Frederico Chaves Guedes, popularly known by his nickname Fred, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Brazilian Série A side Fluminense and the Brazil national team.
Fred began his career at America Mineiro before transferring to local rivals Crazier in 2004.
Fred's Profile
Known as: Fred
Surname: Chaves Guedes
Firstname: Frederico
Country: Brazil
Date of birth: 1983-10-03
Birthplace: Teófilo Otoni
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 84.0 kg
Position: Striker
Clubs:
—America Mineiro (2003-04), Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte (2005), Lyon (Fra/2005-Feb. 2009), Fluminense (Bra/since March 2009)
International appearances: 30
International goals: 16
International debut: 27/04/2005, Brazil-Guatemala (3-0)
Last international appearance: 05/03/2014, Brazil-South Africa (5-0)
Playing Honours
International
—World Cup: quarter-finals (2006), 1 match, 1 goal
—Confederations Cup (2013), 5 matches, 5 goals
—Copa America (2007), quarter-finals (2011), 4 matches, 1 goal
Club
—French Championships (2006, 2007, 2008)
—French Cup (2008)
—French Champions Trophies ((2006, 2007)
—Brazilian Championships (2010, 2012)
Out of the shadows
Journeyman striker Fred has found favor as Brazil's centre-forward with hard-line coach Luis Felipe Scolari, who gave the 29-year-old his chance at the 2013 Confederations Cup and was paid back with five goals, two of them in the final 3-0 rout of Spain.
He was long in the shadow of Ronaldo, Adriano, Luis Fabiano or Pato. Fred is a classic target man and goal hound who will pounce on a loose ball and shoot from anywhere. No stranger to success he won three French league titles with Lyon and since going home won two Brazilian titles with Fluminense.
This is his second World Cup after Germany 2006, where he played just two minutes in a group game against Australia, but still scoring a calming goal as Brazil won 2-0. Too bad he is so often injured.