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Frederico Chaves Guedes, known as Fred, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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sports · Brazilian footballer (born 1983) · association football player · television presenter · also Fred, Fred (footballer, born 1983), Frederico Chaves Guedes
Born 3 October 1983 · Q312772
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“They will surely give their opponents a hard time.”
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Musician and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst said in 2003, "This war on Iraq is bulls***. Just watch, in 2025 they'll try to pull the same s*** with Iran. They'll say it's WMDs or whatever. It's all lies. It's all propaganda. Never trust the government."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
Snopes rated the claim “A 10-part series based on Freddy Krueger — a character from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" — titled "Fred" will be available for streaming on Max in October 2024.” Labeled Satire.
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KGW rated the claim “Fred Meyer can ask to see customers' receipts on the way out the door” True.
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Won: Campeonato Carioca with Fluminense (2022).
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Snopes rated the claim “In a May 1969 episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” Fred Rogers invited a Black police officer to soak his feet with him in a wading pool, breaking color barriers at the time.” Mostly True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “The mother of Fred Hampton, a civil rights activist killed by the FBI in 1969, used to babysit Emmett Till, a Black boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955.” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “In 1990, Fred Rogers and his company, Family Communications Inc., sued to stop members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) from playing racist telephone recordings that imitated his children’s television program.” True.
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Played for Fluminense F.C. (2020–2022) — 71 appearances, 17 goals.
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Snopes rated the claim “U.S. actor Tom Hanks is related to "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" host Fred Rogers.” True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “The hosts of "Fox & Friends" described children's TV host Fred Rogers as an "evil, evil man."” True.
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Won: Campeonato Mineiro with Cruzeiro (2019).
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says his father, Fred Trump, was “born in a very wonderful place in Germany.”” Pants on Fire.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Fred Trump was arrested for “participating in KKK riot” in 1927.” Mostly False.
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Won: Campeonato Mineiro with Cruzeiro (2018).
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Won: Copa do Brasil with Cruzeiro (2018).
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Joined Aberdeen in 2018.
Played for Cruzeiro E.C. (2018–2020) — 56 appearances, 21 goals.
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And Fluminense in 2020, Fred retired from the professional game in 2022
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Won: Campeonato Mineiro with Atlético Mineiro (2017).
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Snopes rated the claim “Donald Trump's father, Fred Trump, ran a mayoral campaign advertisement called 'Dope Man' in 1969.” False.
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Joined Kilmarnock in 2017.
Won award: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top Goalscorer (2016).
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Won: Primeira Liga with Fluminense (2016).
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Fred signed for Atlético Mineiro
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Played for Clube Atlético Mineiro (2016–2017) — 69 appearances, 34 goals.
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Joined Crawley Town in 2015.
Won award: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top Goalscorer (2014).
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Joined Hartlepool United in 2014.
Joined Newcastle United in 2014.
Won award: FIFA Confederations Cup Castrol Index Top XI (2013).
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Won: FIFA Confederations Cup with Brazil (2013).
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Won award: FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Boot (2013).
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Fred was established as Brazil's first-choice centre-forward by returning manager Luiz Felipe Scolari
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Won: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A with Fluminense (2012).
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Won award: Bola de Prata (2012).
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Won: Campeonato Carioca with Fluminense (2012).
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Won award: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top Goalscorer (2012).
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Won award: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best Player (2012).
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Won award: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year (2012).
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Won award: Bola de Prata (2011).
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Won award: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year (2011).
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Won: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A with Fluminense (2010).
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Was the leader of the Fluminense squad that won the 2010 Série A title, despite having missed 22 games
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After returning from an injury for 15 matches
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Played for Fluminense F.C. (2009–2016) — 233 appearances, 142 goals.
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Won: Ligue 1 with Lyon (2007–08).
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Won: Coupe de France with Lyon (2007–08).
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Children’s television show host Fred Rogers hid a violent and criminal past.” False.
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Won: Copa América with Brazil (2007).
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Won: Ligue 1 with Lyon (2006–07).
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Won: Ligue 1 with Lyon (2005–06).
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Played for Olympique Lyonnais (2005–2009) — 87 appearances, 34 goals.
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Played for Brazil men's national football team (2005–2014) — 39 appearances, 18 goals.
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And was selected for the 2006 and 2014 editions of the FIFA World Cup, and was also part of their victories at the 2007 Copa América and the 2013 Confederations Cup
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Played for Cruzeiro E.C. (2004–2005) — 56 appearances, 37 goals.
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Played for América Futebol Clube (2003–2004) — 54 appearances, 31 goals.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for the detection of the neutrino.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.
“These children...well, they have no concept. None. All they want to do is win. That is your culture. America spoils chess, as it spoils all things. Art? What art? Winning, all you Americans can think of is winning. Winning and getting rich. Your country is too young to have so much power. Too immature. Yet, because of your power, everybody pays attention. Everybody. You are teaching the world that only one thing matters!”
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe.
Born 1983-10-03.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for the discovery of insulin.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — in recognition of his work on the linkage of atoms in molecules by which he has thrown new light on earlier investigations and opened up new fields of research especially in inorganic chemistry.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his effort to expose and fight what he considers to be the main cause of war, namely, the anarchy in international relations.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for their long time work for the cause of peace as politicians, peace society leaders, orators and authors.
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