Nico Petrus Johannes Freriks (born 22 December 1981 in

Uden Uden () is a town and former municipality in the province of North Brabant, in the Netherlands. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Maashorst. History Uden was first recorded around 1190 as "Uthen". However, earlier settle ...

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) is a former

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player from the

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, who represented his native country at the

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. There he ended up in ninth place with the Dutch Men's National Team. Freriks was named Best Setter at the 2004 Men's Volleyball Olympic Qualifier in

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Club

* Hovoc Horst 1993-1998 (Junior) * Facopa Weert 1998-1999 (Junior) * SSS Barneveld 1999-2001 * Noliko Maaseik 2001-2003 * Omniworld Almere 2003-2005 * Hypo Tyrol Innsbruck 2005-2006 * Knack Randstad Roeselare 2006-2008 * Jastrzębski Węgiel 2008-2009 * Nesselande Rotterdam 2009-2010 * Unicaja Almeria 2010-2011 * Knack Roeselare 2011-2012 * Lokomotiv Belogorie 2012-2012 * Moerser SC 2012-2013 * Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 2013-2013 * Beauvais Oise 2013-2014 * Kalleh Mazandaran 2014-2014 * Paykan Tehran 2014-2015 * Kalleh 2015-2015 * Hovoc Horst 2016-2017

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