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Nuno Miguel Frechaut Barreto (born 24 September 1977 in Lisbon), commonly known as Frechaut (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɛˈʃo]), is a Portuguese footballer currently playing for FC Metz in France.

A defender or midfielder, he can occupy a variety of positions.

Club career

Having emerged through Vitória de Setúbal's youth ranks, Frechaut went on to represent Boavista FC (until December 2004), winning the national championship for the latter in 2000–01, appearing mainly as right back.

After a failed Russian experience, with FC Dynamo Moscow,^[1] he joined Sporting de Braga, in January 2006.^[2]

In very late August 2009, after three 1/2 seasons of regular use, Frechaut left Braga and Portugal, agreeing terms with French second division outfit FC Metz.

International career

Frechaut had 18 caps for Portugal, still as a Boavista player, the first coming on 2 June 2001, a 1–1 draw with Republic of Ireland in the 2002 World Cup qualifyings.

He was part of the nation's squads at both the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 Olympic Games.

References

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• NationalFootballTeams data

Portugal squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Baía • 2 J. Costa • 3 Xavier • 4 Caneira • 5 Couto • 6 Sousa • 7 Figo • 8 Pinto • 9 Pauleta • 10 Rui Costa • 11 Conceição • 12 Viana • 13 Andrade • 14 Barbosa • 15 Nélson • 16 Ricardo • 17 Bento • 18 Frechaut • 19 Capucho • 20 Petit • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 Beto • 23 Rui Jorge • Coach: Oliveira

Portugal squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Moreira • 2 M. Sérgio • 3 R. Meireles • 4 Bruno Alves • 5 Costa • 6 Meira • 7 C. Ronaldo • 8 Viana • 9 H. Almeida • 10 C. Martins • 11 Ribeiro • 12 Frechaut • 13 Boa Morte • 14 Bosingwa • 15 Lourenço • 16 João Paulo • 17 Danny • 18 Bruno Vale • Coach: Romão