Torsten Frings

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

Torsten Frings

Frings during his time as Werder Bremen assistant manager
Personal information
Full name	Torsten Klaus Frings[1]
Date of birth	(1976-11-22) 22 November 1976 (age 48)
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	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1997	Alemannia Aachen	57	(13)
1997	Werder Bremen (A)	1	(1)
1997–2002	Werder Bremen	162	(15)
2002–2004	Borussia Dortmund	47	(10)
2004–2005	Bayern Munich	29	(3)
2005–2011	Werder Bremen	164	(21)
2011–2012	Toronto FC	33	(2)
Total		493	(65)
International career
1997–1998	Germany U21	6	(1)
1999–2000	Germany B	5	(0)
2001–2009	Germany	79	(10)
Managerial career
2016–2017	Darmstadt 98
2020–2021	SV Meppen
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Germany FIFA World Cup Runner-up 2002 Korea/Japan UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2008 Austria/ Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He has played for the Germany national team since 2001.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total		Ref.
		League	App	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
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		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		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	—

International

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

Managerial statistics

As of matches played on 4 April 2020

Team!	From!	To!	Record
			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	—

Honours

Werder Bremen

• DFB-Pokal: 1998–99, 2008–09
• DFB-Ligapokal: 2006
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998^[27]

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2004–05
• DFB-Pokal: 2004–05
• DFB-Ligapokal: 2004

Toronto FC

• Canadian Championship: 2012^[28]

Germany

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2002; third place: 2006
• FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005
• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2008

Individual

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