Alexander Frei

Alexander Frei (born 15 July 1979) is a former Swiss football player.

Alexander Frei

Frei with Borussia Dortmund in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Frei[1]
Date of birth	(1979-07-15) 15 July 1979 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth	Basel, Switzerland
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1987–1988	FC Begnins
1988–1995	FC Aesch
1995–1997	Basel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Basel	11	(1)
1998–1999	Thun	32	(6)
1999–2000	FC Luzern	53	(17)
2001–2003	Servette	64	(36)
2003–2006	Rennes	100	(47)
2006–2009	Borussia Dortmund	74	(34)
2009–2013	Basel	103	(72)
Total		437	(213)
International career
1995–1996	Switzerland U-18	5	(1)
1996–1997	Switzerland U-19	4	(3)
1999–2000	Switzerland U-21	19	(9)
2001–2011	Switzerland	84	(42)
Managerial career
2013–2014	FC Luzern (sporting director)
2015–2020	Basel (youth)
2018	Basel (interim)
2020–2021	Wil
2021–2022	Winterthur
2022–2023	Basel
2023–2024	Aarau
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club career statistics

^[3]

Club statistics			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Switzerland			League
1997–98	Basel	Nationalliga A	11	1
1998–99	Thun	Nationalliga B	32	6
1999–2000	Luzern	Nationalliga A	32	13
2000–01			20	4
2000–01	Servette	Nationalliga A	12	6
2001–02			33	17
2002–03			19	13
France			League
2002–03	Stade Rennais	Ligue 1	13	1
2003–04			28	19
2004–05			36	19
2005–06			23	7
Germany			League
2006–07	Borussia Dortmund	Bundesliga	32	16
2007–08			13	6
2008–09			29	12
Switzerland			League
2009–10	Basel	Super League
Country	Switzerland		159	60
	France		100	46
	Germany		74	34
Total			333	140

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4][5]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Switzerland	2001	8	5
	2002	6	2
	2003	8	7
	2004	9	2
	2005	11	7
	2006	11	8
	2007	3	1
	2008	8	5
	2009	9	3
	2010	9	2
	2011	2	0
Total		84	42

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Frei goal.

List of international goals scored by Alexander Frei^[4][5]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 March 2001	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Luxembourg	1–0	5–0	2002 World Cup qualifier
2				2–0
3				5–0
4	2 June 2001	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe	Faroe Islands	1–0	1–0	2002 World Cup qualifier
5	5 September 2001	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1–0	3–0	2002 World Cup qualifier
6	21 August 2002	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Austria	2–1	3–2	Friendly
7	8 September 2002	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Georgia	1–0	4–1	Euro 2004 qualifier
8	12 February 2003	Športni Park, Nova Gorica, Slovenia	Slovenia	3–0	5–1	Friendly
9				5–0
10	30 April 2003	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Italy	1–0	1–2	Friendly
11	7 June 2003	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Russia	1–0	2–2	Euro 2004 qualifier
12				2–0
13	11 June 2003	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Albania	2–1	3–2	Euro 2004 qualifier
14	11 October 2003	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Republic of Ireland	2–0	2–0	Euro 2004 qualifier
15	18 February 2004	Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco	Morocco	1–2	1–2	Friendly
16	9 October 2004	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	1–1	2–2	2006 World Cup qualifier
17	30 March 2005	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Cyprus	1–0	1–0	2006 World Cup qualifier
18	4 June 2005	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe	Faroe Islands	2–1	3–1	2006 World Cup qualifier
19				3–1
20	17 August 2005	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–0	2–0	Friendly
21	3 September 2005	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Israel	1–0	1–1	2006 World Cup qualifier
22	7 September 2005	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–0	3–1	2006 World Cup qualifier
23	16 November 2005	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	1–0	2–4	2006 World Cup play-offs
24	3 June 2006	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	China	1–0	4–1	Friendly
25				3–0
26	19 June 2006	FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany	Togo	1–0	2–0	2006 World Cup
27	23 June 2006	FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover, Germany	South Korea	2–0	2–0	2006 World Cup
28	16 August 2006	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	1–0	3–0	Friendly
29				2–0
30	2 September 2006	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Venezuela	1–0	1–0	Friendly
31	6 September 2006	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Costa Rica	2–0	2–0	Friendly
32	25 March 2007	Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	Colombia	1–1	1–3	Friendly
33	24 May 2008	Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland	Slovakia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
34	30 May 2008	AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland	Liechtenstein	1–0	3–0	Friendly
35				2–0
36	11 October 2008	AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland	Latvia	1–0	2–1	2010 World Cup qualifier
37	15 October 2008	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece	Greece	1–0	2–1	2010 World Cup qualifier
38	28 March 2009	Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău, Moldova	Moldova	1–0	2–0	2010 World Cup qualifier
39	1 April 2009	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Moldova	2–0	2–0	2010 World Cup qualifier
40	9 September 2009	Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	1–0	2–2	2010 World Cup qualifier
41	17 November 2010	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Ukraine	1–0	2–2	Friendly
42				2–1

Managerial

As of 16 March 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat.	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
FC Wil		7 September 2020	9 November 2021	52	16	11	25	030.77
Winterthur		20 December 2021	30 June 2022	18	10	6	2	055.56
Basel		1 July 2022	7 February 2023	34	14	10	10	041.18
Aarau		12 June 2023	16 March 2024	28	11	7	10	039.29
Total				132	51	34	47	038.64

Honours

Servette

• Swiss Cup: 2000–01

Basel

• Swiss Super League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
• Swiss Cup: 2009–10, 2011–12

Individual

• Credit Suisse Player of the Year: 2003
• Ligue 1 Golden Boot: 2004–05 (20 goals)
• Credit Suisse Player of the Year: 2004, 2005, 2007^[6][7]
• Swiss Super League Golden Boot: 2010–11 (27 goals), 2011–12 (24 goals)
• Axpo Super League Player of the Year: 2011, 2012^[6]
• Swiss Golden Player Award: "Best Forward": 2011,^[8] 2012^[9]
• Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2014–15