Philipp Bargfrede (born 3 March 1989) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

TuS Heeslingen

Bargfrede joined the

Heeslingen Heeslingen is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has 4788 inhabitants. Heeslingen belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, w ...

youth system at the age of 6, in 1995. He stayed with them until 2004.

Werder Bremen

Bargfrede joined the

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. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...

youth academy in 2004 and debuted for

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

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. He came on as a substitute in the 74th minute, replacing

Tim Borowski Tim Borowski (born 2 May 1980) is a German football manager and former player. A midfielder, Borowski spent 11 years of his 12-year professional career with Werder Bremen, amassing Bundesliga totals of 236 games and 32 goals and winning three ma ...

. 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. 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. However, on 24 October 2020, he re-signed for Werder on a one-year deal, joining the reserves. On 24 April 2021, he made his comeback for Werder's first team in the Bundesliga in a 3–1 defeat against

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. Alongside his playing career for Werder Bremen's reserve team, Bargfrede was also appointed assistant coach of the team in July 2021. A year later, in June 2022, Bargfrede took on a new role as assistant coach of the club's U17 team, still alongside his playing career.

Personal life

His father, Hans-Jürgen Bargfrede, played for

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St. Pauli (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg. The team plays in the Bundesliga from the 2024–25 Bundesli ...

in the German Bundesliga. His brother, Bent Bargfrede, plays for

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Philipp Bargfrede
at Werder.de * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bargfrede, Philipp Living people 1989 births German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's under-21 international footballers TuS Heeslingen players SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players Bundesliga players 3. Liga players 21st-century German sportsmen