Saturday, June 7, 2008

Alexander Frei Swiss footballer

Alexander Frei (age 28) was born 15 July 1979 in Basel. He is a Swiss footballer.
Within the first half of the opening match of Euro 2008, Frei was injured while captaining the Swiss team. Frei is likely to miss the rest of the tournament due to the injury.
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Frei played for Switzerland at Euro 2004 and at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. He scored two goals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, one in the match against Togo and a controversial goal against South Korea. Until now he has been capped 58 times for his country (as of June 2008).
Frei is Switzerland's all time top scorer with 35 goals.
During Euro 2004, in a group match against England, Frei was caught on camera appearing to spit at Steven Gerrard. Although no action was taken at the time, Frei was later charged and given a provisional 15 day suspension by UEFA. Despite this, he was subsequently cleared of the charge on appeal and atoned by agreeing to take care of a llama.
Frei signed a 4-year contract with Borussia Dortmund on 29 June, 2007. Dortmund paid a transfer fee of approximately 5 million euros for him. From the end of the 2006–07 season he has been continually linked with Celtic, whether this move will materialise however is in doubt after Borussia Dortmund released a statement insisting that Frei would go nowhere, even if a club offered 25 million euros.
Frei was the highest goalscorer in the French league for the 2004-05 season with 20 goals, playing for Rennes and was named Swiss Footballer of the year the same season.
He has recovered from a long-term injury this season at current club Borussia Dortmund to score six times in his last eight appearances and prove his fitness for the forthcoming European Football Championships - for which the Schweitzer Nati will be co-hosts along with Austria.
Info (c) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Frei
EURO 2008, Group A, Switzerland, Alexander Frei injury

El Maximo goleador de la liga francesa 2004/05