Philipp Bargfrede (born 3 March 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Werder Bremen II.[1]
![]() Bargfrede in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Zeven, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Werder Bremen II | ||
Number | 44 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2004 | TuS Heeslingen | ||
2004–2007 | Werder Bremen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | Werder Bremen II | 19 | (1) |
2008–2020 | Werder Bremen | 205 | (6) |
2020– | Werder Bremen II | 18 | (1) |
2021 | Werder Bremen | 1 | (0) |
National team | |||
2009–2010 | Germany U21 | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:40, 12 June 2022 (UTC) |
Bargfrede joined the Heeslingen youth system at the age of 6, in 1995. He stayed with them until 2004.
Bargfrede joined the Werder Bremen youth academy in 2004 and debuted for Werder Bremen II in 2007. On 1 July 2008, Bargfrede was offered a senior team contract. He picked up his first appearance for the senior team on 8 August 2009 in a 2–3 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt. He came on as a substitute in the 74th minute, replacing Tim Borowski.[2] Since then, he has racked up over 150 appearances for the club. In March 2018, Werder Bremen announced that Bargfrede had signed a contract extension which included arrangements to keep him at the club after the end of his playing career.[3]
In August 2020, Bargfrede was released by Werder Bremen after 16 years at the club. He stated his intention of returning to the club in the future in a non-playing role.[4] However, on 24 October 2020, he re-signed for Werder on a one-year deal, joining the reserves.[5] On 24 April 2021, he made his comeback for Werder's first team in the Bundesliga in a 3–1 defeat against Union Berlin.[6]
His father, Hans-Jürgen Bargfrede, played for FC St. Pauli in the German Bundesliga. His brother, Bent Bargfrede, plays for Heeslingen.[7]
Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Werder Bremen II | 2007–08 | Regionalliga Nord | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2008–09 | 3. Liga | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
2021–22 | 3. Liga | 18 | 1 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||||
Total | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
Werder Bremen | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |
2010–11 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||
2011–12 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
2012–13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
2013–14 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 3 | ||||
2014–15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
2015–16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
2017–18 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||||
2018–19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
2019–20 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 206 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 240 | 8 | ||
Career total | 243 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 277 | 10 |