Alexander Frei (born 15 July 1979 in Basel) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays for Swiss Axpo Super League club FC Basel. He first played for Basel, then for various other clubs in Switzerland, France and Germany before returning to his home club, where he won his first Championship title. Frei was the captain of theSwiss national team and is all-time leading scorer of the Swiss national football team with 42 goals in 84 games. He is of no relation to club and country team mateFabian Frei. However, he is the second-cousin of Toronto FC keeper and former Swiss youth international Stefan Frei. He's married to Nina and on 26 June 2012 they welcomed a daughter named Lia.
Frei represented Switzerland at Under-18s, Under-19s and Under-21s levels. He played his Swiss U-18s debut on 25 October 1995 in the 5-1 away defeat against the French Under-18s. His Under-21s debut was on 3 Speptember 1999 in the 3-1 away win against the Danisch U-21 team.
Frei played his debut as full international on 24 March 2001, being substituted in, during the 1-1 away draw against the Republic of Yugoslavia during the World Cup qualification Group 1 match.[9] In the following match, just four days later, Frei scored his first three goals for the National team in the 5-0 home win against Luxembourg.
Frei played for Switzerland at Euro 2004 and at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. He scored two goals in the 2006 World Cup, one in the match against Togo and a controversial goal against South Korea. Frei had 84 caps for Switzerland.
Frei is also Switzerland's all time top scorer with 42 goals. During Euro 2004, in a group match against England, Frei was caught on camera appearing to spit at Steven Gerrard. Although no action was taken at the time, Frei was later charged and given a provisional 15 day suspension by UEFA.
Within the first half of the opening match of UEFA Euro 2008, Frei was injured while captaining the Swiss team and missed the rest of the tournament due to a torn knee ligament in his left knee after a challenge from Czech defender Zden?k Grygera. He decided to remain with the team to show his support. He later underwent surgery.
In a Euro 2012 qualifier at home against Wales he was booed by his own fans throughout the match, even though Switzerland won the match 4–1. When he was finally substituted the fans in the home sector booed him repeatedly. On 5 April 2011, he decided to quit from the national squad after being criticized again following a 0–0 draw with Bulgaria on 26 March for the Euro 2012 qualifying match.
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