{{Short description|German footballer (born 1973)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Frank Rost | image = FrankRost (cropped).jpg | caption = Rost playing for New York Red Bulls in 2011 | full_name = Frank Rost<ref>{{cite web |url=https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/01e4-0e69fa3be6ab-9af0130fa984-1000/2009_10_uefa_europa_league_disciplinary_chart_prior_to_semi-finals_second_leg.pdf |title=UEFA Europa League 2009/2010: Booking List Semi-Finals, Second Leg Match |page=2 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|6|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | height = 1.94 m | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1981–1982 | youthclubs1 = BSG Lokomotive West Leipzig | youthyears2 = 1982–1986 | youthclubs2 = BSG Chemie Böhlen | youthyears3 = 1986–1991 | youthclubs3 = 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | years1 = 1991–1992 | clubs1 = 1. FC Markkleeberg | caps1 = 33 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1992–1995 | clubs2 = Werder Bremen II | caps2 = 94 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1992–2002 | clubs3 = Werder Bremen | caps3 = 147 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2002–2007 | clubs4 = Schalke 04 | caps4 = 130 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2007–2011 | clubs5 = Hamburger SV | caps5 = 149 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2011 | clubs6 = New York Red Bulls | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 0 | totalcaps = 564 | totalgoals = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2002–2003 | nationalteam1 = Germany | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Frank Rost''' (born 30 June 1973) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He comes from a sporting family background; his father Peter won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in handball, and his mother Christina, also a handball player, won the silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 1980 Games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/fussball/Frank-Rost-Immer-unbequem-oft-unbezwingbar,rost123.html|title=Frank Rost: Immer unbequem - oft unbezwingbar|date=29 February 2012|access-date=31 March 2025|publisher=NDR|language=de}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Early career and Werder Bremen=== Born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Rost started his career at 1. FC Markkleeberg in the third German level.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/rostdata.html | title = Frank Rost – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 31 May 2012 | access-date = 31 May 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>
His play with Markkleeberg led to interest from Werder Bremen who signed Rost in 1992. After playing with Werder Bremen II Rost made his Bundesliga debut during the 1995–96 season and became first-choice keeper during the 1998–99 season. At the end of this season he helped Bremen win the 1998–99 DFB-Pokal. The final against Bayern Munich went to penalties and Rost scored a penalty himself before saving from Lothar Matthäus to win Bremen the cup.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/bayern-gegen-bremen-1999-dfb-pokal-503038/analyse |title=Werder Bremen ist DFB-Pokalsieger | website = Kicker | language = de | date = 13 June 1999 | access-date = 28 November 2019}}</ref>
Rost was the second goalkeeper (after Jens Lehmann) to score from open play in the Bundesliga, when he scored on 31 March 2002 against Hansa Rostock. His goal was one of two goals Werder Bremen scored in the last minutes of the match to complete a comeback from a 3–1 deficit and win 4–3.<ref>{{cite web |title=Germany round-up: Köln deny Schalke |url=https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=20622.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519005127/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=20622.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 May 2013 |website=UEFA |access-date=31 March 2020 |date=31 March 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Stralau |first1=Mark |title=Keeper kippt Spiel |url=https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/15079.keeper-kippt-spiel.html |access-date=31 March 2020 |work=Neues Deutschland |date=2 April 2002 |language=de}}</ref> At the end of the 2001–02 season the club finished in sixth place and qualified for the UEFA Cup.
===Schalke 04=== [[File:Schalke Frank Rost01.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Rost with Schalke 04]]
Rost moved to Schalke 04 in July 2002. He was a regular first-choice keeper at Schalke until he lost his starting position to youngster Manuel Neuer in late 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=New number one – DW – 05/30/2010 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/manuel-neuer-keeping-the-pace/a-5623720 |website=Deutsche Welle |access-date=6 September 2025 |date=30 May 2010}}</ref>
===Hamburger SV=== In January 2007 Rost moved to then struggling Hamburger SV where he immediately became first-choice keeper and helped the team move from last to seventh place.
On 30 July 2009, Rost made his 100th international club appearance<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/rost-in-ec.html | title = Frank Peter Rost – Matches in European Cups | first = Marcel | last = Haisma | date = 15 January 2010 | access-date = 31 May 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> in a third round Europa League qualifier. Hamburg beat Danish side Randers FC 4–0. Rost is the German record holder for combined UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League appearances and the player with the second-most appearances overall behind Giuseppe Bergomi having played 90 matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dauerbrenner in Europa League/UEFA-Pokal: Deutscher auf Platz zwei |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0235-0e9613bddf47-2f2f65a8813d-1000--dauerbrenner-in-europa-league-uefa-pokal-deutscher-auf-platz-zw/ |website=UEFA |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=de |date=25 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Die Rekorde in der UEFA Europa League und im UEFA-Pokal |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0220-0e9007326b89-b11e14f6b84e-1000--die-rekorde-in-der-uefa-europa-league-und-im-uefa-pokal/ |website=UEFA |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=de |date=28 April 2020}}</ref>
Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Rost competed with the newly signed Jaroslav Drobný for the spot as number one goalkeeper. His teammates gave him the nickname "Frost".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hellmann |first1=Frank |title=Nur einer kann gewinnen |url=https://www.fr.de/sport/sport-mix/einer-kann-gewinnen-11458096.html |access-date=19 May 2021 |work=Frankfurter Rundschau |date=1 August 2020 |language=de}}</ref> He left Hamburger SV at the end of the season, hoping to move abroad or to become a coach.
