Juan Pablo Freytes
Juan Pablo Freytes is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Fluminense.
Club career
Freytes played in the academy of Newell's Old Boys, with the defender featuring for the club's youth teams including the U17s in a friendly against the United States U17s in June 2017. He was promoted to their senior squad in 2018, subsequently going unused on the substitutes bench for two Primera División matches in 2018–19. Freytes' professional debut soon arrived in an away loss to San Lorenzo on 16 February 2019.In the summer 2021, Freytes was loaned out to Independiente Rivadavia until the end of 2022 with an option to purchase 80% of his rights, for a fee around one million dollars.
In 2024, signed this year by Alianza Lima, Juan Freytes played 40 games, scored four goals and provided four assists.
At the end of 2024, Freytes was acquired by Fluminense, one of the clubs he faced while playing the Copa Libertadores 2024 group stage with Alianza. The Brazilian tricolor paid US$ 3,3 million for 70% of the defender's rights.
He was one of the best Fluminense players at the FIFA Club World Cup, even being complimented and highlighted as such by legendary Italian defender Marco Materazzi.