Felipe (footballer, born February 1984)

Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos (born 22 February 1984 in Rio de Janeiro), known as Felipe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Botafogo-PB.

Felipe
Personal information
Full name Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos
Date of birth (1984-02-22) 22 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Differdange 03
Number 1
Youth career
1999–2003 Vitória
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Vitória 20 (0)
2005 São Caetano 0 (0)
2006–2007 Bragantino 0 (0)
2006Portuguesa (loan) 16 (0)
2007–2010 Corinthians 108 (0)
2010–2011 Olé Brasil 0 (0)
2010Sporting Braga (loan) 12 (0)
2011–2014 Flamengo 150 (0)
2015–2016 Figueirense 2 (0)
2016–2017 Bragantino 46 (0)
2018 Uberlândia 6 (0)
2018–2020 Kisvárda 44 (0)
2020–2022 Botafogo-PB 25 (0)
2022-2023 Paraná Clube 16 (0)
2023Capital-DF 0 (0)
2023 Santa Rosa-PA 0 (0)
2024 Sampaio Corrêa 9 (0)
2024– Differdange 03 9 (0)
International career
1999 Brazil U-15
2000 Brazil U-16
2001 Brazil U-17 7 (0)
2002 Brazil U-18
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:00, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Career

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Early career

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Felipe began his career in Vitória (BA) before being signed by São Caetano in September 2005 until end of year.[1] He was the first choice keeper for Vitória in 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, played 15 out of 21 games.

In 2006, he signed for Bragantino. In April 2006, he left for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B side Portuguesa, competed the start-up place with Tiago Campagnaro. In 2007 season he finished as the losing finalists in 2007 Campeonato Paulista with Bragantino.

On 24 April 2007, he was signed for Corinthians along with four of his teammates: Kadu, Moradei, Everton Leandro and Zelão.[2]

Corinthians

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He made his league debut for Corinthians, on 13 May 2007, in a win 1–0 against Juventude,[3] and immediately established himself as Corinthian's starting goalkeeper. Felipe wore the number 1 shirt at the club.

In 2008, Corinthians only owned 50% economic rights of Felipe, and his former club Bragantino owned 25% and the rest was owned by "Mamabru Participações".[4]

Braga

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In summer 2010, Genoa and Corinthians formed a deal to sign Felipe, as Genoa has loaned their first choice keeper Marco Amelia to A.C. Milan, and the Brazilian side signed Aldo Bobadilla as replacement. But the deal was not yet completed due to FIGC decided to reduce the numbers of registration quota of non-EU players signed from abroad, from 2 to 1 on 2 July.[5] It was reported that Genoa kept the quota for future signing instead for Felipe.[6] Genoa eventually signed Rafinha and Felipe terminated his contract with Corinthians on 5 August 2010.[7] On 9 August 2010 he was signed by Olé Brasil.[8]

On 9 August 2010, Sporting Braga signed him on loan from unnamed club,[9] as the club had sold it keepers Eduardo to Genoa and Paweł Kieszek to Porto, moreover, it new signing former Portuguese internationals Quim was injured. Braga also loaned their youth product Mário Felgueiras (who played in UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) after signed Felipe.

Felipe then immediately included in the starting line-up, in the 3–1 won against Portimonense in the opening match of 2010–11 Portuguese Liga, ahead another new signing Artur on 13 August 2010.

Flamengo

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After a short stint on Braga, Felipe returned to Brazil on a one-year loan to Flamengo, with an option for the Rio club to purchase him in 2011, and with a rescision clause in case of disciplinary problems, added by the request of Patrícia Amorim, president of Flamengo, due to the controversial Bruno case. His signing was a bet from coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo. Felipe made his debut on a friendly match against Londrina, which ended in a goalless draw. During the match, Londrina were awarded a penalty kick, which was defended by Felipe.[10]

Felipe soon fell in the graces of the rubro-negro supporters after defending two penalty kicks in the Taça Guanabara semifinals against Botafogo and for performing well at another semi-final match, this time against Fluminense where Flamengo advanced to the Taça Rio finals. Flamengo defeated rivals Vasco da Gama at the Taça Rio finals, winning the Campeonato Carioca and being crowned as the best goalkeeper of the tournament.[11]

