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Freddie Sears

フレディ・シアーズ　/　ふれでぃ・しあーず

Association football player from United Kingdom

November 27, 1989 (age 36)　・　Hornchurch, United Kingdom

association football player

My Take

What I admire about Freddie Sears is the quiet stubbornness of a long career. Joining West Ham as an eleven-year-old and grinding through the academy is the romantic part, but staying in the game at non-league level years later is the part that actually moves me. Plenty of players who started with that much promise simply walk away when the spotlight fades; Sears kept lacing up and chasing goals as a forward anyway. To me his story is less about how far he climbed and more about how long he refused to stop. That kind of unglamorous persistence deserves more respect than it usually gets.

Overview

Frederick David Sears (born 27 November 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Isthmian League Premier Division club Maldon & Tiptree. He started his career with his local club West Ham United at the age of eleven, progressing through the West Ham United Academy.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Freddie Sears
Name (Japanese): フレディ・シアーズ
Reading: ふれでぃ・しあーず
Born: November 27, 1989 (age 36)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Snake
Origin: Hornchurch, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 170 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

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA

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