American international goalkeeper Brad Friedel joined Rovers from Liverpool in November 2000. Now retired from international football, he has played in every game for the past two seasons.

Amongst his many achievements in the game, Friedel was named Man of the Match when Rovers won the Worthington Cup in February 2002, and was the first ever American to be named in the PFA Players Team of the Year 2002/03.

His performances in that particular season were typified away at Southampton were he ensured Rovers emerged with a point, prompting Saint's manager Gordon Strachan to liken him to Superman - ""Friedel must have got changed in a telephone box. I wouldn't be surprised if when he takes his shirt off there's a blue jersey with an `S' on underneath it."

Friedel also the distinction of being one of the few goalkeepers to ever score a competitive goal, when he scored against Charlton in 2004.

In 2007, a long term project of Friedel's was finally instigated in the shape of Brad Friedel's premier soccer academies.

Brad Friedel
Personal information
Full name	Bradley Howard Friedel
Nick name	Big Brad, The Human Wall
Nationality	United States
Number of caps	82
Height	1.93 m
Date of birth	May 18, 1971
City of birth	Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Club information
Joined Rovers on	November, 2000
Joined Rovers from	Liverpool
Transfer fee	Free
Player position	Goalkeeper
Squad number	1