Fabian Frei

Basel

Born in Frauenfeld, Frei started his youth football with local amateur club FC Frauenfeld and then he moved to the youth of FC Winterthur in summer 2000. However, he came through the ranks with FC Basel, joining their youth department and playing in their U-16 team, winning the Swiss championship title for that age group in the 2004–05 season. He played in their U-18 team during the 2005–06 season, under coach Patrick Rahmen and his assistant Marco Walker and with them won both the Swiss U-18 championship and the U-19/18 national cup that season. For the 2006–07 season, he advanced to their U-21 team, who played in the third tier, and was given a professional contract. The team won their division and became Swiss champions at U-21 level, Frei, playing as attacking midfielder, made 30 appearances, scoring 11 goals. Ahead of their 2007–08 season Frei was called into the first team squad by head coach Christian Gross. After having played in 13 test games, Frei played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 22 July 2007 as Basel won 1–0 against Zürich. He played his UEFA Cup debut with the team in the home game on 16 August, coming on as substitute, as Basel won 2–1 against SV Mattersburg. Basel played in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. Winning both matches in the qualification round and both matches in the play-off round, they team advanced to the group stage, which they ended undefeated in second position, after playing 1–0 at home…

Frei represented Switzerland at various age levels. He played his Swiss Under-16s debut on 12 October 2004 in the 3–1 away win against the Belgium Under-16s. In 14 games for the Switzerland U-17 team he scored ten goals. Between 2008 and 2011 Fabian Frei played 18 games for the Switzerland U-21 team. His Under-21s debut was on 19 November 2008 in the 1–1 away draw against the Greece Under-21 team. His last game was the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final on 25 June 2011. Following this he was called into the Swiss national football team by trainer Ottmar Hitzfeld. Frei gave his international debut for Switzerland on 7 October 2011 in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying game in the Liberty Stadium against Wales. 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. He played over 90 minutes in all three games in the tournament, but the team were knocked out, finishing in fourth position of their Group.

Club

International

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

Basel youth

Swiss champion at U-16 level: 2004–05 Swiss champion at U-18 level: 2005–06 Swiss Cup at U-19/U-18 level: 2005–06 Swiss champion at U-21 level: 2006–07 Basel

Swiss Super League: 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Swiss Cup: 2007–08, 2011–12, 2018–19; runner up: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Switzerland U21

UEFA Euro U21 runner-up: 2011 Individual

Goal of the Year: 2008–09 (5 December 2008 vs. FC Aarau) UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2019–20