Anthony de Freitas

Anthony de Freitas

Personal information
Full name	Anthony Marie Gerard de Freitas [1]
Date of birth	(1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 29) [2]
Place of birth	Lyon, France [2]
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [3]
Position(s)	Midfielder, left-back
Team information
Current team	Biel-Bienne
Number	28
Youth career
2000–2001	Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or
2001–2002	De Dardilly
2002	Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or
2002–2010	De Lyon Et Du Rhône
2010–2013	Clermont Auvergne
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Monaco II	38	(1)
2015	→ Monts d'Or Azergues (loan)	1	(1)
2016	→ Varzim (loan)	19	(1)
2016–2018	Port Vale	35	(0)
2018–2019	La Chaux-de-Fonds	21	(4)
2019–	Biel-Bienne	77	(8)
International career
2013	France U20	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023

Anthony Marie Gerard de Freitas (born 10 May 1994) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Promotion League side FC Biel-Bienne.

A former Monaco youth team player, he spent time on loan at Monts d'Or Azergues in the Championnat de France Amateur and with Portuguese side Varzim in the LigaPro. He also won two caps for the France under-20 team. He was signed by English club Port Vale in July 2016 and stayed with the club for one-and-a-half seasons. He joined Swiss club La Chaux-de-Fonds in June 2018 and then moved on to Biel-Bienne the following year.

Playing career

Monaco II

As a youth team player with Monaco, he played for the reserve team in the Championnat de France Amateur, featuring five times in 2012–13 as Monaco II finished 12th, 17 times in the 2013–14 season as they finished in eighth place, and scoring one goal in 16 games in the 2014–15 campaign to help the club to a ninth-place finish. He also played one game on loan at Monts d'Or Azergues on 19 December 2015, scoring 19 minutes after entering the game as a substitute in a 2–2 draw with GF38. ^[4] He was then loaned out to Portuguese side Varzim in the LigaPro. ^[5] He made his professional debut on 31 January 2016, in a 1–1 draw with Penafiel at the Estádio do Varzim SC. ^[6] He played a total of 19 games for the club, and scored his first goal in professional football on 8 May, in a 2–0 win over Oriental. ^[7] Capucho led Varzim to a ninth-place finish in the league.

Port Vale

De Freitas signed a two-year contract with EFL League One club Port Vale in July 2016. ^[8] Manager Bruno Ribeiro compared de Freitas to himself as a player, and said his versatility made him a key player for the "Valiants". ^[9] He remained a part of the first-team after Michael Brown succeeded Ribeiro as manager in December, before being sidelined for six weeks with a groin injury picked up in February. ^[10] With the "Valiants" now in EFL League Two, he made 13 appearances in the first half of the 2017–18 season, before his contract was ended by mutual consent after meeting with new manager Neil Aspin in January 2018. ^[11]

La Chaux-de-Fonds

In June 2018, De Freitas joined Swiss Promotion League side La Chaux-de-Fonds. ^[12] He left the club at the end of the season.

Biel-Bienne

In September 2019 it was confirmed that De Freitas had joined Swiss 1. Liga side FC Biel-Bienne on a contract for the rest of 2019. ^[13] On 21 November, he extended his contract with the club until the summer 2020. ^[14]

International career

He was called up to play for the France under-20 team at the Jeux de la Francophonie; France did not qualify for the knockout stages after losing 3–0 to Congo in the group stage.

Style of play

Speaking in July 2016, de Freitas described himself as a "fighter". ^[15] He can play across the midfield, and is also able to play at left-back. ^[16]

Career statistics

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Monaco II	2012–13 [17]	CFA Group C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2013–14 [17]	CFA Group C	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
	2014–15 [17]	CFA Group C	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
	Total		38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	1
Monts d'Or Azergues (loan)	2015–16 [17]	CFA Group B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Varzim (loan)	2015–16 [17]	LigaPro	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	1
Port Vale	2016–17 [18]	EFL League One	24	0	3	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	29	0
	2017–18 [19]	EFL League Two	11	0	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	13	0
	Total		35	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	42	0
Career total [lower-alpha 2]			93	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	100	3

1. Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
2. Statistics for La Chaux-de-Fonds and Biel-Bienne not known.

References

1. "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
2. "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2017/2018". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
3. "Port Vale FC Player Profiles". Port Vale F.C. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
4. "Chasselay MDA vs. Grenoble Foot 38 2 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
5. "Varzim: Four reinforcements and new contract for Capucho". Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 6 January 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
6. "Varzim 1-1 Penafiel". ZeroZero. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. "Oriental Lisboa vs. Varzim 0 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
8. Baggaley, Mike (1 July 2016). "Port Vale sign midfielder Anthony de Freitas from AS Monaco". The Sentinel. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
9. Baggaley, Mike (20 August 2016). "Port Vale: Anthony De Freitas is a hit with Bruno Ribeiro". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
10. Baggaley, Mike (16 February 2017). "Port Vale's Anthony De Freitas ruled out for up to six weeks". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
11. Baggaley, Michael (11 January 2018). "Port Vale confirm Anthony De Freitas has left the club". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
12. "Anthony De Freitas en test à la Charrière !". fccnet.ch (in French). 26 June 2018. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
13. Anthony De Freitas rejoint le FC Bienne, arcinfo.ch, 21 September 2019
14. Anthony de Freitas prolonge au FCB, fcbiel-bienne.ch, 21 November 2019
15. "The First Words - Anthony de Freitas". port-vale.co.uk. Port Vale F.C. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
16. Baggaley, Mike (20 August 2016). "Port Vale: Anthony De Freitas is a hit with Bruno Ribeiro". The Sentinel. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
17. Anthony de Freitas at Soccerway
18. "Games played by Anthony de Freitas in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
19. "Games played by Anthony de Freitas in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.