Nicolás Frutos
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| Nicolás Frutos | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Nicolás Alejandro Frutos | |
| Date of birth | May 10, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | |
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 41⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Anderlecht | |
| Number | 29 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003 2003 2004 2004-2005 2005-present |
Unión de Santa Fe San Lorenzo Nueva Chicago Las Palmas Gimnasia (LP) Independiente Anderlecht |
38 (6) 26 (4) 1 (0) 18 (1) 17 (7) 28 (19) 50 (32) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Nicolás Alejandro Frutos (born May 10, 1981 in Santa Fe) is an Argentine football striker who, as of 2005, is playing for R.S.C. Anderlecht. He obtained a transfer from Independiente on October 21, 2005 but was only allowed to play for his new team since January 2006. He is a powerful striker who often plays as a target man with his height.
Frutos started playing for Unión de Santa Fe and was later bought by San Lorenzo. Later Spanish club Las Palmas got him but after an unsuccessful season of only one goal Argentina's Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata brought him back. He found again his level catching Independiente's attention, whom he joined for the Apertura 2004, scoring 19 goals in 28 matches.
Nico was as of October 23, 2005 the top scorer of the Apertura 2005 with 9 goals in 11 matches, but he lost that position because he wasn't able to play for Independiente for the rest of the season.
[edit] RSC Anderlecht (2005-Present)
In his first season with R.S.C. Anderlecht, he scored 9 goals in the second half of the season, and conquered the 2005/06 Belgian League.
The 2006-07 season yielded more goals for Frutos, as he scored 17 goals in 27 appearances in both the Jupiler League and the UEFA Champions League. Undoubtedly he is one of Les Mauves star players; his goal-scoring was sorely missed in the early part of the 2007-08 season, until his return in the 2-2 draw against Roeselaere, where he was a substitute and scored the goal that leveled the match. Frutos also scored two goals against Hapoel Tel Aviv FC in UEFA Cup group stage.
He's a very good friend with Serhat Akin.
[edit] External links
- Statistics at Guardian Stats Centre
- Nicolas Frutos at R.S.C. Anderlecht official site
- Nicolás Frutos at FootballDatabase
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