Alexander Frei

**Alexander Frei** (born 15 July 1979) is a former Swiss football player.

### Club career statistics

|-
|1997–98||Basel||Nationalliga A||11||1
|-
|1998–99||Thun||Nationalliga B||32||6
|-
|1999–2000||rowspan="2"|Luzern||rowspan="2"|Nationalliga A||32||13
|-
|2000–01||20||4
|-
|2000–01||rowspan="3"|Servette||rowspan="3"|Nationalliga A||12||6
|-
|2001–02||33||17
|-
|2002–03||19||13

|-
|2002–03||rowspan="4"|Stade Rennais||rowspan="4"|Ligue 1||13||1
|-
|2003–04||28||19
|-
|2004–05||36||19
|-
|2005–06||23||7

|-
|2006–07||rowspan="3"|Borussia Dortmund||rowspan="3"|Bundesliga||32||16
|-
|2007–08||13||6
|-
|2008–09||29||12

|-
|2009–10||Basel||Super League||||
159||60
100||46
74||34
333||140
|}

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|Switzerland|2001|8|5|
|2002|6|2|||
|2003|8|7|||
|2004|9|2|||
|2005|11|7|||
|2006|11|8|||
|2007|3|1|||
|2008|8|5|||
|2009|9|3|||
|2010|9|2|||
|2011|2|0|||

- _Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Frei goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|28 March 2001|Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland||1–0|5–0|2002 World Cup qualifier|||||||
|2|2–0|||||||||||||
|3|5–0|||||||||||||
|4|2 June 2001|Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe||1–0|1–0|2002 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|5|5 September 2001|Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg||1–0|3–0|2002 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|6|21 August 2002|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland||2–1|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|7|8 September 2002|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland||1–0|4–1|Euro 2004 qualifier||||||||
|align="center"|8|12 February 2003|Športni Park, Nova Gorica, Slovenia||3–0|5–1|Friendly|||||||
|9|5–0|||||||||||||
|10|30 April 2003|Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland||1–0|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|11|7 June 2003|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland||1–0|2–2|Euro 2004 qualifier|||||||
|12|2–0|||||||||||||
|13|11 June 2003|Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland||2–1|3–2|Euro 2004 qualifier||||||||
|14|11 October 2003|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland||2–0|2–0|Euro 2004 qualifier||||||||
|15|18 February 2004|Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco||1–2|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|16|9 October 2004|Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel||1–1|2–2|2006 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|17|30 March 2005|Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland||1–0|1–0|2006 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|align="center"|18|4 June 2005|Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe||2–1|3–1|2006 World Cup qualifier|||||||
|19|3–1|||||||||||||
|20|17 August 2005|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|21|3 September 2005|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland||1–0|1–1|2006 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|22|7 September 2005|GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus||1–0|3–1|2006 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|23|16 November 2005|Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey||1–0|2–4|2006 World Cup play-offs||||||||
|align="center"|24|3 June 2006|Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland||1–0|4–1|Friendly|||||||
|25|3–0|||||||||||||
|26|19 June 2006|FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany||1–0|2–0|2006 World Cup||||||||
|27|23 June 2006|FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover, Germany||2–0|2–0|2006 World Cup||||||||
|align="center"|28|16 August 2006|Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein||1–0|3–0|Friendly|||||||
|29|2–0|||||||||||||
|30|2 September 2006|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|31|6 September 2006|Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|32|25 March 2007|Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States||1–1|1–3|Friendly||||||||
|33|24 May 2008|Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|34|30 May 2008|AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland||1–0|3–0|Friendly|||||||
|35|2–0|||||||||||||
|36|11 October 2008|AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland||1–0|2–1|2010 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|37|15 October 2008|Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece||1–0|2–1|2010 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|38|28 March 2009|Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău, Moldova||1–0|2–0|2010 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|39|1 April 2009|Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland||2–0|2–0|2010 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|40|9 September 2009|Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia||1–0|2–2|2010 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|align="center"|41|17 November 2010|Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland||1–0|2–2|Friendly|||||||
|42|2–1|||||||||||||

