Brad Friedel

Brad Friedel (born May 18, 1971) is an American soccer player. He has played for United States national team.

Brad Friedel

Friedel with Tottenham Hotspur in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Bradley Howard Friedel[1]
Date of birth	(1971-05-18) May 18, 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Lakewood, Ohio, United States
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1993	UCLA Bruins	66	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995	Brøndby	0	(0)
1995–1996	Galatasaray	30	(0)
1996–1997	Columbus Crew	38	(0)
1997–2000	Liverpool	25	(0)
2000–2008	Blackburn Rovers	288	(1)
2008–2011	Aston Villa	114	(0)
2011–2015	Tottenham Hotspur	50	(0)
Total		547	(1)
National team
2000	United States Olympic (O.P.)	6	(0)
1992–2005	United States	82	(0)
Teams managed
2016–2017	United States U19
2017–2019	New England Revolution
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Friedel during his time at Blackburn Rovers, outside Loftus Road, following a match with Queens Park Rangers April 2001

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[lower-alpha 1]		League cup[lower-alpha 2]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brøndby IF	1994–95	Danish Superliga	0	0			—				—		10	0
Galatasaray	1995–96	Süper Lig	30	0	7	0	—		—		—		37	0
Columbus Crew	1996	Major League Soccer	9	0	0	0	—		—		3[lower-alpha 3]	0	12	0
	1997		29	0	0	0	—		—		4[lower-alpha 3]	0	33	0
	Total		38	0	0	0	—		—		7	0	45	0
Liverpool	1997–98	Premier League	11	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	1998–99		12	0	0	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 4]	0	—		16	0
	1999–2000		2	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		4	0
	Total		25	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	—		31	0
Blackburn Rovers	2000–01	First Division	27	0	6	0	0	0	—		—		33	0
	2001–02	Premier League	36	0	3	0	6	0	—		—		45	0
	2002–03		37	0	3	0	3	0	4[lower-alpha 4]	0	—		47	0
	2003–04		36	1	1	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 4]	0	—		40	1
	2004–05		38	0	7	0	0	0	—		—		45	0
	2005–06		38	0	2	0	6	0	—		—		46	0
	2006–07		38	0	6	0	1	0	8[lower-alpha 4]	0	—		53	0
	2007–08		38	0	1	0	3	0	6[lower-alpha 4]	0	—		48	0
	Total		288	1	29	0	20	0	20	0	—		357	1
Aston Villa	2008–09	Premier League	38	0	3	0	0	0	5[lower-alpha 4]	0	—		46	0
	2009–10		38	0	3	0	1	0	—		—		42	0
	2010–11		38	0	3	0	2	0	—		—		42	0
	Total		114	0	9	0	3	0	5	0	—		131	0
Tottenham Hotspur	2011–12	Premier League	38	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		38	0
	2012–13		11	0	2	0	0	0	7[lower-alpha 5]	0	—		20	0
	2013–14		1	0	0	0	2	0	6[lower-alpha 5]	0	—		9	0
	2014–15		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		50	0	2	0	2	0	13	0	—		67	0
Career total			546	1	47	0	29	0	39	0	7	0	668	1

1. Includes Danish Cup, Turkish Cup, U.S. Open Cup, FA Cup
2. Includes Football League Cup
3. Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Managerial career

As of matches played on May 8, 2019

Team	From	To	Record
			M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref.
New England Revolution	November 19, 2017	May 9, 2019	47	12	13	22	62	88	−26	025.53

Honors

Galatasaray

• Turkish Cup: 1995–96

Blackburn Rovers

• Football League Cup: 2001–02^[5]

United States

• FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 1999^[6]

Individual

• Hermann Trophy: 1992
• MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award: 1997
• U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year: 2002
• Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2002^[7]
• Most clean sheets in the Premier League: 2002–03^[8]
• PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2002–03^[9]
• Barclays Premier League Merit Award: 2008–09
• IFFHS Best Goalkeepers of the 21st Century: 30th^[10]
• Soccer America College Team of the Century

References

1. "Bradley Howard Fri̇edel". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
2. mlssoccer. "Brad Friedel | MLSsoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
3. "Brad Friedel [player stats]". Soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2010. {{cite news}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)
4. "Brad Friedel [player stats]". Aston Villa official website. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
5. "Cole strike stuns Spurs". BBC Sport. February 24, 2002. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
6. "FIFA Confederations Cup Mexico 1999". FIFA official website. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
7. "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". football-league.co.uk. The Football League. February 24, 2013. Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
8. "Premier League Player Stats - Clean sheets". premierleague.com. Retrieved May 19, 2022. Select season in the "Filter by season" drop-down menu.
9. David McKechnie (April 28, 2003). "Henry lands PFA award". The Guardian. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
10. "Kalecinin kralları [Goalkeeper kings]". sporx.com. Retrieved July 10, 2013.