Alexandre Frutos (born April 23, 1982) is a French professional football player of

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origin, currently playing for VV Tielt. He is a left-footed winger.

Career

Club career

Frutos began his football career with

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in 2000. In 2004, he joined

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side

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on loan before joining

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side

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the following season with French compatriot Sébastien Carole. Frutos made 36 appearances for Brighton in the

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during the 2005-06 season, scoring 3 goals. During the 2006-07 season in

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, Frutos failed to make an impact in the Brighton first team and only made a handful of appearances under manager

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. In July 2007 he agreed to have his Brighton contract cancelled by mutual consent.Brighton winger Frutos released
/ref> Since then he has become a journeymen in the Belgium lower leagues playing for

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, KSK Ronse.

References

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