During his time in the Bundesliga Rost appeared in 426 league matches.
===New York Red Bulls and retirement=== On 13 July 2011, German daily tabloid Bild reported that Rost would be joining New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/frank-rost/wechselt-zu-red-bull-new-york-18834938.bild.html | title = Ex-HSV-Keeper Rost: Abflug nach New York | language = de | access-date = 13 July 2011 | date = 13 July 2011 | publisher = bild.de}}</ref> Red Bulls confirmed the signing that day.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2011/07/red-bulls-sign-goalkeeper-frank-rost | title = Red Bulls sign goalkeeper Frank Rost | date = 13 July 2011 | publisher = New York Red Bulls | access-date = 21 January 2012}}</ref> In the 2011 season with New York, Rost appeared in 11 regular season matches and posted five clean sheets. The club announced in January 2012 that it had been unable to agree terms with Rost and that he would not return for the 2012 season.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/01/19/rbny-notebook-rosts-departure-leaves-void-goal | title = RBNY Notebook: Rost's departure leaves void in goal | date = 19 January 2012 | publisher = mlssoccer.com | access-date = 21 January 2012}}</ref>
Rost announced his retirement on 19 February 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.espn.com/blog/los-angeles/soccer/post/_/id/14710/chivas-usa-meet-the-new-trialists | title = CHIVAS USA: Meet the new trialists | first = Scott | last = French | date = 21 February 2012 | access-date = 23 February 2012 | publisher = ESPN Soccernet}}</ref>
==International career== Rost was part of the East Germany national team at the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship, appearing in four matches.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=163247/index.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150919110734/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=163247/index.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 September 2015 | title = FIFA.com: Frank Rost | access-date = 23 May 2018 | publisher = FIFA.com}}</ref> Rost earned a total of four caps with the Germany national team, making his debut against the United States in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/rost-intl.html | title = Frank Rost - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 3 December 2015 | access-date = 10 December 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web |title=Frank Rost » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe14426/frank-rost/club-matches/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Includes German League Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and MLS Cup Playoffs}} !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goalss!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="8"|Werder Bremen||1995–96||rowspan="7"|Bundesliga||15||0||2||0||4||0||colspan=2|–||21||0 |- |1996–97||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||1||0||1||0 |- |1997–98||2||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||2||0 |- |1998–99||28||0||6||0||3||0||8||0||45||0 |- |1999–00||34||0||5||0||9||0||2||0||50||0 |- |2000–01||34||0||2||0||6||0||colspan=2|–||42||0 |- |2001–02||34||1||2||0||colspan=2|–||2||0||38||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !147!!1!!17!!0!!22!!0!!13!!0!!199!!1 |- |rowspan="6"|Schalke 04||2002–03||rowspan="5"|Bundesliga||33||0||3||0||6||0||2||0||44||0 |- |2003–04||27||0||2||0||4||0||6||0||39||0 |- |2004–05||31||0||5||0||8||0||6||0||50||0 |- |2005–06||32||0||2||0||14||0||2||0||50||0 |- |2006–07||7||0||2||0||2||0||2||0||13||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !130!!0!!14!!0!!34!!0!!18!!0!!196!!0 |- |rowspan="6"|Hamburger SV||2006–07||rowspan="5"|Bundesliga||17||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||17||0 |- |2007–08||34||0||4||0||12||0||2||0||52||0 |- |2008–09||34||0||5||0||14||0||colspan=2|–||53||0 |- |2009–10||34||0||2||0||14||0||colspan=2|–||50||0 |- |2010–11||30||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||31||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !149!!0!!12!!0!!40!!0!!2!!0!!203!!0 |- |New York Red Bulls||2011||Major League Soccer||11||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||3||0||14||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !437!!1!!43!!0!!96!!0!!36!!0!!612!!1 |}
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===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="nft">{{NFT|2579}}</ref> |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="2"|Germany |2002||1||0 |- |2003||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!4!!0 |}
==Honours== '''Werder Bremen''' * DFB-Pokal: 1993–94, 1998–99 * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}
'''Schalke 04''' *UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round%3D1691/Match%3D73021/Report%3DMS.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212164322/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round%3D1691/Match%3D73021/Report%3DMS.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 December 2003 |title=Schalke 0-0 Pasching (Aggregate: 2 - 0)|publisher=UEFA |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round%3D1960/Match%3D79339/Report%3DMS.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040826024433/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round%3D1960/Match%3D79339/Report%3DMS.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 August 2004 |title=Liberec 0-1 Schalke (Aggregate: 1 - 3)|publisher=UEFA |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.frank-rost.com/}} {{in lang|de}} * {{Fussballdaten|rostfrank}} * {{WorldFootball.net|frank-rost}} * {{NFT|2579}}
{{2000–01 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season}}
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