Nicolás Frutos

Nicolás Frutos
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Alejandro Frutos
Date of birth (1981-05-10) 10 May 1981
Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Unión de Santa Fe 38 (6)
2002–2003 San Lorenzo 26 (4)
2003 Nueva Chicago 1 (0)
2003 Las Palmas 18 (1)
2004 Gimnasia de La Plata 17 (7)
2004–2005 Independiente 28 (19)
2005–2010 Anderlecht 69 (41)
Teams managed
2017 Anderlecht (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nicolás Alejandro Frutos (born 10 May 1981) is a former Argentine football striker who last played for R.S.C. Anderlecht.[1] He was a powerful striker who often played as a target man with his height.

Club career

Early career

Born in Santa Fe, Frutos started playing for Unión de Santa Fe and was later bought by San Lorenzo. Later Spanish club Las Palmas signed him but after an unsuccessful season of only one goal Argentina's Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata brought him back. He found again his level catching Independiente's attention, whom he joined for the Apertura 2004, scoring 19 goals in 28 matches.

Frutos was as of 23 October 2005 the top scorer of the Apertura 2005 with 9 goals in 11 matches, but he lost that position because he was not able to play for Independiente for the rest of the season.

Anderlecht

Frutos obtained a transfer from Independiente on 21 October 2005 but was only allowed to play for Anderlecht since January 2006.

In his first season with R.S.C. Anderlecht, he scored 9 goals in the second half of the season, and conquered the 2005–06 Belgian League.

The 2006–07 season yielded more goals for Frutos, as he scored 17 goals in 27 appearances in both the Jupiler League and the UEFA Champions League. His goal-scoring was sorely missed in the early part of the 2007–08 season, until his return in the 2–2 draw against Roeselare, where he was a substitute and scored the goal that leveled the match. Frutos also scored two goals against Hapoel Tel Aviv FC in the UEFA Cup group stage.

At the start of the 2009–10 season, he scored a goal against Süper Lig side Sivasspor during the third-round qualifying match for the Champions League, after coming on as a substitute.[2]

Retirement

Frutos announced his retirement from professional football on 29 March 2010 at 28 due to a major injury on the Achilles tendon, tendinopathy, which prevents him from playing at a competitive level.[3] One day after his retirement it was announced that he would eventually work as Scout for his last club R.S.C. Anderlecht.[4]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ « C’est tragique pour Nicolas Frutos » Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Se cayó del fútbol
  3. ↑ Hardnekkig blessureleed maakt einde aan carrière Nicolas Frutos (update) Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Frutos deviendra-t-il agent ? Archived 2010-04-01 at the Wayback Machine.
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