1. Fabian Frei was born on 8 January 1989 and is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and a centre-back for Swiss Super League club FC Winterthur and the Switzerland national team.
20 Facts About Fabian Frei
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Fabian Frei made his international debut for Swiss senior team on 7 October 2011.
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Fabian Frei was selected to represent Switzerland at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Fabian Frei is of no relation to former club and country teammate Alexander Frei.
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Fabian Frei had seven appearances during the teams 10 European games.
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Fabian Frei scored his first goal with the team in the home game on 4 December 2008.
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Fabian Frei totaled 66 appearances, 34 League, 6 Cup, 6 Champions League and 10 Europa League as well all 10 in the test games.
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Fabian Frei scored the goal for FC Basel against Liverpool to help Basel to the next round of the UEFA Champions League.
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Under trainer Paulo Sousa Fabian Frei totaled 56 appearances, 31 in the Super League, 5 Cup, 8 Champions League, as well 12 in test games.
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Fabian Frei scored a total of 4 goals in these matches.
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On 23 June 2015, Fabian Frei joined German Bundesliga club 1.
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Fabian Frei played in five cup games and scored not only in the final but a goal in the match against Echallens.
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Between the years 2007 to 2015 and again from 2018 to 2024 Fabian Frei played a total of 679 games for Basel scoring a total of 94 goals.
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Fabian Frei scored 41 goals in the domestic league, 10 in the cup, 13 in the European games and the other 30 were scored during the test games.
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Fabian Frei is the clubs record holder for the number of competition matches played with the club.
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Fabian Frei played 543 games in league, cup and UEFA.
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Between 2008 and 2011 Fabian Frei played 18 games for the Switzerland U-21 team.
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Fabian Frei gave his international debut for Switzerland on 7 October 2011 in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying game in the Liberty Stadium against Wales.
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Fabian Frei was selected to represent Switzerland in the men's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics as part of the Swiss under-23 team.
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Fabian Frei played over 90 minutes in all three games in the tournament, but the team were knocked out, finishing in fourth position of their Group.