Editing Torsten Frings (section)

{{Short description|German footballer (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Torsten Frings
| image = Audi quattro-Cup 37.JPG
| caption = Frings during his time as [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] assistant manager
| fullname = Torsten Klaus Frings<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Germany |publisher=FIFA |page=12 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|11|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Würselen]], West Germany
| height = 1.82 m
| position = [[Central midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1982–1988
| youthclubs1 = Rot-Weiß Alsdorf
| youthyears2 = 1988–1990
| youthclubs2 = Rhenania Alsdorf
| youthyears3 = 1990–1994
| youthclubs3 = [[Alemannia Aachen#Alemannia Aachen II squad|Alemannia Aachen II]]
| years1 = 1994–1997
| clubs1 = [[Alemannia Aachen]]
| caps1 = 57
| goals1 = 13
| years2 = 1997
| clubs2 = [[SV Werder Bremen II|Werder Bremen (A)]]
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1997–2002
| clubs3 = [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
| caps3 = 162
| goals3 = 15
| years4 = 2002–2004
| clubs4 = [[Borussia Dortmund]]
| caps4 = 47
| goals4 = 10
| years5 = 2004–2005
| clubs5 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| caps5 = 29
| goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2005–2011
| clubs6 = [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
| caps6 = 164
| goals6 = 21
| years7 = 2011–2012
| clubs7 = [[Toronto FC]]
| caps7 = 33
| goals7 = 2
| totalcaps = 493
| totalgoals = 65
| nationalyears1 = 1997–1998
| nationalteam1 = [[Germany national under-21 football team|Germany U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1999–2000
| nationalteam2 = [[Germany national football B team|Germany B]]
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2001–2009
| nationalteam3 = [[Germany national football team|Germany]]
| nationalcaps3 = 79
| nationalgoals3 = 10
| manageryears1 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs1 = [[SV Darmstadt 98|Darmstadt 98]]
| manageryears2 = 2020–2021
| managerclubs2 = [[SV Meppen]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 Korea/Japan]]|}}
{{Medal|2nd RU|[[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 Germany]]|}}

{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[UEFA Euro 2008|2008 Austria/ Switzerland]]|}}
}}
'''Torsten Klaus Frings''' (born 22 November 1976) is a German former [[Association football|football]]er and [[Manager (association football)|manager]], who last managed [[SV Meppen]].

A former [[midfielder]], throughout his career he played for several German clubs, namely [[Alemannia Aachen]], [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]], [[Borussia Dortmund]], and [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], before ending his career with Canadian [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] side [[Toronto FC]]. At international level, he played 79 matches for the [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]] since his debut in 2001, and represented his nation at two [[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]]s and two [[FIFA World Cup]]s.