On the farewell match of Dejan Petkovic, Felipe made four important saves, preventing his former club Corinthians from winning the match and 'spoiling' the Serbians' final match for Flamengo. Felipe renewed his contract with Flamengo to December 2015 in January 2012, with his rights being purchased for R$ 3 million from Olé Brasil.[12]

On 27 January 2015 Felipe had his contract canceled by Flamengo.[13]

Figueirense

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On 24 April 2015, Felipe joined Figueirense along with Carlos Alberto.[14]

Differdange 03

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In August 2024, Felipe moved to the Luxembourgish team Differdange 03.[15]

Style of play

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He is reportedly tipped to be one of the best goalkeepers of Campeonato Paulista, known for his spectacular saves, great judgement and the ability to read the ball well. He is most importantly known for his skill at restarting the match after suffering a goal replacing quickly the ball and sending it to the center of the field showing the awareness in the game flow.

Career statistics

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Updated 13 March 2013

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
2003 Vitória Série A 1 0 0 0 1 0
2004 4 0 0 0 4 0
2005 Série B 15 0 4 0 19 0
2005 São Caetano Série A 0 0 0 0
2006 Bragantino N/A 0 0 0 0
2006 Portuguesa (loan) Série B 16 0 16 0
2007 Bragantino N/A 0 0 21 0 21 0
2007 Corinthians Série A 37 0 2 0 39 0
2008 Série B 33 0 11 0 17 0 61 0
2009 Série A 31 0 10 0 23 0 64 0
2010 7 0 14 0 4 0 25 0
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
2010–11 Braga (loan) Primeira Liga 12 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 19 0
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
2011 Flamengo (loan) Série A 35 0 6 0 19 0 3 0 63 0
2012 Flamengo Série A 20 0 12 0 7 0 38 0
2013 25 0 12 0 15 0 52 0
2014 8 0 0 0 15 0 6 0 29 0
Total Brazil 232 0 43 0 136 0 22 0 433 0
Portugal 12 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 19 0
Career total 244 0 43 0 136 0 29 0 452 0
  • Note: State Leagues are marked as League Cup, statistics available only since 2007.

Honours

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Club

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Vitória
Corinthians
Flamengo

International

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Brazil U-17

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "BID ACUMULATIVO SÉRIE A /2005". CBF (in Portuguese). 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  2. ^ Folhapress. "Corinthians contrata goleiro do Bragantino". UOL Esporte (in Portuguese). São Paulo: UOL. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ ""Novo" Corinthians estréia com vitória por 1 a 0 no Brasileiro". UOL Esporte (in Portuguese). São Paulo: UOL. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ "SITUAÇÃO CONTRATUAL DO ELENCO – 2008" (PDF). SC Corinthians Paulista (in Portuguese). 18 September 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Foreign player cap for Serie A". Sky Sports. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  6. ^ Franco Cirici; Alessio Da Ronch; Gianluca Di Feo (4 July 2010). "Rebus Genoa: Felipe c' è, ma spunta Eduardo". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  7. ^ Agência Corinthians (5 August 2010). "Felipe rescinde contrato com o Corinthians". Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  8. ^ "Boletim Informativo Diário Eletrônico (BID-E) Relação Pela Data 10/08/2010" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). 10 August 2010. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  9. ^ "FELIPE E ÉLTON SÃO REFORÇOS ATÉ FINAL DA ÉPOCA 2010/11". Sporting Braga (in Portuguese). 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  10. ^ Felipe a caminho do Fla: ‘Volto para tentar mudar a imagem ruim’ (in Portuguese)
  11. ^ Felipe ganha prêmio de melhor goleiro do Campeonato Carioca (in Portuguese)
  12. ^ Após impasse, goleiro Felipe renova contrato por quatro anos com o Fla (in Portuguese)
  13. ^ "Empresário de Felipe comunica que goleiro foi demitido pelo Flamengo". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 27 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  14. ^ "ENQUETE: você aprova as contratações de Carlos Alberto e Felipe pelo Figueira" (in Portuguese). 24 April 2015.
  15. ^ "FCD win first derby; Escher teams struggle again". today.rtl.lu. RTL Today. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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