2005 Bundesliga Champions (Bayern Munich) 1999 German Cup winner (Werder Brême) 2005 German Cup winner (Bayern Munich) 2002 World Cup Finalists (ALLEMAGNE) 2000 Finaliste of la German Cup (Werder Brême)
Biography
Torsten Frings (born November 22, 1976 in Würselen) is a German
football midfielder who currently plays for Werder Bremen of the
German Bundesliga.
Before joining Werder, Frings played for Alemannia Aachen
(1994-97), Werder Bremen (1997-2002), Borussia Dortmund
(2002-04), and Bayern Munich (2004-05). For the German national
team, he played in the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004.
His professional career began at third division Alemannia Aachen
before a move to Werder Bremen in 1996/97, helping the
Weserstadion outfit to a German Cup final defeat of Bayern
Munich in 1999 and tallying more than 160 Bundesliga appearances
and 15 goals over six seasons.
In 2002, a number of Europe's leading clubs were on Frings's
trail prior to the World Cup but he opted for a four-year deal
with Borussia Dortmund for a reported fee of €10m, penning the
contract two games into the competition. A regular in his first
term at the Westfalenstadion, Frings also played 12 times in the
UEFA Champions League, scoring home and away against Lokomotiv
Moscow.
Frings's 2003/04 season only began on 30 January when he played
against FC Schalke 04, his first game since damaging his knee
against VfL Bochum in July. He took over from Tomáš Rosický in
the playmaking role and scored four times in 16 games before
signing a three-year contract with Dortmund's chief rivals,
Bayern Munich.
Despite winning the domestic double with Bayern and making 29
Bundesliga and ten Champions League appearances, Frings never
really enjoyed his football in Munich, and was played out of
position by coach Felix Magath. In June he rejoined Bremen for
an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal, helping them past FC
Basel into the Champions League group stage.
