Clemens Fritz
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Fritz playing for Werder in 2009.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 7 December 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Erfurt, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Werder Bremen | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 57 | (14) |
| 2001–2003 | Karlsruher SC | 61 | (7) |
| 2003–2006 | Bayer Leverkusen | 43 | (2) |
| 2006– | Werder Bremen | 285 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001 | Germany U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002 | Germany Team 2006 | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Germany | 22 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:43, 15 October 2008 (UTC) |
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Clemens Fritz (born 7 December 1980) is a German footballer who plays as a right back for Werder Bremen.
Having begun his career at Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Karlsruher SC, he joined Bayer Leverkusen in 2003, playing sparingly across his three seasons at the Bundesliga club. In 2006 he moved to Werder Bremen, winning the DFB-Pokal and helping them to the UEFA Cup final in 2009. Across all competitions, he has played over 300 matches for Bremen.
In a two-year international career for Germany starting in 2006, he earned 22 caps and scored two goals. He was part of their team which finished as runners-up at UEFA Euro 2008.
He announced his retirement at the end of the 2015–16 season on 14 January 2016, but signed a new one-year contract on 28 April 2016.
Born in Erfurt, then in East Germany, Fritz started his footballing career playing for hometown club Rot-Weiß Erfurt in the Regionalliga.
In the summer of 2001, he joined 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC and scored five goals in 32 games. When he was signed by Bayer Leverkusen in 2003, he was loaned back to Karlsruhe to play first team football.
He became part of Leverkusen's first team in the 2003–04 season second half after showing his capabilities for their reserve team. Fritz played 14 more first team games for Leverkusen that season, gaining them a UEFA Champions League place. In 2004, he broke his leg during a pre-season game against Rot-Weiss Essen, ruling him out the entire season.
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