Frank Rost
Rost playing for New York Red Bulls in 2011
Personal information
Full name Frank Peter Rost
Date of birth (1973-06-30) 30 June 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1981–1982 BSG Lokomotive West Leipzig
1982–1986 BSG Chemie Böhlen
1986–1991 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 1. FC Markkleeberg 33 (0)
1992–1995 Werder Bremen II 94 (0)
1992–2002 Werder Bremen 147 (1)
2002–2007 Schalke 04 130 (0)
2007–2011 Hamburger SV 149 (0)
2011 New York Red Bulls 11 (0)
Total 564 (1)
International career
2002–2003 Germany 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Rost (born 30 June 1973) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He comes from a sporting family background; his father Peter won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in handball, and his mother Christina, also a handball player, won the silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 1980 Games.

Club career

Early career and Werder Bremen

Born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Rost started his career at 1. FC Markkleeberg in the third German level.[1]

His play with Markkleeberg led to interest from Werder Bremen who signed Rost in 1992. After playing with Werder Bremen II Rost made his Bundesliga debut during the 1995–96 season and became first-choice keeper during the 1998–99 season. At the end of this season he helped Bremen win the 1998–99 DFB-Pokal. The final against Bayern Munich went to penalties and Rost scored a penalty himself before saving from Lothar Matthäus to win Bremen the cup.[2]

Rost was the second goalkeeper (after Jens Lehmann) to score from open play in the Bundesliga, when he scored on 31 March 2002 against Hansa Rostock. His goal was one of two goals Werder Bremen scored in the last minutes of the match to complete a comeback from a 3–1 deficit and win 4–3.[3][4] At the end of the 2001–02 season the club finished in sixth place and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Schalke 04

Rost with Schalke 04

Rost moved to Schalke 04 in July 2002. He was a regular first-choice keeper at Schalke until he lost his starting position to youngster Manuel Neuer in late 2006.

Hamburger SV

In January 2007 Rost moved to then struggling Hamburger SV where he immediately became first-choice keeper and helped the team move from last to seventh place.

On 30 July 2009, Rost made his 100th international club appearance[5] in a third round Europa League qualifier. Hamburg beat Danish side Randers FC 4–0. Rost is the German record holder for combined UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League appearances and the player with the second-most appearances overall behind Giuseppe Bergomi having played 90 matches.[6][7]

Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Rost competed with the newly signed Jaroslav Drobný for the spot as number one goalkeeper. His teammates gave him the nickname "Frost".[8] He left Hamburger SV at the end of the season, hoping to move abroad or to become a coach.

During his time in the Bundesliga Rost appeared in 426 league matches.

New York Red Bulls and retirement

On 13 July 2011, German daily tabloid Bild reported that Rost would be joining New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.[9] Red Bulls confirmed the signing that day.[10] In the 2011 season with New York, Rost appeared in 11 regular season matches and posted five clean sheets. The club announced in January 2012 that it had been unable to agree terms with Rost and that he would not return for the 2012 season.[11]

Rost announced his retirement on 19 February 2012.[12]

International career

Rost was part of the East Germany national team at the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship, appearing in four matches.[13] Rost earned a total of four caps with the Germany national team, making his debut against the United States in 2002.[14]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[15]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goalss Apps Goals
Werder Bremen 1995–96 Bundesliga 15 0 2 0 4 0 – 21 0
1996–97 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 1 0
1997–98 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
1998–99 28 0 6 0 3 0 8 0 45 0
1999–00 34 0 5 0 9 0 2 0 50 0
2000–01 34 0 2 0 6 0 – 42 0
2001–02 34 1 2 0 – 2 0 38 1
Total 147 1 17 0 22 0 13 0 199 1
Schalke 04 2002–03 Bundesliga 33 0 3 0 6 0 2 0 44 0
2003–04 27 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 39 0
2004–05 31 0 5 0 8 0 6 0 50 0
2005–06 32 0 2 0 14 0 2 0 50 0
2006–07 7 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 13 0
Total 130 0 14 0 34 0 18 0 196 0
Hamburger SV 2006–07 Bundesliga 17 0 0 0 – – 17 0
2007–08 34 0 4 0 12 0 2 0 52 0
2008–09 34 0 5 0 14 0 – 53 0
2009–10 34 0 2 0 14 0 – 50 0
2010–11 30 0 1 0 – – 31 0
Total 149 0 12 0 40 0 2 0 203 0
New York Red Bulls 2011 Major League Soccer 11 0 0 0 – 3 0 14 0
Career total 437 1 43 0 96 0 36 0 612 1
  1. ^ Includes German League Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and MLS Cup Playoffs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[16]
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2002 1 0
2003 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Werder Bremen

Schalke 04

Hamburger SV

References

  1. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (31 May 2012). "Frank Rost – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Werder Bremen ist DFB-Pokalsieger". kicker.de (in German). 13 June 1999. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Germany round-up: Köln deny Schalke". UEFA.com. 31 March 2002. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. ^ Stralau, Mark (2 April 2002). "Keeper kippt Spiel". Neues Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ Haisma, Marcel (15 January 2010). "Frank Peter Rost – Matches in European Cups". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Dauerbrenner in Europa League/UEFA-Pokal: Deutscher auf Platz zwei". UEFA (in German). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Die Rekorde in der UEFA Europa League und im UEFA-Pokal". UEFA (in German). 28 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  8. ^ Hellmann, Frank (1 August 2020). "Nur einer kann gewinnen". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Ex-HSV-Keeper Rost: Abflug nach New York" (in German). bild.de. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Red Bulls sign goalkeeper Frank Rost". New York Red Bulls. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  11. ^ "RBNY Notebook: Rost's departure leaves void in goal". mlssoccer.com. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  12. ^ French, Scott (21 February 2012). "CHIVAS USA: Meet the new trialists". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  13. ^ "FIFA.com: Frank Rost". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  14. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (3 December 2015). "Frank Rost - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Frank Rost » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  16. ^ Frank Rost at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ^ "FK Vojvodina 1–1 Werder Bremen". leballonrond.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Schalke 0-0 Pasching (Aggregate: 2 - 0)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Liberec 0-1 Schalke (Aggregate: 1 - 3)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

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