Clemens Fritz (born 7 December 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back and as a defensive midfielder.

Having begun his career at Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Karlsruher SC, he joined Bayer Leverkusen in 2003,[1] playing sparingly across his three seasons at the Bundesliga club.

Fritz played 14 more first team games for Leverkusen that season, gaining them a UEFA Champions League place.

On 2 June of the following year, he scored his first international goal, concluding a 6–0 rout of minnows San Marino in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying in Nuremberg, eight minutes after entering as a substitute.

[9] He added a second on 17 November, opening a 4–0 win over Cyprus in another qualifier in Hannover by heading in Lukas Podolski's cross after two minutes.