Frank Fahrenhorst (born 24 September 1977) is a German former professional

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, who played as a defender and is currently manager of

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Club career

Born in

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, Fahrenhorst turned professional with

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...

in 1996 and remained with them for eight seasons as they yo-yo'ed between the top two divisions. In the summer of 2004, the defender switched to then-champions

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

, where he won the

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against

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. The club never managed any further honours during his two seasons there but he did achieve eight appearances in the

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. On 9 August 2006, he transferred to

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...

, as part of the deal which saw

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move in the opposite direction. On 27 September 2008, Hannover 96 were scheduled to play Bayern Munich at the

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. Fahrenhorst was allowed exclusion from the team as his wife was close to giving birth. However, shortly before the match began,

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accidentally injured

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's eye in training. Due to Eggiman's injury, Fahrenhorst was hastily recalled into the starting line-up against the defending champions. He gave an eye-catching, determined performance as Hannover 96 ran out 1–0 winners. On 22 April 2009, Hannover 96 announced that they would not renew his contract. Fahrenhorst left the club on 30 June 2009 at the end of his contract and joined

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

until 30 June 2011. On 17 August 2010 he signed a two-year contract with

FC Schalke 04 II FC Schalke 04 II are the reserve team of German association football club FC Schalke 04. Until 2005 the team played as FC Schalke 04 Amateure. The team has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, on two occasions. They cu ...

International career

On 12 August 2004, Fahrenhorst was first invited to the senior national team of Germany, when he was nominated for the test match at the

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against

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. Six days later, Fahrenhorst debuted in this game for the senior team and played the full 90 minutes. On 8 September 2004, Fahrenhorst made his second and final appearances for the senior national team when he played another 90 minutes in the 1-1 draw against

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in Berlin's

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. Both matches were international friendlies in the run-up to 2006 FIFA World Cup on home soil.

Coaching career

From 2012 to 2020 Fahrenhorst worked for

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

as youth coach. In the summer of 2020 he became the new head coach of

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Werder Bremen *

DFL-Ligapokal The DFL-Ligapokal (, officially Premiere Ligapokal , previously DFB-Ligapokal ) or the ''German League Cup'' was a German football competition that took place before the start of the Bundesliga season, featuring the top five teams of the previous B ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fahrenhorst, Frank 1977 births Living people People from Kamen Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) Association football defenders German footballers Germany international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers Germany B international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players SV Werder Bremen players Hannover 96 players MSV Duisburg players FC Schalke 04 II players Hammer SpVg players Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia VfB Stuttgart II managers German football managers