Stefan Frei

Stefan Frei

Playing for the Seattle Sounders in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Stefan Frei
Date of birth	(1986-04-20) 20 April 1986 (age 30)
Place of birth	Altstätten, Switzerland
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Seattle Sounders FC
Number	24
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	California Golden Bears	47	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006	San Francisco Seals	6	(0)
2007–2008	San Jose Frogs	18	(0)
2009–2013	Toronto FC	82	(0)
2014–	Seattle Sounders FC	102	(0)
National team
	Switzerland U15	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 March 2017.

Stefan Frei (born 20 April 1986) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer. Frei has played his entire professional career in Major League Soccer.

Frei moved from Switzerland to the United States in the late 1990s, attended De La Salle High School in Concord, California, and played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2008, he was named to the All-Pac-10 first team and the NSCAA Far West All-Region team, and was also named to Top Drawer Soccer's Team of the Season. During his college years, Frei also played with both San Francisco Seals and San Jose Frogs in the USL Premier Development League.

Frei was named MVP at the 2009 MLS Player Combine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, signed a Generation Adidas contract.

Frei was drafted in the first round (13th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC.

He made his professional debut on 21 March 2009, in Toronto's first game of the 2009 MLS season against Kansas City Wizards, and soon established himself as the team's first choice goalkeeper. Shortly after Frei was named Toronto FC Player of the Month for April 2009. Frei also won MLS's Save of the Week for week 15 and then three times consecutively for week 24, 25 and 26 of the 2009 season.