Education
He was part of their team which finished as runners-up at Union of European Football Associations Euro 2008.
He was part of their team which finished as runners-up at Union of European Football Associations Euro 2008.
Having begun his career at Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Karlsruher South Carolina, he joined Bayer Leverkusen in 2003, playing sparingly across his three seasons at the Bundesliga club 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 announced his retirement at the end of the 2015-2016 season on 14 January 2016.
Rot-Weiß Erfurt
Born in Erfurt, then in East Germany, Fritz started his footballing career playing for hometown club Rot-Weiß Erfurt in the Regionalliga. Karlsruher South Carolina
In the summer of 2001, he joined 2.
Bundesliga club Karlsruher South Carolina 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.
Bayer Leverkusen
He became part of Leverkusen"s first team in the 2003-2004 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 Union of European Football Associations Champions League place. In 2004, he broke his leg during a pre-season game against Rot-Weiss Essen, ruling him out the entire season. Werder Bremen
In 2006, Fritz joined Werder Bremen on a free transfer signing a three-year contract.
On 2 June of the following year, he scored his first international goal, concluding a 6–0 rout of minnows San Marino in Union of European Football Associations Euro 2008 qualifying in Nuremberg, eight minutes after entering as a substitute.
Fritz was selected in the 23-man squad for the European Championship in Austria and Switzerland in 2008. He played in the first four of their six games as they reached the final before defeat to Spain.
International goals
Scores and results table. Germany"s goal tally first:.