| Manuel Friedrich | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | 13 September 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Bad Kreuznach, West Germany | |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 21â„2 in) | |
| Playing position | Centre back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Bayer Leverkusen | |
| Number | 5 | |
| Youth career | ||
| –1995 1995–1999 |
SG Guldental Mainz 05 |
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| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999–2002 2002–2004 2003–2004 2004–2007 2007– |
Mainz 05 Werder Bremen Werder Bremen II Mainz 05 Bayer Leverkusen |
63
(8) 1 (0) 13 (2) 116 (8) 77 (9) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006– | Germany | 9 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Manuel Friedrich (born 13 September 1979 in Bad Kreuznach) is a German footballer who plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, as a central defender.
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Friedrich started playing football at SG Guldental 07, making his professional debuts with 1. FSV Mainz 05, which he had joined in 1995; the club was then in the second division. However, he had to wait until 26 February 2000 to make his competition debut, in a home match against Energie Cottbus.
In the following two seasons, Friedrich was a defensive stalwart, netting an astonishing eight goals (no penalties) in the latter, as Mainz finished fourth, just one point shy of promotion.
Those stellar performances attracted attention from the top level, and Friedrich signed with SV Werder Bremen, but his time there would be anything but successful, as he only appeared once in the league in two years combined, the final seven minutes of the 4–1 home triumph against FC Schalke 04, on 23 August 2003; in that second season, he also made 13 appearances with two goals for the reserve squad, in Regionalliga Nord; 2002–03 had already been totally lost to an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[1]
In late January 2004, Friedrich returned to Mainz, still contributing with 17 matches en route to promotion; on May 23, he scored one of four in the league as he contributed to the decisive 2–0 home win against SV Eintracht Trier 05, on the final day of the season (promotion attained on goal difference). In the following three seasons combined, he rarely missed a game, adding four goals, but Mainz would be relegated in 2007.
In July 2007 he moved to Bayer Leverkusen, continuing to be an everpresent defensive unit, and contributing - early in his first campaign - to consecutive home wins against Karlsruher SC (3–0) and VfL Bochum (2–0).
In March 2006, Friedrich was called up to Germany's squad for a friendly match against the United States, thus becoming the first Mainz player to ever represent the national side.[2] However, he did not receive any playing time in the match and was not part of the 23-man squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup either.
On August 16, 2006, Friedrich made his full debut, playing the entire second half of another friendly, the 3–0 with Sweden in Gelsenkirchen. He subsequently played all 90 minutes in the German team's opening two Euro 2008 qualifiers against the Republic of Ireland and San Marino, scoring his first international goal in the latter, the 12th in Germany's 13–0 victory over the group underdogs.[3]
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[[File:|thumb|Manuel Friedrich]] Manuel Friedrich (born September 13, 1979 in Bad Kreuznach) is a German footballer with the position of the Defender. He has played for the team 1.FSV Mainz 05 and at the moment he playes for Bayer Leverkusen. Friedrich has played nine matches for the German national football team since 2006. During that time he has scored one goal.
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