### Managerial

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan=2||rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|FC Wil||align="left"|7 September 2020|align="left"|9 November 2021||||
|align="left"|Winterthur||align="left"|20 December 2021|align="left"|30 June 2022||||
|align="left"|Basel||align="left"|1 July 2022|align="left"|7 February 2023||||
|align="left"|Aarau||align="left"|12 June 2023|align="left"|16 March 2024||||

## Honours

**Servette**
- Swiss Cup: 2000–01

**Basel**
- Swiss Super League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
- Swiss Cup: 2009–10, 2011–12

**Individual**
- Credit Suisse Player of the Year: 2003
- Ligue 1 Golden Boot: 2004–05 (20 goals)
- Credit Suisse Player of the Year: 2004, 2005, 2007
- Swiss Super League Golden Boot: 2010–11 (27 goals), 2011–12 (24 goals)
- Axpo Super League Player of the Year: 2011, 2012
- Swiss Golden Player Award: _"Best Forward"_:  2011, 2012
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2014–15

## External links

- Alexander Frei's profile, stats & pics

## Infobox (football biography)

- **image**: Alex Frei.jpg
- **caption**: Frei with Borussia Dortmund in 2007
- **fullname**: Alexander Frei
- **birth place**: Basel, Switzerland
- **height**: 1.79 m
- **youthyears1**: 1987–1988
- **youthclubs1**: FC Begnins
- **youthyears2**: 1988–1995
- **youthclubs2**: FC Aesch
- **youthyears3**: 1995–1997
- **youthclubs3**: FC Basel, Basel
- **position**: Striker
- **years1**: 1997–1998
- **clubs1**: FC Basel, Basel
- **caps1**: 11
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 1998–1999
- **clubs2**: FC Thun, Thun
- **caps2**: 32
- **goals2**: 6
- **years3**: 1999–2000
- **clubs3**: FC Luzern
- **caps3**: 53
- **goals3**: 17
- **years4**: 2001–2003
- **clubs4**: Servette FC, Servette
- **caps4**: 64
- **goals4**: 36
- **years5**: 2003–2006
- **clubs5**: Stade Rennais F.C., Rennes
- **caps5**: 100
- **goals5**: 47
- **years6**: 2006–2009
- **clubs6**: Borussia Dortmund
- **caps6**: 74
- **goals6**: 34
- **years7**: 2009–2013
- **clubs7**: FC Basel, Basel
- **caps7**: 103
- **goals7**: 72
- **totalcaps**: 437
- **totalgoals**: 213
- **nationalyears1**: 1995–1996
- **nationalteam1**: Switzerland U-18
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 1996–1997
- **nationalteam2**: Switzerland national under-19 football team, Switzerland U-19
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **nationalyears3**: 1999–2000
- **nationalteam3**: Switzerland national under-21 football team, Switzerland U-21
- **nationalcaps3**: 19
- **nationalgoals3**: 9
- **nationalyears4**: 2001–2011
- **nationalteam4**: Switzerland national football team, Switzerland
- **nationalcaps4**: 84
- **nationalgoals4**: 42
- **manageryears1**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs1**: FC Luzern (sporting director)
- **manageryears2**: 2015–2020
- **managerclubs2**: FC Basel, Basel (youth)
- **manageryears3**: 2018
- **managerclubs3**: FC Basel, Basel (interim)
- **manageryears4**: 2020–2021
- **managerclubs4**: FC Wil 1900, Wil
- **manageryears5**: 2021–2022
- **managerclubs5**: FC Winterthur, Winterthur
- **managerclubs6**: FC Basel, Basel
- **manageryears6**: 2022–2023
- **managerclubs7**: FC Aarau, Aarau
- **manageryears7**: 2023–2024