia Bielefeld=== In the 2000–01 season, Friedrich signed his first professional contract. Hermann Gerland, head coach of Arminia Bielefeld at the time, scouted Friedrich while playing for Regionalliga club SC Verl. Because of his convincing performance, Gerland decided to bring Friedrich to Bielefeld, where he immediately became a regular starter.

===Hertha BSC=== [[image:Arne Friedrich - Hertha BSC Berlin (1).jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|left|Friedrich with Hertha BSC in 2009]] In 2002, Friedrich accepted an offer from Hertha BSC. With the Berlin club, he won the DFB-Ligapokal that year, defeating Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04.

In 2004–05, Falko Götz named Friedrich captain, a role he kept for the remainder of his time at Hertha. He renewed his contract with Hertha twice which was due to run until 2012 with a performance-based option for an additional year. He made 231 matches in the German top-flight for the club from the capital.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/afriedrichdata.html | title = Arne Friedrich - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 2 September 2015 | access-date = 9 September 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>

===VfL Wolfsburg=== However, after Hertha's relegation in 2010, Friedrich left the club in a €2 million transfer<ref name="77-2mill"/> to VfL Wolfsburg, signing a three-year contract.<ref name="VfL-move">{{cite web|url=http://www.zeit.de/sport/2010-07/wm-friedrich-interview|title=Ich habe Sachen gelesen, die kotzen mich an |trans-title=I have read things that make me sick |first=Steffen|last=Dobbert|work=Die Zeit|date=2 July 2010|access-date=2 July 2010|language=de| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100705123038/http://www.zeit.de/sport/2010-07/wm-friedrich-interview| archive-date= 5 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

On 19 September 2011, he was released from his contract at Wolfsburg due to long term injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/soccer/wires/09/19/2080.ap.soc.wolfsburg.friedrich.1st.ld.writethru.0196/|title=Germany defender Friedrich quits Wolfsburg|publisher=Sports Illustrated|date=19 September 2011|access-date=19 September 2011|archive-date=4 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104201331/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/soccer/wires/09/19/2080.ap.soc.wolfsburg.friedrich.1st.ld.writethru.0196/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Chicago Fire=== [[File:FredyMontero Arne Friedrich.JPG|upright|thumb|Friedrich (left) playing for Chicago Fire]] In March 2012, Friedrich signed with the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.<ref name="Fire acquire German World Cup veteran Arne Friedrich">{{cite web|url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2012/03/fire-acquire-german-world-cup-veteran-arne-friedrich|title=Fire acquire German World Cup veteran Arne Friedrich Chicago Fire Communications |work=Chicago Fire Soccer Club|date=7 March 2012|access-date=7 March 2012}}</ref> He made his competitive debut for the club in a match against the Houston Dynamo on 16 April 2012. The game ended in a 1–1 draw. Friedrich scored his first MLS goal on 12 August 2012 in a match against Philadelphia Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2012-08-12-phi-v-chi/recap |title=Recap: Rolfe, Friedrich power Fire to 3–1 win over Philly |date=12 August 2012 |access-date=15 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815054101/http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2012-08-12-phi-v-chi/recap |archive-date=15 August 2012}}</ref> Friedrich was named the club's 2012 season's Defender of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2012/10/fire-announce-2012-team-award-winners|title=Fire Announce 2012 Team Award Winners|date=27 October 2012}}</ref> At the end of 2012 season, he extended his contract with Chicago Fire until the end of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2012/11/fire-re-sign-defender-arne-friedrich|title=Fire Re-sign Defender Arne Friedrich|publisher=chicago-fire.com|date=7 November 2012 | access-date = 23 June 2013}}</ref>

As announced on 21 January 2013, Friedrich became a US permanent resident which allowed him to no longer occupy an international slot while playing for Major League Soccer clubs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2013/01/arne-friedrich-receives-us-green-card|title=Arne Friedrich Receives U.S. Green Card|publisher=chicago-fire.com|date=21 January 2013}}</ref> Due to recurring injuries, Friedrich did not appear in any matches in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2013/03/defender-arne-friedrich-heads-germany-hamstring-treatment|title=Defender Arne Friedrich heads to Germany for hamstring treatment|publisher=chicago-fire.com|date=11 March 2013 | access-date = 23 June 2013 | first = Jeff | last = Crandall}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2013/05/chicago-fire-defender-arne-friedrich-returns-germany-receive-treatment-hip-injury|title=Chicago Fire Defender Arne Friedrich Returns To Germany To Receive Treatment For Hip Injury|work=Chicago Fire |publisher=chicago-fire.com|date=29 May 2013 | access-date = 23 June 2013}}</ref>

On 23 June 2013, Friedrich announced his retirement from professional football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2013/06/chicago-fire-defender-arne-friedrich-announces-retirement|title=Chicago Fire Defender Arne Friedrich Announces Retirement|work=Chicago Fire |publisher=chicago-fire.com|date=23 June 2013 | access-date = 23 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/06/23/chicago-fire-defender-arne-friedrich-announces-retirement-professional-socce|title=Chicago Fire defender Arne Friedrich announces retirement from professional soccer|publisher=mlssoccer.com|date=23 June 2013|access-date=23 June 2013|first=Anthony|last=Zills|archive-date=20 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820220809/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/06/23/chicago-fire-defender-arne-friedrich-announces-retirement-professional-socce|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== International career == [[File:Arne Friedrich.jpg|thumb|upright|Friedrich and Michael Ballack playing for Germany in 2009]] [[File:Arne Friedrich, Germany national football team (01).jpg|thumb|upright|Friedrich with Germany in 2011]] Friedrich played a total of five games for the Germany U-21 team and once for the B-team known as "Team 2006".

