Rob Friend
| Rob Friend | ||
.jpg) Rob Friend, 2008
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Robert Douglas Friend | |
| birthday | January 23, 1981 | |
| place of birth | Rosetown , Saskatchewan , Canada | |
| size | 195 cm | |
| position | attack | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1999-2000 | WMU Broncos | |
| 2001-2002 | UCSB gauchos | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2003-2004 | Moss FK | 41 (16) |
| 2004-2006 | Molde FK | 42 (15) |
| 2006-2007 | SC Heerenveen | 19 (5) |
| 2007 | → Heracles Almelo (loan) | 12 (3) |
| 2007-2010 | Borussia M'gladbach | 83 (28) |
| 2010-2011 | Hertha BSC | 25 (5) |
| 2011-2013 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 (1) |
| 2012 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 1 (2) |
| 2013-2014 | → TSV 1860 Munich (loan) | 24 (5) |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 10 (4) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2000-2001 | Canada U20 | 6 (0) |
| 2001-2004 | Canada U23 | 10 (8) |
| 2003-2011 | Canada | 30 (2) |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career |
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Robert "Rob" Douglas Friend (born January 23, 1981 in Rosetown , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian soccer player . He is 1.95 meters tall and describes himself as a player who “is able to use his body in the penalty area in the game”.
Career
Club career
First career steps in Norway and the Netherlands
In 2003, the then 22-year-old Friend moved to the Norwegian club Moss FK . He was only active there for a year, then stayed in Norway, but then played for Molde FK . In 2006 he moved to SC Heerenveen . In early 2007 he was loaned to Heracles Almelo before the striker moved to the second division Borussia Mönchengladbach on July 1, 2007 .
Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hertha BSC
He scored his first goal on September 17, 2007 in the away game in Aue , which Mönchengladbach won 3-2. On October 26, 2007, Friend scored all three goals for Mönchengladbach in the 3-1 away win in Fürth . For him it was the first "three-pack" in his professional career. Overall, Friend scored 18 goals in 33 games in the 2007/08 season; thus he contributed to the immediate resurgence of the "foals". His current contract was extended early in April 2008 to the end of June 2012, but he signed a three-year contract with second division Hertha BSC in June 2010 , for which he made his debut on August 20, 2010 in the game against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen when he was directly in the starting line-up was, but injured in the 18th minute of the game and was substituted for Marco Djuricin .
Eintracht Frankfurt
In the summer break of 2011, Friend moved to the Bundesliga relegated Eintracht Frankfurt . On the 7th matchday he scored the goal for the interim 1: 2 in the away game against FC Energie Cottbus in his first appearance for Eintracht. Friend did not prevail in the second division season 2011/12 under Armin Veh and came in the course of the round on only one use in the starting eleven as well as eleven substitutions and one goal.
TSV 1860 Munich
In January 2013, Friend was awarded to the second division TSV 1860 Munich until the end of June 2014 . Until the summer of 2013 he was always used except for one game, he scored four goals and prepared three more. In the course of the 2013/14 season , however, Friend was used less and less and left the club on January 13, 2014 at his own request and also dissolved his existing contract with Eintracht Frankfurt.
Los Angeles Galaxy
On January 13, 2014, Friend moved to the North American Major League Soccer after his contract termination and signed a contract until December 31, 2014 with Los Angeles Galaxy . On December 10, 2014, he announced his retirement from professional football.
National team
Rob Friend has made 30 appearances for his country's senior team since his debut on January 18, 2003 . On September 4, 2006, he scored his first international goal against Jamaica . In qualifying, he missed participation in the 2010 World Cup with Canada .
With the Canadian U-20 selection , Friend took part in the 2001 Junior World Cup in Argentina and was used there in the game against Brazil. With the U23 he played at the "Jeux de la Francophonie" 2001 and scored six goals in a 14-0 victory in a game in the Olympic qualification against the US Virgin Islands .
Web links
- Rob Friend in the database of the German Football Association
- Rob Friend in the database of fussballdaten.de
- Rob Friend in the MLSSoccer.com database
- Rob Friend in the database of weltfussball.de
- Rob Friend in the database of transfermarkt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rob Friend is now Herthaner ( memento from July 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), viewed July 4, 2010
- ↑ tsv1860.de: Rob Friend strengthens the lion offensive ( memento of the original from January 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 24, 2013, accessed January 24, 2013
- ↑ Rob Friend does not return to Eintracht Frankfurt , eintracht.de, January 13, 2014, accessed December 30, 2017.
- ↑ LA Galaxy sign longtime European pro and Canadian international striker Rob Friend , mlssoccer.com, January 13, 2014, accessed December 30, 2017.
- ^ Forward Rob Friend retires from professional soccer . In: LA Galaxy . December 10, 2014 ( lagalaxy.com [accessed September 23, 2017]).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Friend, Rob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friend, Robert Douglas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosetown , Saskatchewan |