Photo: Кирилл Венедиктов / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What I admire about Fred is that he built a serious European career without ever relying on size or flash. At 169 cm, he left Belo Horizonte for Shakhtar Donetsk, won three Ukrainian titles, and is still pulling strings in Turkey with Fenerbahce. He is the kind of midfielder who lives by ball retention and reading the game rather than highlight-reel goals, and I have always had a soft spot for that quiet, indispensable profile. He may not grab headlines, but a team without a player like Fred simply does not function. That, to me, is the mark of real footballing intelligence.
Overview
Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos (born 5 March 1993), known as Fred (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈfɾɛdʒ(i)]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe. 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Fred
- Name (Japanese)
- フレデリコ・ロドリゲス・デ・パウラ・サントス
- Reading
- ふれでりこ・ろどりげす・で・ぱうら・さんとす
- Born
- March 5, 1993 (age 33)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rooster
- Origin
- Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 169 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Brazil →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.