Luís Filipe (Portuguese footballer)

For the Brazilian footballer, see Luiz Felipe Rodrigues Marques.

Luís Filipe

180px Luís Filipe (right) with Benfica in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Luís Filipe Ângelo Rodrigues Fernandes
Date of birth	(1979-06-14) 14 June 1979
Place of birth	Cantanhede, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1987–1992	Marialvas
1992–1993	Porto
1993–1995	Académica
1995–1996	Marialvas
1996–1998	Académica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Académica	19	(2)
1999	Atlético Madrid B	0	(0)
1999–2001	Braga	52	(8)
2001–2004	Sporting CP	18	(0)
2004	→ União Leiria (loan)	16	(2)
2004–2005	Marítimo	30	(1)
2005–2007	Braga	56	(1)
2007–2011	Benfica	23	(0)
2008–2009	→ Vitória Guimarães (loan)	16	(1)
2011–2014	Olhanense	39	(0)
Total		269	(15)
International career
2000–2002	Portugal U21	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luís Filipe Ângelo Rodrigues Fernandes (born 14 June 1979), known as Luís Filipe, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a defender but also as a midfielder, always on the right side.

Football career

Born in Cantanhede, Coimbra District, Luís Filipe started playing professional football as a right winger with Académica de Coimbra, and had a small abroad stint with Spain's Atlético Madrid, spent entirely with the B-team. Unsettled, he moved to S.C. Braga, blossoming as a Primeira Liga player.

Filipe's development led to a 2001 transfer to Sporting Clube de Portugal. Opportunities were scarce, and he subsequently reconverted to right back, in the molds of Miguel, upon his loan with U.D. Leiria. In the 2004–05 season he represented C.S. Marítimo, and subsequently returned to Braga.

In the beginning of August 2007, Luís Filipe signed a €500.000, four-year deal with S.L. Benfica, with also right-back João Pereira going the other way.

After one unsuccessful year in Lisbon, he was deemed surplus to requirements by new boss Quique Flores, moving alongside Nuno Assis to UEFA Champions League challenger Vitória Sport Clube in Guimarães, on loan (Assis permanently). The Minho side retained the option to buy the player at the end of the campaign, but it was not activated.

In 2009–10, as Benfica won the league, Filipe's output consisted of 23 minutes in the 1–0 home win against FC Porto. As the club reached the last eight in the UEFA Europa League, he added a further three appearances.

Luís Filipe appeared in three league games in the 2010–11 season – one win, one draw and one loss – with manager Jorge Jesus resting several starters in rounds which brought a Europa League fixture the following week, as Benfica fared better in that competition and reached the semifinals. In mid-May 2011, he left the club as his contract expired and was not renewed; two months later, he signed with fellow top-divisioner S.C. Olhanense.

Honours

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 2009–10
• Taça da Liga: 2009–10

External links

• Luís Filipe at footballzz.co.uk
• Luís Filipe profile at ForaDeJogo
• Luís Filipe profile at BDFutbol
• Luís Filipe at Soccerway