Torsten Frings is a German defensive midfielder who has recently completed his career. He managed to play for various German clubs, including the strongest, to win several trophies, and now continues his football activities as an assistant coach. What career path has Torsten Frings made since the early nineties?
Carier start
Thorsten Frings began his career far from the most outstanding way. He changed several football schools until he ended up in Alemania, which played in one of the lower football divisions. At age 14, he began to play for the youth teams of this club, until at the age of eighteen he signed his first professional contract.
For two and a half years, Frings played in the regional League, played 57 matches and scored 13 goals, was one of the key players, but it did not mean anything at the global level, as the team was incredibly weak and inconspicuous. Frigs remained the same until the winter of 1997, when he was noticed by the Bremen Werder Bremen, who paid 100 thousand euros to Alemania for a 20-year-old midfielder. So Torsten Frings made his first step towards success.
Increase
At Werder Bremen, Frings' talent was immediately considered, and he began to receive game practice almost on a full scale immediately after the transfer. Torsten Frings spent in the Bremen five and a half years, and during that time he was able to become the owner of the German Cup. He played in 208 matches, scored 21 goals and became known throughout Germany. Naturally, he attracted the attention of larger clubs, and at the age of 26, Torsten Frings, whose biography did not initially attract attention, changed his whole life by moving to Dortmund Borussia, which paid eight and a half million euros for it. It was a big step that led the player to the first impressive success.
Time in Borussia
No, the Dortmund Borussia of that time was not the club that now competes on equal terms with Bayern, therefore, for the two years spent there, Torsten Frings, whose photographs were already in many magazines, since he became a new German talent, did not win a single trophy. He played in 63 matches, scored 12 goals, but naturally a player of this level wanted more. Therefore, in 2004 he did what almost every German footballer dreams of - moved to Bayern.
Year at Bavaria
This transition, which cost Bavaria a little more than nine million euros, proved extremely successful for Frings in matters of trophies: he won the championship, the cup, and even the super bowl with Bayern, and also played in 45 matches, scoring at this is five goals. But it was obvious that the player and the club were out of the way. Frings was a hard worker, and the Bavaria of that time needed big names, world-famous stars - it was not for nothing that they called her Hollywood FC. Therefore, after only a year, the player returned to Werder Bremen. Torsten Frings became a legend for this club, so he was glad to see him there. And here he really was able to achieve what he hardly dreamed of.
Return to Werder Bremen
Another 29 years of playing for the Werder Bremen were waiting for the 29-year-old midfielder when he returned there in 2005 for five million euros. He immediately became one of the key players and helped his club win the League Cup in 2006, to take second place in the Bundesliga in 2008, and in 2009 to take the next German Cup and make an incredible move to the UEFA Cup final. This is the second most prestigious tournament in Europe, and therefore the not-so-outstanding club from Germany, who got into the final (where he lost to Shakhtar Donetsk in extra time) surprised many.
After 2009, Frings spent another two years at Werder Bremen, but could no longer achieve high results, so he decided to end his career.
Retirement
In 2011, Torsten Frings moved to the Toronto Canadian club, for which he played a season and a half (he came in the middle of the season, as the seasons are different in North America), and in 2012 he won his last trophy, winning against Toronto in the championship of Canada. After that, the footballer announced the final completion of his player’s career.
Coaching career
However, he immediately returned to Germany, where he took the post of assistant coach at the headquarters of Viktor Skripnik, who coached the Werder Bremen. A year later Skrypnik became the head coach of the main team, and Frings followed him. For two years, Frings has been an assistant coach at Werder Bremen.