Fred
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Fred Net Worth

Footballer
⚽ SoccerAtlético MineiroBrazil
Estimated net worth (Sunday Times Rich List)
£14M
£14 million on the Sunday Times Young Rich List 2022 · Brazilian midfielder, ex-Manchester United
About $19M in US dollars (ECB rate, November 3, 2026).
Figure published in 2022 (4 years ago). Latest Sunday Times Rich List estimate we could find.
Source: Daily Star, Man Utd stars swamp Sunday Times Young Rich List as 34 footballers make the top 100 (full footballer list), May 2022. Updated November 4, 2026.
How to read this: the headline is the Sunday Times Rich List’s own net worth estimate for Fred (£14 million, published May 2022). We show it exactly as published and have not adjusted it for anything since, so keep in mind it is 4 years old. The figure was published in GBP; the US dollar amount next to it is our simple conversion at the European Central Bank reference rate of November 3, 2026, not a separate estimate.

Where the money comes from

Club wagesSponsorship deals
RankJoint 26th of the 34 footballers in the Daily Star's full list, May 2022
Daily Star
Club thenManchester United, which had nine players on the list (Daily Star)
Daily Star

Fred, whose full name is Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos, is a Brazilian midfielder who plays for Atlético Mineiro. He came through the youth system at Internacional, spent five years at Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine and five at Manchester United, then moved to Fenerbahçe in Turkey in 2023. He has played for Brazil at the 2015 and 2021 Copa América and was in the squads for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

The Sunday Times valued his wealth at £14 million in May 2022, about $18.8 million at the November 2, 2026 exchange rate. That put him joint 26th among the 34 footballers on its list of the richest people in the UK aged 30 and under.

How he made his money

Fred's wealth comes mainly from his wages and contracts. At Shakhtar Donetsk he won three Ukrainian league titles, and Manchester United signed him in 2018. He signed a new deal there in December 2022 that ran to 2024, and he picked up sponsorship deals along the way.

Transfer fees such as the £47 million United paid Shakhtar in 2018 and the €9.74 million Fenerbahçe paid United in 2023 went to the clubs, not to him. The reports we checked did not break down his fortune, and the Sunday Times figure is from 2022, before his move to Turkey.

Career at a glance

Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Fred spent six years of his childhood at Atlético Mineiro before joining Internacional in Porto Alegre, where he turned professional at 18 and won the Campeonato Gaúcho twice. In June 2013 he signed for Shakhtar Donetsk in a deal worth €15 million.

Manchester United signed him in 2018 for a reported £47 million, and he won the EFL Cup in 2023 under Erik ten Hag. At Fenerbahçe he became vice-captain in 2025 and won the Turkish Super Cup, and in August 2026 he went back to Atlético Mineiro.

About this estimate

The Sunday Times publishes its Rich List every spring, along with a list of the 100 richest people in the UK aged 30 and under. The May 2022 edition included 34 footballers, and the Daily Star printed all of them with their figures. It valued Fred's wealth at the amount shown on this page. The paper bases its numbers on identifiable wealth such as earnings after tax, property and company stakes, not on salary alone. Fred was one of nine Manchester United players on the 2022 list.

This is the most recent Sunday Times figure for Fred that we could find. It has not been updated since 2022, so his wealth today is likely different. We show the figure as published, in pounds, with a rough dollar conversion at the November 2, 2026 exchange rate. Transfer fees and wages mentioned on this page are club spending or earnings, not wealth.

Career and money timeline

  1. 2013

    Leaves Internacional for Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine.

  2. 2014

    Makes his Brazil debut against Turkey.

  3. 2018

    Joins Manchester United and goes to the World Cup.

  4. 2022

    Valued at £14 million on the Sunday Times Young Rich List.

  5. 2023

    Wins the EFL Cup, then joins Fenerbahçe.

  6. 2026

    Returns to Atlético Mineiro on a deal to December 2029.

Fred net worth FAQ

What is Fred's net worth?

The Sunday Times Young Rich List valued Fred at £14 million in May 2022, joint 26th among the 34 footballers on the list. That is about $18.8 million at the November 2, 2026 exchange rate, and it is the most recent Sunday Times figure we could find.

Where do these numbers come from?

The net worth figure is the Sunday Times Rich List's own published estimate, linked with its date at the top of the page. Every figure on this page is linked to its source below.

Sources

  1. Daily Star, Man Utd stars swamp Sunday Times Young Rich List as 34 footballers make the top 100 (full footballer list) (May 23, 2022)
  2. Background facts: Wikipedia, Fred (footballer, born 1993) (accessed November 4, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for money figures.

Photo: User:Zafer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Every number on this page comes from the named source next to it. Totals and percentages are simple sums of those published figures. We never fill in missing years with our own guesses. How we handle estimates.