Paula and the second or paternal family name is Santos. In this portuguese name, the foremost or enate class mention isand the second or paternal family mention is Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos ( yield 5 March 1993 ), known as Fred, is a brazilian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Brazil national team.
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Fred started his career at brazilian club Internacional, where he won the Campeonato Gaúcho doubly. In June 2013, he signed for ukrainian clubhouse Shakhtar Donetsk, where he won three ukrainian Premier League titles. In 2018, Fred signed for Manchester United. Fred represented Brazil at under-20 level, before making his senior external debut in November 2014. He was part of Brazil ‘s team for the 2015 Copa América in Chile, starting in their beginning two Group C matches as they reached the quarter-finals. He was besides named in Brazil ‘s final examination squads for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2021 Copa América .
Club career [edit ]
early on career [edit ]
Born in Belo Horizonte, Fred spent six years of his childhood at local cabaret Atlético Mineiro, before joining Porto Alegre in 2009. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] One year later, he joined Internacional. [ 5 ] He initially represented the golf club at assorted youth levels and helped them win six titles in 2010, including the Copa Santiago and Copa FGF. [ 6 ] He made his professional debut aged 18 on 26 January 2012, against Cerâmica in the Campeonato Gaúcho. [ 7 ] He scored his first goal in professional football on 18 July 2012, in a Série A game against his former clubhouse Atlético Mineiro. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Overall, he scored eight goals in 55 appearances for Internacional and won the Campeonato Gaúcho twice. [ 7 ]
Shakhtar Donetsk [edit ]
On 26 June 2013, Fred signed for ukrainian team Shakhtar Donetsk in a deal worth €15 million. [ 10 ] He scored two goals on his competitive debut in the ukrainian Super Cup, helping Shakhtar to a 3–1 victory over Chornomorets Odesa. [ 11 ] 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. [ 12 ] A few days late, he returned to Ukraine after the club relocated educate sessions to Kyiv. [ 13 ] On 21 February 2018, Fred scored a free-kick, his first gear goal in the UEFA Champions League, in a 2–1 round of 16 first-leg victory against AS Roma. [ 14 ] With Shakhtar, Fred won 10 trophies, including three ukrainian Premier League titles. [ 3 ]
manchester United [edit ]
On 5 June 2018, Premier League club Manchester United reached an agreement to sign Fred for a report fee of £47 million. [ 15 ] He agreed a five-year contract with the option to extend for a foster year. [ 16 ] On 11 August, he made his club debut in a 2–1 victory over Leicester City in their inaugural league game of the season. [ 17 ] Fred scored his first goal for United against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 22 September 2018, in a 1–1 league draw at home. [ 18 ] On 7 December 2019, Fred was allegedly racially abused by Manchester City fans during the Manchester bowler hat. [ 19 ] On 27 February 2020, Fred scored two goals and assisted another in United ‘s UEFA Europa League round of golf of 32 match against Club Brugge, which they won 5–0 and 6–1 on aggregate. [ 20 ] On 2 February 2021, Fred played a wax 90 minutes in Manchester United ‘s Premier League record-equalling 9–0 home win against Southampton. [ 21 ] On 11 April 2021, Fred scored the equalising goal at the 57th minute in Manchester United ‘s Premier League bet on against Tottenham Hotspur, in which the Red Devils won 3–1, after Spurs ‘s Son Heung-min scored at the fortieth moment of the match. On the opening matchday of the 2021-22 Premier League, Fred scored Manchester United ‘s fifth goal in a 5–1 acquire over Leeds, with an serve from Paul Pogba. [ 22 ] He then scored an own goal in a 1–1 trace against Southampton by deflecting a Che Adams shot. [ 23 ]
International career [edit ]
Fred played three times for the Brazil under-20 team at the 2013 South american Youth Football Championship. [ 24 ]
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He made his debut for the Brazil national team on 12 November 2014, as a utility in a 4–0 victory over Turkey in Istanbul. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Due to an injury to Luiz Gustavo, Fred was called up to Brazil ‘s squad for the 2015 Copa América in Chile, [ 27 ] starting in their first two Group C matches as they reached the quarter-finals. [ 28 ] He was initially selected in the Brazil under-23 police squad for the 2016 Olympic Games. [ 29 ] however, he was not released to play in the tournament by Shakhtar Donetsk and was replaced in the police squad by Walace. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] In May 2018, he was named in Tite ‘s final 23-man team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, [ 32 ] but failed to make an appearance at the tournament. [ 33 ] In June 2021, he was included in Brazil ‘s police squad for the 2021 Copa América on home dirt. [ 34 ]
Doping casing [edit ]
Fred tested cocksure for the banned diuretic drug hydrochlorothiazide in a sample collected during the 2015 Copa América. [ 35 ] In July 2015, he released a statement claiming he was innocent, while awaiting the results of a second sample. [ 36 ] Shakhtar Donetsk were cleared by UEFA to select him at the start of the 2015–16 season, after a complaint by Fenerbahçe over his appearance in a Champions League third qualifying round game. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] On 15 December 2015, he received a annual abeyance from CONMEBOL, preventing him from playing in any CONMEBOL sanctioned games, but allowing him to continue playing for Shakhtar. [ 39 ] On 5 February 2016, FIFA extended the ban to cover all football cosmopolitan for one year, backdated to 27 June 2015. [ 40 ] In March 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency ( WADA ) appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport ( CAS ) against the ban, believing it to be potentially lenient. [ 41 ] In March 2017, after Fred had returned from the suspension, an agreement was reached with WADA before the CAS hear that resulted in him being ineffective to play football until July 2017. [ 42 ] [ 43 ]
career statistics [edit ]
cabaret [edit ]
- As of match played 2 December 2021
International [edit ]
- As of match played 16 November 2021[47]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Brazil
2014
2
0
2015
4
0
2018
5
0
2021
12
0
Total
23
0
Honours [edit ]
Internacional [ 8 ]
Shakhtar Donetsk [ 8 ]
Manchester United
Individual
References [edit ]
- Fred – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Fred at Soccerbase
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