Nicolas Frey
{{short description|French footballer (born 1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
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| fullname = Nicolas Sébastien Frey
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|6|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/nicolas-frey_prs207005/person.shtml|title=Nicolas Frey|publisher=Eurosport|accessdate=30 November 2020}}
| birth_place = Thonon-les-Bains, France
| position = Defender
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| youthyears1 = 1990–1994 | youthclubs1 = AS Vence
| youthyears2 = 1994–2002 | youthclubs2 = Cannes
| years1 = 2002–2004 | clubs1 = Cannes B | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 2004–2005 | clubs2 = Legnano | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2005–2008 | clubs3 = Modena | caps3 = 82 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2008–2020 | clubs4 = Chievo | caps4 = 226 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = → Venezia (loan) | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0
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Nicolas Sébastien Frey (born 6 March 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right back.
Club career
Born in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Frey played exclusively at amateur level in his country, joining AS Cannes' youth system at the age of 10 and spending two seasons with its reserves as a senior. In 2004, aged 20, he moved to Italy with A.C. Legnano, in Serie C.
After one year, Frey signed for Serie B club Modena FC, being an important first-team member during his spell and totalling 62 league games in his last two years. In the summer of 2008, he joined A.C. ChievoVerona in a co-ownership deal along with Angelo Antonazzo, in exchange for Salvatore Bruno and Michele Troiano.{{cite web|url=http://www.chievoverona.it/societa/notizia.aspx?id=7553&Language=IT|title=Comproprieta'. Il Modena riscatta Troiano e Bruno|trans-title=Co-ownership. Modena rebuy Troiano and Bruno|publisher=A.C. ChievoVerona|language=it|date=25 June 2008|accessdate=2 June 2010|archive-date=31 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331125927/http://www.chievoverona.it/societa/notizia.aspx?id=7553&Language=IT|url-status=dead}} He made his Serie A debut on 5 October 2008 in a 0–2 home loss against ACF Fiorentina,{{cite news|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2008/10/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_a/giornata-6/chievo-fiorentina/chievo-fiorentina.html|title=Mutu si ferma, Gilardino no – Fiorentina corsara con il Chievo|trans-title=Mutu halted, not Gilardino – A combative Fiorentina against Chievo|newspaper=La Repubblica|language=it|date=5 October 2008|accessdate=4 April 2018}} and finished his debut campaign with 21 league matches as the Verona side retained their division status.
On 17 July 2009, Chievo signed Frey on a permanent basis. During his spell with the club, he often shared right-back duties with Gennaro Sardo.{{cite news|url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/serie-a/chievo/2015/10/29-5413920/chievo_stop_frey_problemi_alla_splla/?cookieAccept|title=Chievo, stop Frey: problemi alla spalla|trans-title=Chievo, halt Frey: shoulder problems|newspaper=Corriere dello Sport|language=it|date=29 October 2015|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
Frey returned to the second division on 31 January 2018, with the 33-year-old being loaned to Venezia FC.{{cite web|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-b/ufficiale-venezia-preso-frey-dal-chievo-1072145|title=UFFICIALE: Venezia, preso Frey dal Chievo|trans-title=OFFICIAL: Venezia, Frey signed from Chievo|publisher=Tutto Mercato Web|first=Alessio|last=Calfapietra|language=it|date=31 January 2018|accessdate=4 April 2018}} After initially leaving Chievo at the end of 2018–19, he rejoined the team on a one-year contract on 6 September 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.chievoverona.it/it/primo-piano/news/ancora-una-nick|title=Ancora una, Nick!|trans-title=One more, Nick!|publisher=A.C. ChievoVerona|language=it|date=6 September 2019|accessdate=8 September 2019}}
Personal life
Frey's older brother, Sébastien, was also a footballer. A goalkeeper, he too was brought up at Cannes, and also played most of his career in Italy, mainly with Parma F.C. and Fiorentina.{{cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/frere-de-bleu-quelle-vie-29-12-2010-1205876.php|title=Frère de Bleu: quelle vie!|trans-title=Brother of Blue: what a life!|newspaper=Le Parisien|language=fr|date=29 December 2010|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
His father, Raymond, was a professional goalkeeper, while his grandfather André was a defender who played several years with Toulouse FC, reaching the France national team as Sébastien.{{cite web|url=http://www.sofoot.com/frey-en-france-on-ne-m-a-jamais-rien-pardonne-213463.html|title=Frey: "En France, on ne m’a jamais rien pardonné"|trans-title=Frey: "In France, they have never forgiven me anything"|publisher=Sofoot|first=Valentin|last=Pauluzzi|language=fr|date=11 December 2015|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160125025914/http://www.chievoverona.it/giocatore/Frey Chievo Verona official profile] {{in lang|it}}
- {{Lequipe|20437}}
- {{TuttoCalciatori|Frey_Nicholas_Sebastian}}
- {{Soccerway|nicolas-sebastian-frey/18408}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Thonon-les-Bains
Category:Footballers from Haute-Savoie
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Modena FC 2018 players
Category:AC ChievoVerona players
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy