Frédéric Villeroux
French blind soccer player
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Frédéric "Fred" Villeroux (born 30 June 1983) is a French 5-a-side footballer who plays as striker, he has competed at four Paralympic Games winning two medals.[1]
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| Born | 30 June 1983 Montpellier, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | 5-a-side football | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Stargardt's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Despite Villeroux's congenital visual impairment, he is often described as the Messi of blind football as he is known to be the best striker in blind football, he was also one of the scorers in the penalty shootout in the gold medal match at the 2024 Summer Paralympics when the French team won their first Paralympic title by beating Argentina.[2][3][4]