Clemens Fritz

Clemens Fritz

Personal information
Full name	Clemens Fritz
Date of birth	7 December 1980 (1980-12-07) (age 30)
Place of birth	Erfurt, East Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Right back / Right wing back
Club information
Current club	Werder Bremen
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2001	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	32	(10)
2001–2003	Karlsruher SC	61	(7)
2003–2006	Bayer Leverkusen	43	(2)
2006–	Werder Bremen	143	(4)
National team‡
2001	Germany U-21	1	(0)
2006–	Germany	22	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:37, 11 September 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:43, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Clemens Fritz (born 7 December 1980 in Erfurt, East Germany) is a German footballer who plays as a right back for Werder Bremen. He is well known for his pace, passing and team effort.

Club career

Fritz started his footballing career playing for the Regionalliga club Rot-Weiß Erfurt. In the summer of 2001, he joined 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC and scored five goals in 32 games. When he was signed by Bayer Leverkusen in 2003, he was loaned back to Karlsruhe to play first team football. He got onto Leverkusen's first team in the 2003–04 season second half after showing his capabilities for their reserve team. Fritz played 14 more first team games for Leverkusen that season, gaining them a UEFA Champions League place. In 2004, he broke his leg during a pre-season game against Rot-Weiss Essen, ruling him out the entire season. He became a first team regular for Leverkusen until he joined Werder Bremen in the summer of 2006.

International career

Having played for the Germany U-18s and U-21s, Fritz debuted with the senior team in October 2006, in a 4–1 win in Slovakia. In June of the following year, he scored his first international goal, in a 6–0 rout of minnows San Marino.

Euro 2008

Fritz was selected in the 23-man squad for the European Championship in Austria and Switzerland in 2008. He appeared in Germany's opening game against Poland, which his team won 2–0. He also appeared in the second game against Croatia, but his team lost 1–2.

International goals

Scores and results table. Germany's goal tally first:

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 June 2007	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany	San Marino	6–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2.	17 November 2007	AWD Arena, Hannover, Germany	Cyprus	1–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Career statistics

Club performance

Correct as of 11 September 2011^[1]

All-Time Club Performance

Club	Season	Bundesliga		DFB Cup		European Competition		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Werder Bremen	2011–12	5	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
	2010–11	29	0	2	0	4	0	35	0
	2009–10	30	1	6	0	10	0	46	1
	2008–09	24	0	6	0	12	0	42	0
	2007–08	23	1	0	0	8	0	31	1
	2006–07	32	1	0	0	12	1	44	2
Total		143	4	15	0	46	1	204	5
Bayer Leverkusen
	2005–06	29	1	1	0	2	0	32	1
	2004–05	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	2003–04	14	1	1	0	0	0	15	1
Total		43	2	2	0	3	0	48	2
Karlsruher SC
	2002–03	30	2	1	0	–	–	31	2
	2001–02	31	5	1	0	–	–	32	5
Total		61	7	2	0	–	–	63	7
Career Totals		247	13	19	0	49	1	315	14

Honours

Club

• Werder Bremen
  • Bundesliga Runner-up: 2007–08
  • DFB-Ligapokal: 2006

National team

• UEFA European Football Championship Runner-up: 2008

References

1. ^ "Fritz, Clemens" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2010-11/24821/vereinsspieler_clemens-fritz.html. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 

External links

• Leverkusen who's who
• Clemens Fritz at fussballdaten.de (German)

Persondata
Name	Fritz, Clemens
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	7 December 1980
Place of birth	Erfurt, East Germany
Date of death
Place of death