Fred

Personal information
Full name	Frederico Chaves Guedes
Date of birth	(1983-10-03) 3 October 1983 (age 28)
Place of birth	Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Selangor FA
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	América Mineiro	26	(9)
2004–2005	Cruzeiro	43	(24)
2005–2009	Lyon	88	(34)
2009–	Fluminense	125	(84)
National team‡
2005–	Brazil	18	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2012

Frederico Chaves Guedes, nicknamed Fred (born 3 October 1983 in Teofilo Otoni), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Brazilian club Fluminense. Fred scored the fastest goal in Brazilian football history while playing for América Mineiro, against Vila Nova during a Copa São Paulo de Juniores match. The goal was scored 3.17 seconds after the match started.^[1] He is known for being able to score from almost any angle and is a skillful free kick taker.

Career[link]

Brazil & transfer saga[link]

Fred spent four seasons at América-MG, before he left for city rival Cruzeiro in mid of 2004 season. As Feyenoord had an agreement with América, the Dutch club got Magrão from Cruzeiro,^[2] and retained 10% economic rights on Fred, and Fred himself held 15%.^[2]

After scoring 40 goals in 43 games for Cruzeiro in 2005 season, Fred was signed by defending champion Lyon for €15 million.^[2] (which €3million of them was received by Fred, 5% as solidarity contribution, €1.4M to Lyon's agent and €510,913 as Brazil tax).^[2][3] Feyenoord then claimed Cruzeiro 10% of the transfer fee, as the club alleged the fee was €1.5 million instead of €933,908.70 in Cruzeiro viewpoint.^[2] The Dutch club sued to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and won.^[2]

Lyon[link]

Fred was the second highest goal scorer in 2005–06 Ligue 1 season, and won his first crown with Lyon. Although he missed two months in 2006–07 season,^[4] Fred still scored 11 goals in 20 games, became the team top scorer of the champion. But in 2007–08 season, Fred was injured during training section of Copa América 2007.^[5] Fred made his come back in October 2007, but with the competition of the new signing of Milan Baroš and youth product Karim Benzema, Fred had limited first team opportunities.

Fred played 15 games out of possible 20 for Lyon in 2008–09 season. He played the last match for Lyon on 10 January 2009 after he requested to leave the club in December 2008.^[6] On 26 February 2009 he was released from his contract with the French club.^[7]

Fluminense[link]

After being released from Lyon and refusing to return from Brazil, Fred has signed a pre-contract with Brazilian club Fluminense, and consequently signed a 5 year deal. He scored twice on his debut on 15 March 2009, as Fluminense beat Macaé 3–1.^[8]

National team[link]

Fred made his debut on 27 April 2005 as a late substitute in a friendly match against Guatemala

Fred scored his first goal on 12 November 2005 in a friendly match against United Arab Emirates. He went on to score 2 goals as Brazil won 8–0. Although not played in any qualifying match, Fred was named in the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad as a striker. His first World Cup goal was the second in a 2–0 victory against Australia on 18 June 2006, when he tapped in a shot from Robinho which had rebounded off the inside of Mark Schwarzer's near post in the 90th minute. He also scored a last gasp equaliser against Paraguay national football team in the Copa América. It was a 2-2 draw.

Honours[link]

Clubs[link]

• Lyon
  • Ligue 1: 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2007/08
  • Coupe de France: 2008

• Fluminense
  • Copa Sudamericana Runners-up: 2009
  • Campeonato Brasileiro Winner: 2010
  • Taça Guanabara Winner: 2012
  • Campeonato Carioca Winner: 2012

National team[link]

• Copa América: 2007

Individual[link]

• Série A Team of the Year: 1

2011

• Silver Ball: 1

2011

Career statistics[link]

Club[link]

As of 9 May 2012.

¹Including 10 games and 18 goals in Campeonato Mineiro 2003.
²Including 12 games and 16 goals in Campeonato Mineiro 2004.
³Including 1 games and 1 goals in Campeonato Mineiro 2004.
⁴Including 4 games and 3 goals in Campeonato Carioca 2009.^[9]
5Including 9 games and 7 goals in Campeonato Carioca 2010 and also 1 friendly game.
⁶Including 13 games and 10 goals in Campeonato Carioca 2011.
⁷Including 10 games and 7 goals in Campeonato Carioca 2012.
⁸See ¹, ², ³, ⁴, ⁵, ⁶ and ⁷.

International appearances[link]

^*The match against Al Kuwait XI was not counted.

International goals[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 November 2005	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE	United Arab Emirates	3–0	8–0	Friendly
2.	12 November 2005	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE	United Arab Emirates	7–0	8–0	Friendly
3.	18 June 2006	Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany	Australia	2–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
4.	10 October 2006	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Ecuador	1–1	2–1	Friendly
5.	7 June 2011	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil	Romania	1–0	1–0	Friendly
6.	9 July 2011	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina	Paraguay	2–2	2–2	2011 Copa América

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Fred – FIFA competition record
• Fred at National-Football-Teams.com
• Fred French league stats at LFP.fr (French)

New club site (Uzbek*) www.fcneftchi.uz

Brazil squad v t e Brazil squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Dida 2 Cafu (c) 3 Lúcio 4 Juan 5 Emerson 6 Roberto Carlos 7 Adriano 8 Kaká 9 Ronaldo 10 Ronaldinho 11 Zé Roberto 12 Rogério Ceni 13 Cicinho 14 Luisão 15 Cris 16 Gilberto 17 Gilberto Silva 18 Mineiro 19 Juninho 20 Ricardinho 21 Fred 22 Júlio César 23 Robinho Coach: Parreira v t e Brazil squad – 2007 Copa América Winners (8th Title) 1 Helton 2 Maicon 3 Alex 4 Juan 5 Mineiro 6 Gilberto 7 Elano 8 Gilberto Silva (c) 9 Vágner Love 10 Diego 11 Robinho 12 Doni 13 Daniel Alves 14 Alex Silva 15 Naldo 16 Kléber 17 Josué 18 Fernando 19 Júlio Baptista 20 Anderson 21 Afonso Alves 22 Fred Coach: Dunga v t e Brazil squad – 2011 Copa América 1 Júlio César 2 Daniel Alves 3 Lúcio (c) 4 Thiago Silva 5 Lucas Leiva 6 André Santos 7 Robinho 8 Ramires 9 Pato 10 Ganso 11 Neymar 12 Victor 13 Maicon 14 Luisão 15 Sandro 16 Elano 17 Elias 18 Lucas 19 Fred 20 Jádson 21 Adriano 22 Jefferson 23 David Luiz Coach: Mano Menezes