DBasia.news – A year ago, the football public was shocked by news from Sebastien Frey. At that time, the former Inter Milan, Parma and Fiorentina goalkeeper admitted that he is suffering from a virus. Later discovered, he was suffering from an autoimmune diseases.
In his time, Sebastien Frey was a great goalkeeper in Serie A. However, regarding achievements, he was out of luck. Throughout the 15 seasons in the Italian League, he only won one trophy, the Coppa Italia in 2001-02 with Parma. He also did not appear at all as the task in this event was worn by Claudio Taffarel.
Apart from that, Sebastien Frey has a separate record. Until now, he is the French player with the most appearances in Serie A. During 15 seasons, he has appeared in 446 matches. His closest competitor is Lilian Thuram, who performed 307 times.
Overall, Frey is ranked 4th in the ‘foreign player’ stranieri with the most appearances on the Serie A stage. He only lost to Javier Zanetti (615 matches), Samir Handanovic (462 matches), and oriundi ‘Italian naturalized player’ Jose Altafini (459 matches).
Sebastien Frey retired at the end of the 2014-15 season after two seasons defending Bursaspor. At that time, he was 35 years old. The end of his career was less satisfying as he did not appear at all during the 2014-15 season.
Now, Sebastien Frey who claims to be focusing on family is starting a new project in the field of football. The man who just had his 40th birthday on March 18 then built an academy specifically for goalkeepers.
“I made an academy for goalkeepers. It’s a course program that teaches children all secrets about the role of the goalkeeper. The course will be held this summer, “Sebastien Frey said as quoted byby Fanpage.
Frey claimed to have big ambitions with this academy. “This goalkeeper academy is important. I want to expand it to the whole world. I want to express how beautiful the role of a goalkeeper is, “he concluded.