Fred (footballer, born 1993)

Fred
Fred training with Brazil at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993[2]
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 17
Youth career
2003–2009 Atlético Mineiro
2009–2010 Porto Alegre
2010–2011 Internacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Internacional 33 (7)
2013–2018 Shakhtar Donetsk 101 (10)
2018– Manchester United 5 (1)
National team‡
2013–2014 Brazil U20 3 (0)
2014– Brazil 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:44, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2018

Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos (born 5 March 1993), known as Fred (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈfɾɛd(ʒ)i]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Brazil national team.

Club career

Shakhtar Donetsk

On 26 June 2013, Fred signed for Ukrainian team Shakhtar Donetsk in a deal worth €15 million.[3] He scored two goals on his competitive debut in the Ukrainian Super Cup, helping to a 3–1 victory over Chornomorets Odesa.[4]

During the Ukrainian crisis, Fred was among the six Shakhtar players who refused to return to Donetsk in July 2014 following a pre-season friendly against Olympique Lyonnais in France.[5]

On 21 February 2018, Fred scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League in the round of 16's first leg with AS Roma. The match ended 2–1 for his team.[6]

Manchester United

On 5 June 2018, Premier League club Manchester United reached an agreement to sign Fred.[7] He was officially introduced on the club's website 16 days later. He agreed a five-year contract with the option to extend for a further year.[8] On 11 August, he made his club debut in a 2–1 victory over Leicester City in their first league game of the season.[9]

International career

Due to the injury to Luiz Gustavo, Fred was called up to Brazil's squad for the 2015 Copa América in Chile,[10] starting in their final two Group C matches as they reached the quarter-finals.

In May 2018, he was named in Tite's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[11]

Doping case

Fred tested positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide in a sample collected during the 2015 Copa América.[12] On 14 December 2015, he received a one-year suspension from CONMEBOL,[13] which was made effective worldwide by FIFA on 5 February 2016 and backdated to 27 June 2015.[1] After he played the first half of the 2016–17 season, the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed a demand for a two-year suspension to as well be backdated to June 2015, which Fred began to serve in March 2017.[14] As of July 2017, he was cleared by all organizations.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 September 2018[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Internacional 2012 Série A 28600—0050336
2013 5120—00151222
Total 33720—00201558
Shakhtar Donetsk 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League 23230—4012314
2014–15 22160—700 0351
2015–16 12200—10010232
2016–17 18200—10110293
2017–18 26330—8100374
Total 10110120—3923215614
Manchester United 2018–19 Premier League 51001[lower-alpha 4]010—71
Career Total 139181401040223321723
  1. ↑ Includes Copa do Brasil, Ukrainian Cup and FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Includes Campeonato Gaúcho and Ukrainian Super Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance in EFL Cup

International

As of match played 12 October 2018[16]
Brazil
YearAppsGoals
201420
201540
201600
201700
201850
Total110

Honours

Internacional[15]

Shakhtar Donetsk[15][17]

References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA extends sanction for anti-doping rule violation against Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos". FIFA. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 4. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Shakhtar signed a contract with Fred". FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Суперкубок уезжает в Донецк" [Super Cup goes to Donetsk] (in Russian). FC Shaktar Donetsk. 10 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Six Shakhtar Donetsk players refusing to return to Ukraine due to conflict". The Guardian. London. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Shakhtar Donetsk-Roma – Slick Shakhtar come from behind to beat Roma". UEFA. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Man Utd: Fred deal agreed and Diogo Dalot set to sign". BBC Sport. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Fred is officially a Red!". Manchester United F.C. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "The perfect midfield partner? Paul Pogba rates Fred's Manchester United debut". Metro. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Brazil's Luiz Gustavo to miss Copa America due to knee surgery". ESPN FC. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "World Cup: Neymar named in Brazil's 23-man squad". BBC Sport. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Fred tests positive in anti-doping screening taken during Copa America". ESPN FC. 27 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Younger Fred banned by CONMEBOL for a year over drug use". Reuters. Rio de Janeiro. 15 December 2015.
  14. ↑ "Полузащитник "Шахтера" Фред дисквалифицирован до июля" ["Shakhtar" midfielder Fred disqualified until July]. Segodnya (in Russian). Kiev. 13 March 2017.
  15. 1 2 3 Fred at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  16. ↑ "Fred". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  17. ↑ "8 Fred – Shakhtar". FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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