Frank Rost

Football player infobox
playername = Frank Rost


fullname = Frank Rost
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|6|30
cityofbirth = Karl-Marx-Stadt
countryofbirth = East Germany
height = height|m=1.94
currentclub = Hamburger SV
clubnumber = 1
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992-2002
2002-2007
2007-
clubs = Werder Bremen
Schalke 04
Hamburger SV
caps(goals) = 147 (1)
130 (0)
058 (0)
nationalyears = 2002-
nationalteam = Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 004 (0)
pcupdate = October 10 2008
ntupdate = November 25 2007

Frank Rost (born June 30 1973) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Hamburger SV.

He comes from a famous 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.

Rost started his career at Werder Bremen before moving 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, so in January 2007 he moved to then struggling Hamburger SV where he immediatly became no.1 and helped the team move from last to 7th place. His good form has continued since, which made HSV fans to nickname him "Frost". He has four caps with Germany, making his debut against the United States in 2002.

Apart from Jens Lehmann, Rost is the only goalkeeper to score from open play in the Bundesliga, when he scored on March 31, 2002 against Hansa Rostock.

External links

* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/rostfrank/ Career stats at fussballdaten.de] de icon