Sébastien Frey
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Sébastien Frey is a French
footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A
club Genoa
.
in 1997, at the age of 17. Following two promising seasons, he moved to Italian side Internazionale
, and transferred after two years to Parma
in the summer of 2001, for 10 billion Italian lire plus Sérgio Conceição
with whom he won the 2001–02
Coppa Italia
.
Frey joined Fiorentina on loan for the 2005–06 campaign, and signed a permanent deal with the club at the end of the year following a glittering season where he formed the backbone of the team along with Cristian Brocchi
, Stefano Fiore
, and Luca Toni
.
On 13 December 2007, Frey suffered a meniscus injury during training, and underwent knee surgery the next day. He returned for Fiorentina's 2–1 victory over Parma on 13 January 2008, after being sidelined for one month, and his outstanding play was rewarded with a contract extension.
On 2 November 2010, Frey injured his knee during training, suffering an Anterior cruciate ligament injury
, ruling him out for the rest of the season.
In 2011, Frey joined Genoa
on a five-year deal after falling out of favor for the newly signed Artur Boruc
who joined from Celtic
in the previous season .
for a match against Poland
in November 2004, but did not make an appearance. He earned his first cap in France's final UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Ukraine
on 21 November 2007. The match ended in a 2–2 draw after he erred on Andriy Shevchenko
's equalising goal. He was a member of France's Euro 2008 finals squad. On 20 August 2008, after being continually overlooked by manager Raymond Domenech
, despite his excellent form for Fiorentina, and the constant calls for his selection by the French media, Frey announced his retirement from international football at the age of just 28.
was a French international footballer, and his father Raymond was also a professional goalkeeper. His younger brother Nicolas
is a defensive midfielder currently playing for Serie A
team Chievo. Frey is Buddhist
(Soka Gakkai), and credited former Fiorentina legend Roberto Baggio
as one of his spiritual mentors.
|1997–98||Cannes
||Division 1
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|1998–99||Internazionale Milano||Serie A
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|1999–2000||Hellas Verona||Serie A
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|2000–01||Internazionale Milano||Serie A
||28||0||0||0||10||0||38||0
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|2001–02||rowspan="4"|Parma||rowspan="4"|Serie A
||29||0||0||0||10||0||39||0
|-
|2002–03||34||0||0||0||4||0||38||0
|-
|2003–04||33||0||2||0||5||0||40||0
|-
|2004–05||36||0||0||0||1||0||37||0
|-
|2005–06||rowspan="6"|Fiorentina
||rowspan="6"|Serie A
||18||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||23||0
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|2006–07||38||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||40||0
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|2007–08||35||0||1||0||13||0||49||0
|-
|2008–09||37||0||0||0||8||0||45||0
|-
|2009–10
||36||0||3||0||9||0||48||0
|-
|2010–11
||11||0||0||0||0||0||11||0
|-
|2011–12
||Genoa
||Serie A
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361||0||16||0||60||0||437||0
385||0||16||0||60||0||461||0
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|2007||1||0
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French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
club Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
.
Club career
Frey began his career with French side AS CannesAS Cannes
Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin...
in 1997, at the age of 17. Following two promising seasons, he moved to Italian side Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
, and transferred after two years to Parma
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
in the summer of 2001, for 10 billion Italian lire plus Sérgio Conceição
Sérgio Conceição
Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro da Conceição is a retired Portuguese footballer who played mostly as a right winger.Known for his speed and strength, combined with his good dribbling and crossing skills, and fairly accurate shooting. During his extensive career, he played for ten different teams, in five...
with whom he won the 2001–02
Serie A 2001-02
In the 2001-02 season, the Serie A, the major football Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 14th consecutive time from season 1988-89....
Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia
The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
.
Frey joined Fiorentina on loan for the 2005–06 campaign, and signed a permanent deal with the club at the end of the year following a glittering season where he formed the backbone of the team along with Cristian Brocchi
Cristian Brocchi
Cristian Brocchi is an Italian footballer, who currently plays for Lazio.-Career:Early careerStarting his career at his native club A.C. Milan youth system, he was loaned to Pro Sesto and Lumezzane in early years.Hellas Verona...
, Stefano Fiore
Stefano Fiore
Stefano Fiore is an Italian football manager and former player, who can play as an attacking midfielder or on the wing. He is currently in charge as manager technical area of Cosenza in Serie D.-Parma and early years:...
, and Luca Toni
Luca Toni
Luca Toni, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He has had successful spells at top clubs such as Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich, and Roma...
.
