nationalcaps birth_date years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
82 18 may 1971 1990 -- 1997 1997 -- 2000 2000 -- 2008 2008 -- -- 2011 2011 -- 2015 1992 1994 1995 1995 -- 1996 1996 1990 -- 1992 0 0 0 30 38 25 287 114 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 200 1992 -- 2005 brad friedel entrance brighton v spurs amex opening 30711.jpg brad friedel friedel with tottenham hotspur in 2011 bradley howard friedel lakewood , ohio , united states united states 1.91 m ftin on flip 544 1 0 ucla bruins ucla brøndby -lrb- loan -rrb- galatasaray columbus crew liverpool blackburn rovers bruins aston villa tottenham hotspur → newcastle united -lrb- loan -rrb- → goalkeeper brad friedel

brad friedel

bradley howard friedel -lrb- born may 18 , 1971 -rrb- is an american former goalkeeper .
he played 82 games for the united states national team between 1992 and 2005 , and represented his country at three fifa world cup tournaments .
he is the current holder of the premier league record for most consecutive appearances with 310 , a feat he achieved during spells at blackburn rovers , aston villa , and tottenham hotspur .
until he was left out of the tottenham team on october 7 , 2012 , the last premier league games friedel missed were blackburn 's final two fixtures of the 2003 -- 04 season against tottenham and birmingham city , on 10 may and may 15 , 2004 , respectively .
he is also officially aston villa 's oldest-ever player , a record he achieved on february 1 , 2011 by playing in the club 's premier league fixture away at manchester united .
friedel 's age of 39 years and 259 days surpassed the previous record held by ernie callaghan , who last played for villa against grimsby town in april 1947 , aged 39 years and 257 days .
friedel 's last appearance for villa was on may 22 , 2011 , in a 1 -- 0 home win against liverpool , aged 40 years and 4 days .
on may 6 , 2012 he also became the oldest player to appear in a competitive match for tottenham hotspur when he played in the club 's premier league fixture at aston villa , beating jimmy cantrell 's near-80-year-old record .
