Fred (footballer, born 1993)

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.

Not to be confused with Fred (footballer, born 1983).
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is de Paula and the second or paternal family name is Santos.
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]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 17
Youth career
2003–2009 Atlético Mineiro
2009–2010 Porto Alegre
2010–2012 Internacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Internacional 33 (7)
2013–2018 Shakhtar Donetsk 101 (10)
2018– Manchester United 63 (1)
National team‡
2013 Brazil U20 3 (0)
2014– Brazil 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:10, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2018

Fred started his career at Brazilian club Internacional, where he won the Campeonato Gaúcho twice. In June 2013, he signed for Ukrainian club 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 international debut in November 2014. He was part of Brazil's squad for the 2015 Copa América in Chile, starting in their first two Group C matches as they reached the quarter-finals. He was named in Brazil's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Early career

Born in Belo Horizonte, Fred spent six years of his childhood at local club Atlético Mineiro, before joining Porto Alegre in 2009.[3][4] One year later, he joined Internacional.[5] He initially represented the club at various 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 club Atlético Mineiro.[8][9] Overall, he scored eight goals in 55 appearances for Internacional and won the Campeonato Gaúcho twice.[7]

Shakhtar Donetsk
Fred playing for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2016

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 later, he returned to Ukraine after the club relocated training sessions to Kyiv.[13]

On 21 February 2018, Fred scored a free-kick, his first 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

On 5 June 2018, Premier League club Manchester United reached an agreement to sign Fred for a reported fee of £47 million.[15] He agreed a five-year contract with the option to extend for a further year.[16] On 11 August, he made his club debut in a 2–1 victory over Leicester City in their first 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 derby.[19] On 27 February 2020, Fred scored two goals and assisted another in United's UEFA Europa League round of 32 match against Club Brugge, which they won 5–0 and 6–1 on aggregate.[20]

On 2 February 2021, Fred played a full 90 minutes in Manchester United's Premier League record-equalling 9–0 home win against Southampton.[21]

International career

Fred played three times for the Brazil under-20 team at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.[22]

He made his debut for the Brazil national team on 12 November 2014, as a substitute in a 4–0 victory over Turkey in Istanbul.[23][24] Due to an injury to Luiz Gustavo, Fred was called up to Brazil's squad for the 2015 Copa América in Chile,[25] starting in their first two Group C matches as they reached the quarter-finals.[26]

He was initially selected in the Brazil under-23 squad for the 2016 Olympic Games.[27] However, he was not released to play in the tournament by Shakhtar Donetsk and was replaced in the squad by Walace.[28][29]

In May 2018, he was named in Tite's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[30] but failed to make an appearance at the tournament.[31]

Doping case

Fred tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide in a sample collected during the 2015 Copa América.[32] In July 2015, he released a statement claiming he was innocent, while awaiting the results of a second sample.[33] 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.[34][35]

On 15 December 2015, he received a one-year suspension from CONMEBOL, preventing him from playing in any CONMEBOL sanctioned games, but allowing him to continue playing for Shakhtar.[36] On 5 February 2016, FIFA extended the ban to cover all football worldwide for one year, backdated to 27 June 2015.[1] 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.[37] In March 2017, after Fred had returned from the suspension, an agreement was reached with WADA before the CAS hearing that resulted in him being unable to play football until July 2017.[38][39]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 6 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Other[lower-alpha 4] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Internacional 2012[8] Série A 28600—0050336
2013[8] Série A 5120——151222
Total 33720—00201558
Shakhtar Donetsk 2013–14[8] Ukrainian Premier League 23230—4012314
2014–15[8] Ukrainian Premier League 22160—7000351
2015–16[8] Ukrainian Premier League 12200—10010232
2016–17[8] Ukrainian Premier League 18200—10111294
2017–18[8] Ukrainian Premier League 26330—8100374
Total 10110120—3923315515
Manchester United 2018–19[40] Premier League 171101060—251
2019–20[41] Premier League 290604092—482
2020–21[42] Premier League 170103040—250
Total 6318080192—983
Career total 197182208058423430826
  1. Includes Copa do Brasil, Ukrainian Cup, FA Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League
  4. Includes Campeonato Gaúcho, Ukrainian Super Cup

International
As of match played 12 October 2018[43]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil 201420
201540
201850
Total110

Honours

Club

Internacional[8]

Shakhtar Donetsk[8]

Individual

References
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  2. "Fred: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. "Fred: Our Brazilian newcomer's story so far". Manchester United F.C. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "Joia colorada: Conheça a história e a vida do garoto Fred" [Color jewel: Discover the story and life of the boy Fred] (in Portuguese). GaúchaZH. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. "Em alta, Fred espera superar amigo Bernard no prêmio de revelação" [Fred hopes to beat friend Bernard at the revelation award]. Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 22 November 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. "Fred unifica títulos por várias categorias no Inter" [Fred unifies titles across multiple categories at Inter]. Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 28 December 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  7. "Fred atingirá marca importante ao entrar em campo pelo Shakhtar" [Fred will reach important mark when entering the field for Shakhtar] (in Portuguese). Lance!. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  8. Fred at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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  11. "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.
  12. "Six Shakhtar Donetsk players refusing to return to Ukraine due to conflict". The Guardian. London. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  13. "First Brazilian Fred returns to Shakhtar Donetsk". BBC. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  14. "Shakhtar Donetsk-Roma – Slick Shakhtar come from behind to beat Roma". UEFA. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
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  18. Bysouth, Alex (22 September 2018). "Manchester United 1–1 Wolves". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  19. "Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United: FA to investigate allegations of racist abuse". 8 December 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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  21. Stone, Simon (2 February 2021). "Man Utd beat nine-man Southampton 9-0". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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  27. "Rio 2016: Neymar and Douglas Costa in Brazil Olympic squad". BBC Sport. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  28. "Rio 2016: CBF chama Renato Augusto e Walace para substituir Douglas Costa e Fred" [Rio 2016: CBF calls Renato Augusto and Walace to replace Douglas Costa and Fred] (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  29. "Walace é convocado para a seleção olímpica no lugar do volante Fred" [Walace is summoned to the Olympic team instead of midfielder Fred] (in Portuguese). GaúchaZH. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  30. "World Cup: Neymar named in Brazil's 23-man squad". BBC Sport. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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  38. "Полузащитник "Шахтера" Фред дисквалифицирован до июля" ["Shakhtar" midfielder Fred disqualified until July]. Segodnya (in Russian). Kyiv. 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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