Paul Freier

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Paul Freier
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Freier playing for Leverkusen in 2008.
Personal information
Full name Slawomir Paul Freier
Date of birth (1979-07-26) 26 July 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Bytom, Poland
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VfL Bochum U19 (assistant)
Youth career
1984–1990 ŁTS Łabędy
1990–1993 SV Holzen
1993–1996 BSV Menden
1996–1998 VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 VfL Bochum II 68 (19)
1999–2004 VfL Bochum 117 (16)
2004–2008 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 112 (17)
2008–2014 VfL Bochum 149 (18)
2009–2011 → VfL Bochum II 5 (0)
Total 451 (60)
International career
2000–2001 Germany U-21 13 (2)
2002–2007 Germany 19 (1)
Managerial career
2015 VfL Bochum U16 (assistant)
2015– VfL Bochum U19 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Freier (born 26 July 1979, in Bytom, Poland) is a German football coach and former football player, who was usually employed on the right wing.[1][2] He is currently the assistant manager of VfL Bochum U19.

Biography

Childhood and youth

Freier was born in 1979 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom (German: Beuthen). At the age of five, he joined in Gliwice the club ŁTS Łabędy. At the age of eleven, he emigrated with his parents from Upper Silesia to Germany, where the family settled in Arnsberg-Holzen in the Sauerland in North-Rhine Westphalia.[3] Newly arrived there, he joined SV Holzen and three years later he moved to BSV Menden. In his youth he received an offer from Borussia Dortmund, but his father refused a move to Dortmund. In 1996, Freier joined the youth team of VfL Bochum.

First spell at Bochum

In 1998, he was part of Bochum's second team and on 5 November 1999 he made his professional debut for the first team in a 2–0 win against SV Waldhof Mannheim on matchday eleven of the 1999–2000 2. Bundesliga. In the 89th minute he replaced Delron Buckley.[4] With Bochum, he celebrated promotion to the Bundesliga. On 12 August 2000, Freier made his debut in the Bundesliga in a 1–0 win on first matchday against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[5] On 28 April 2001, 31st match day, Freier scored his first goal in the Bundesliga in the 1–1 draw in the derby against FC Schalke 04.[6] At the end of the season, Freier had made 22 appearances and scored one goal and VfL Bochum was relegated from the Bundesliga.[7] In the 2001–02 season, Freier made 30 appearances scoring seven goals and was promoted again with the VfL Bochum to the Bundesliga.[8] In the next season, Bochum reached to the ninth place with Freier making 32 appearances and scoring seven goals.[9] In the 2003–04 season, Freier played in 27 games and scored one goal.[10] This season, the VfL Bochum placed in the final standings in front of his local rivals from Gelsenkirchen (Schalke is a district of Gelsenkirchen) and Dortmund.

Spell at Bayer Leverkusen

In four seasons at Bayer Leverkusen between 2004 and 2004 he amassed 17 goals in 112 league matches.[11]

Return to the VfL and end of the career

Freier returned to VfL Bochum at the end of the 2007–08 season, signing a five-year contract.[12]

After retiring

Six months after retiring as a player, Freier was hired as assistant coach of the U16 team of VfL Bochum.[13]

On 8 June 2015, it was confirmed that Freier was the new assistant manager of the U19 team of VfL Bochum.[14]

International

He was a member of the German national team, winning 19 caps.[15] Freier was initially named in Germany's UEFA Euro 2004 squad but had to withdraw through injury.[16] He was called up as a backup squad member for the 2006 World Cup. His only goal for Germany came in a 4–1 win over Canada in June 2003.[17]

Statistics

As of 16 May 2014[1][2]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal Europe Other1 Total
1997–98 VfL Bochum II Oberliga Westfalen 4 1 — — — — 4 1
1998–99 26 6 — — — — 26 6
1999–00 Regionalliga West/Südwest 35 11 — — — — 35 11
2000–01 Oberliga Westfalen 3 1 — — — — 3 1
1999–00 VfL Bochum 2. Bundesliga 6 0 0 0 — — — 6 0
2000–01 Bundesliga 22 1 3 0 — — — 25 1
2001–02 2. Bundesliga 30 7 1 1 — — — 31 8
2002–03 Bundesliga 32 7 4 3 — — — 36 10
2003–04 27 1 1 0 1 0 — — 29 1
2004–05 Bayer Leverkusen 33 6 2 0 2 1 9 0 — 46 7
2005–06 29 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 — 32 6
2006–07 31 3 2 1 1 0 11 0 — 45 4
2007–08 19 2 0 0 — 6 1 — 25 3
2008–09 VfL Bochum 28 1 1 0 — — — 29 1
2009–10 28 2 2 0 — — — 30 2
2010–11 2. Bundesliga 18 2 1 0 — — 2 0 21 2
2011–12 27 2 2 1 — — — 29 3
2012–13 21 1 2 0 — — — 23 1
2013–14 27 0 2 0 — — — 29 0
2008–09 VfL Bochum II Regionalliga West 2 0 — — — — 2 0
2009–10 2 0 — — — — 2 0
2010–11 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total Germany 451 60 25 6 4 1 27 1 2 0 509 68
Career total 451 60 25 6 4 1 27 1 2 0 509 68

1 2010–11 includes the 2. Bundesliga/Bundesliga promotion/relegation playoffs.

References

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