On 13 December 2007, Frey suffered a meniscus injury during training, and underwent knee surgery the next day. He returned for Fiorentina's 2–1 victory over Parma on 13 January 2008, after being sidelined for one month, and his outstanding play was rewarded with a contract extension.
On 2 November 2010, Frey injured his knee during training, suffering an Anterior cruciate ligament injury
Anterior cruciate ligament injury
An injury to the anterior cruciate ligament can be a debilitating musculoskeletal injury to the knee, seen most often in athletes. Non-contact tears and ruptures are the most common causes of ACL injury....
, ruling him out for the rest of the season.
In 2011, Frey joined Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
on a five-year deal after falling out of favor for the newly signed Artur Boruc
Artur Boruc
Artur Boruc is a Polish footballer who plays for Serie A club Fiorentina as a goalkeeper. On 20 October 2008, Boruc was one of 55 players shortlisted for the FIFPro World XI Player Awards.-Pogoń Siedlce:...
who joined from Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
in the previous season .
International career
Frey received his first call-up for FranceFrance national football team
The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...
for a match against Poland
Poland national football team
The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
in November 2004, but did not make an appearance. He earned his first cap in France's final UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Ukraine
Ukraine national football team
The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992...
on 21 November 2007. The match ended in a 2–2 draw after he erred on Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 67 goals as of 2011-03-10, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. With 175 goals scored with A.C...
's equalising goal. He was a member of France's Euro 2008 finals squad. On 20 August 2008, after being continually overlooked by manager Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech is a retired French footballer and the former manager of the France national team.-2006 World Cup:On 12 July 2004, Domenech was a surprise choice to succeed Jacques Santini after the country's disappointing exit from UEFA Euro 2004 by losing in the quarter-final match to the...
, despite his excellent form for Fiorentina, and the constant calls for his selection by the French media, Frey announced his retirement from international football at the age of just 28.
Personal life
Frey's grandfather AndréAndré Frey
André Frey was a French international footballer who played for Metz and Toulouse.- Personal :He was the father of Raymond Frey and the grandfather of Sébastien Frey and Nicolas Frey.-External links:*...
was a French international footballer, and his father Raymond was also a professional goalkeeper. His younger brother Nicolas
Nicolas Frey
Nicolas Frey is a French footballer who plays for A.C. ChievoVerona in Italy, as either a right or central defender.-Football career:...
is a defensive midfielder currently playing for Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
team Chievo. Frey is Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
(Soka Gakkai), and credited former Fiorentina legend Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio is a retired Italian footballer. Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation, Baggio won both the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. He is also one of the top 5 all-time...
as one of his spiritual mentors.
Career statistics
|-|1997–98||Cannes
AS Cannes
Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin...
||Division 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
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|1998–99||Internazionale Milano||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||7||0||2||0||0||0||9||0
|-
|1999–2000||Hellas Verona||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||30||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||31||0
|-
|2000–01||Internazionale Milano||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||28||0||0||0||10||0||38||0
|-
|2001–02||rowspan="4"|Parma||rowspan="4"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||29||0||0||0||10||0||39||0
|-
|2002–03||34||0||0||0||4||0||38||0
|-
|2003–04||33||0||2||0||5||0||40||0
|-
|2004–05||36||0||0||0||1||0||37||0
|-
|2005–06||rowspan="6"|Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...
||rowspan="6"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||18||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||23||0
|-
|2006–07||38||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||40||0
|-
|2007–08||35||0||1||0||13||0||49||0
|-
|2008–09||37||0||0||0||8||0||45||0
|-
|2009–10
2009–10 Serie A
The 2009–10 Serie A was the seventy-eighth season since its establishment. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that were relegated following the 2008–09 season. Nike provided a new match ball - the T90 Ascente - for this season...
||36||0||3||0||9||0||48||0
|-
|2010–11
2010–11 Serie A
The 2010–11 Serie A was the 79th season since its establishment, the first under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011...
||11||0||0||0||0||0||11||0
|-
|2011–12
2011–12 Serie A
The 2011–12 Serie A is the eightieth season since its establishment, and the second under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 9 September 2011 and will end on 13 May 2012. The league was originally scheduled to start on 27 August, but this was delayed due to a strike by the players...
||Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
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24||0||||||colspan="2"|-||24||0
361||0||16||0||60||0||437||0
385||0||16||0||60||0||461||0
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|2007||1||0
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|2008||1||0
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External links
- Profile at ACF Fiorentina official site
- Career Statistics – Football Database
- France national team profile and stats – fff.fr