AiFA Sport: On 9 July, in the 16th round of the Baliga, at the Maracanã Stadium, Fluminense beat Ceará 2-1. By the time the 78th minute came off the bench, the home team was already leading 2-0, and in the final game of his career, the 38-year-old Fred failed to score and scored his 200th goal for Fluminense, which is somewhat a pity.
After the game, Fred, who said goodbye, became the protagonist. Fluminense 9 carries the club flag and cycles around the field. Finally he rode to the goal, got out of the car and went inside the goal, shaking the net with both hands, making it tremble like every time he scored.
The reason why he rode a bicycle around the field at the farewell ceremony to pay tribute to the fans was because when he returned to Fluminense in June 2020, Fred rode more than 600 kilometers of bicycles, from Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state where the former team Cruzeiro is located and home, to Rio de Janeiro, where Fluminense is located.
At the end of the farewell ceremony, Fred still left his footprints in the plaster mold. In the future, his footprints will remain on the Avenue of Fame at the Maracanã Stadium, like the samba superstars such as Pele, Garrincha, Rivelino, Zico, Romario and Ronaldo.
Playing for Fluminense twice, Fred became one of the greatest No.9s in the club's history. Playing for Fluminense, he scored 199 goals in 381 games. In terms of total goals, Fred is not as good as Fluminense's predecessor Waldo, who scored 319 goals. But his 199 goals were all official match goals, making him the player with the most goals in official matches in fluminense club history, while Waldo only scored 153 in official matches.
At Cruzeiro, Fred scored 81 goals in 140 games. At Lyon, he scored 43 goals in 125 games. At Atlético Miniero, he scored 42 goals in 83 games. In The Americas of Minero, he scored 34 goals in 57 games. Playing for 5 club teams, Fred played 786 games and scored 399 goals. For Brazil, Fred played 40 times and scored 18 goals. Professionally, in 826 games, he scored 417 goals.
In his career, Fred scored a total of 158 Goals in the League, surpassing Romario with 154 goals, becoming the second most goalscored player in the League. The first player to score the most goals in the Barca league was Da Gama's predecessor Roberto DiMit, who scored a total of 190 goals. Edmundo finished fourth with 153 goals and Zico finished fifth with 135 goals.
In the Copa Dopa Dopas, playing for Minero America, Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro and Fluminense, Fred scored a total of 37 goals. He surpassed Romario with 36 goals to become the most goalscoring player in the history of the Copa do Brasil.
Playing for Brazil, Fred played at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and the 2014 Fifale in Brazil, one in 1 match and 1 goal in 6 games. In Brazil, his brightest moment came in the 2013 Confederations Cup. With 5 wins and 5 goals, he wore the silver boots of the tournament and was selected for the best team of the tournament.
AiFA Sport: In the 2013 Confederations Cup final against the soaring Spanish team, Fred won two dollars to help Brazil win 3-0. In the 2nd minute, he fell to the ground and scored the opening goal, which was his most difficult and memorable goal in Brazil.
Fred's final game in Brazil was a humiliating 1-7 when he was replaced by Willian in the 70th minute. After that, he was never called up against Brazil. Fred is a good striker, there's no doubt about that. But maybe he wasn't born at the right time, maybe he wasn't that good, at least not as good as his predecessors like Romario and Ronaldo, and he bid a tragic farewell to Brazil 1-7.
Forever number 9
AiFA Sports: Before retiring from the army, Fred completed a management course. In August, he will start studying coaching courses. In the future, Fluminense will invite him to management or make him a coach. However, in the first month after retiring, Fred will give all his time to his family.
At his last press conference as a professional player, Fred said: "Now, I want to enjoy my family, my children and my wife. I would go with my father to the farm to farm, and then I would wait for Fluminensee's call. But initially, I wanted to enjoy the family. I left home at the age of 9 and now I want to be a kid again and my only responsibility is to pick up and drop off my kids from and from school. I've finished my management course and I'll start taking the coaching course in August. I will prepare myself in the best possible way. ”