Frederic Freddie Daquin (born 23 September 1978) is a French association football player. Daquin was signed for Dunfermline Athletic on 27 January 2006 by Pars manager Jim Leishman. He succeeded in becoming a regular in the team appearing in the 2006 Scottish League Cup Final against Celtic. Following Jim Leishman's resignation however the new manager Stephen Kenny told Daquin he was free to leave the club during January 2007. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete