Freitas participated at the
2008 Summer Olympics where he got knocked out in the round of 64. In the same year he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles at the
European Championship with
Tiago Apolónia. Three years later at the
2011 European Championships, he went on to win the gold medal with his doubles partner
Andrej Gaćina. He took part on
his second Olympics in 2012, reaching the round of 32 in the
men's singles and the quarterfinals in the
team event with Tiago Apolónia and
João Monteiro. In 2014, Freitas won the
Europe Cup title by defeating
Michael Maze in the final. He continued to win another title at the
ITTF World Tour Czech Open in a seven-game final against
Patrick Baum. He also helped the Portuguese men's team win its first European title at the
2014 European Championships, breaking Germany's six-edition winning streak since 2007. Freitas competed at the
inaugural European Games in 2015. He again helped the Portuguese team earn a gold medal in men's team event with
João Geraldo and Tiago Apolonia. He won silver in the singles event at the
2015 European Championships in October, and reached his career-high No. 7 spot on the ITTF world ranking in November 2015. As a three-time Olympian, Freitas reached the quarterfinals of the
2016 Olympics in the singles event. Although he won his match in the
team event, Portugal lost in the first round of the competition. After the 2016 Summer Olympics, Freitas and his compatriots continued to make podium appearances at the European Championships and the European Games. In 2021, he advanced to the final of the
Europe Top-16 for the third time and participated at the
Summer Olympics in both men's singles and men's team competition. He won WTT Contender title at Lima after defeating Kao Cheng Jui from Taipai in 4-1 set score and winning the WTT title for the very first time. ==Personal life==