On 21 August 2002, he made his debut for the senior team against Bulgaria with in a 2–2 draw in Sofia.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afriedrich-intl.html | title = Arne Friedrich - International Appearances | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 19 September 2013 | access-date = 7 October 2013 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> His first major tournament for the national team was Euro 2004 where he appeared in all three group matches that saw the German team was eliminated. On 21 December 2004, Friedrich captained Germany in a 5–1 friendly win over Thailand in Bangkok. He has captained the team three more time since.

In 2005, Germany took part in the Confederations Cup, as upcoming World Cup hosts. Friedrich took turns with Andreas Hinkel on the right wing-back position. The following year, he was part of the 23-man squad for the 2006 World Cup. Except the match for third place, which he missed due to an injury, Friedrich started all of Germany's games.

At Euro 2008, Friedrich was once again part of the German team, but was initially intended as a substitute. Following an injury to Marcell Jansen, he started the final group game and all three knock-out stage matches. The quarter-final was one of Friedrich's best international matches where he successfully shut down Portugal national team star Cristiano Ronaldo.

In March 2009, German coach Joachim Löw explained that he now planned Friedrich as a centre-back instead of the right wing-back position.

Friedrich was part of Germany's squad in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. After a Bastian Schweinsteiger solo run, he scored his very first international goal on his 77th appearance<ref name="77-2mill">{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/sport/ein_tor_mit_76_spielen_anlauf/301723.php|title=Ein Tor mit 76 Spielen Anlauf|trans-title=A goal with 76 matches warm up|first=Sebastian|last=Langer|work=Berliner Kurier|date=3 July 2010|access-date=4 July 2010|language=de}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> for Germany on 3 July 2010 in the 2010 World Cup 4–0 quarter-final win over Argentina.<ref name="FIFA Match Report ARG-GER">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=249718/match=300061505/report.html |title=Match Report |work=FIFA |date=3 July 2010 |access-date=4 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707014708/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round%3D249718/match%3D300061505/report.html |archive-date=7 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career as manager and executive== On 28 August 2014, it was confirmed that Friedrich was the new assistant coach of the German U18 national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport1.de/fussball/dfb-team/2014/08/newspage_944020|title=Arne Friedrich wird Co-Trainer beim DFB|publisher=sport1.de|date=28 August 2014}}</ref> He left the position at the end of 2015.

On 27 November 2019, Friedrich was hired as a performance manager at Hertha BSC under manager Jürgen Klinsmann, who was hired earlier on the same day.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.welt.de/regionales/berlin/article203855292/Bild-Arne-Friedrich-wird-Teammanager-bei-Hertha-BSC.html | title = "Bild": Arne Friedrich wird Teammanager bei Hertha BSC | language = de | newspaper = Die Welt | date = 27 November 2019 | access-date = 2 April 2020}}</ref> After six months as performance manager, Friedrich took over as sporting director in summer 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.herthabsc.com/de/nachrichten/2020/06/17601-arne-friedrich-wird-sportdirektor-bei-hertha-bsc | title = Arne Friedrich wird Sportdirektor bei Hertha BSC | language = de | website = Hertha BSC | date = 28 June 2020 | access-date = 29 October 2021}}</ref> Shortly after, in December, he was appointed interim managing director after manager Michael Preetz was let go. After a successful five months as interim managing director, Friedrich went back to his role of sporting director in July 2021 while simultaneously being appointed to the executive board of Hertha BSC.

==Career statistics== ===Club=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|DFB-Pokal !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Arminia Bielefeld |2000–01 |rowspan="2"|Bundesliga |25||1||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||27||1 |- |2001–02 |22||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !47!!1!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!49!!1 |- |rowspan="9"|Hertha BSC |2002–03 |rowspan="8"|Bundesliga |33||5||1||0||8{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in UEFA Cup}}||0||3{{efn|name=DFL|Appearances in DFL-Ligapokal}}||0||45||5 |- |2003–04 |30||2||3||1||2{{efn|name=UC}}||0||0||0||35||3 |- |2004–05 |25||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||25||3 |- |2005–06 |31||1||3||1||8{{efn|name=UC}}||0||1{{efn|name=DFL}}||0||43||2 |- |2006–07 |26||2||4||0||4{{efn|name=UC}}||0||0||0||34||2 |- |2007–08 |30||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||32||0 |- |2008–09 |25||0||1||0||8{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan="2"|–||34||0 |- |2009–10 |31||0||0||0||7{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0||colspan="2"|–||38||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !231!!13!!14!!2!!37!!0!!4!!0!!286!!15 |- |rowspan="3"|VfL Wolfsburg |2010–11 |rowspan="2"|Bundesliga |15||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||17||0 |- |2011–12 |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !15!!0!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!17!!0 |- |rowspan="3"|Chicago Fire |2012 |rowspan="2"|MLS |23||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||1{{efn|Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs}}||0||24||1 |- |2013 |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !23!!1!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!1!!0!!24!!1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !316!!15!!20!!2!!37!!0!!5!!0!!378!!17 |} {{notelist}}

=== International === :''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Friedrich goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Arne Friedrich |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 3 July 2010 || Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa || {{fb|ARG}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|4–0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup |}

== Honours == '''Hertha BSC''' * DFB-Ligapokal: 2002 * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006

'''Germany''' *UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2008 *FIFA World Cup third place: 2006, 2010 *FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == {{commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.arnefriedrich.de/}} {{in lang|de}} * {{WorldFootball.net|arne-friedrich}} * {{kicker|arne-friedrich}} * {{NFT player|2570}}

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