Alexander Frei

To me, Alexander Frei is the very face of Swiss football. A Basel-born striker, he built his life around the singular craft of putting the ball in the net, and I have always loved that breed of pure goalscorer. After hanging up his boots he moved into coaching, most recently leading FC Aarau in the Swiss second tier. Teaching young players the instinct for scoring is its own challenge, quite different from doing it yourself, yet he stayed on the pitch rather than walking away. That tells me he is a footballer to the core. Born in 1979, his enduring passion genuinely impresses me.

Name (English)

Alexander Frei

Name (Japanese)

アレクサンダー・フライ

Reading

あれくさんだー・ふらい

Born

July 15, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

Origin

Basel, Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

• Official sitehttp://www.alexfrei.ch
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Frei
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193024

Tags

• Canton of Basel-Stadt
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-24

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.