Frédéric Villeroux
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| Born | 30 June 1983 Montpellier, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | 5-a-side football | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Stargardt's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
References
- ^ "Frederic Villeroux - France Paralympique (in French)". France Paralympique. 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Paralympic Games: Frederic Villeroux, the "Messi of blind football" who guides the French team (in French)". France24. 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Frederic Villeroux - Team France (in French)". Team France. 9 July 2025.
- ^ ""I went there reluctanly but..." (in French)". Le Parisien. 8 September 2024.