Felipe (footballer, born 1977)

Felipe

Personal information
Full name	Felipe Jorge Loureiro
Date of birth	(1977-09-02) 2 September 1977
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1997	Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2002	Vasco da Gama	268	(42)
2001	→ Palmeiras (loan)	0	(0)
2001	→ Atlético Mineiro (loan)	7	(0)
2002	Galatasaray	14	(2)
2003–2004	Flamengo	77	(19)
2005	Fluminense	8	(0)
2005–2010	Al Sadd	115	(27)
2010–2012	Vasco da Gama	110	(13)
2013	Fluminense	42	(0)
International career
1999	Brazil U–23	1	(0)
1998–2004	Brazil	7	(0)
Managerial career
2017	Tigres do Brasil
2021–2022	Bangu
2022	Confiança
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Felipe Jorge Loureiro (born 2 September 1977), known as Felipe, is a Brazilian football coach and former footballer.

A left-footed midfielder, Felipe is known for his playmaking style, that nicknamed him as Maestro, with his excellent ball control, dribbling skills, and vision for orchestrating offensive plays and providing precise passes.

Career

Felipe arrives in Vasco da Gama as a futsal player in 1984 at 6 years old. There, he met Pedrinho, who would be his profession colleague and also personal friend. Times later, in 1990 at 12 years old, Felipe came up through the ranks of Vasco da Gama as a youth player. In 1996, Felipe received his first chance between the professionals, playing as a left back. Until 1999, Felipe stood in Vasco da Gama, getting chances in the Brazilian national team and consecrating himself as one of the greatest idols of the club. After an unsuccessful negotiation to Roma and injuries in 2000, Felipe in 2001, already playing as a left side midfielder since 1999, was loaned to Palmeiras, returning to play as a left back, and, posteriorly, to Atlético Mineiro. In 2002, returns to Vasco da Gama for a short time, playing as an left side midfielder, before a negotiated and goes to a mid-season spend in Galatasaray. In 2003, Felipe returns to Brazil, playing two seasons as a right winger for Flamengo. In 2005, after polemics, made a quickly move to Fluminense after goes to Al Sadd, spending five seasons in Middle East. In 2010, Felipe returns to Vasco da Gama, 14 years after his professional debut in the club. Felipe finished his footballer career in Fluminense in 2013.

He has seven caps with the Brazilian national team, the first one on 23 September 1998. He won the Copa América in 2004.

Years after his retirement as a footballer, Felipe started his career as a coach, debuting at Tigres do Brasil.

Honours

Club

Vasco da Gama

• Brasileirão Série A (2): 1997, 2000 (Copa João Havelange)
• Copa do Brasil (1): 2011
• Copa Libertadores (1): 1998
• Campeonato Carioca (1): 1998
• Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo Tournament (1): 1999
• Copa Mercosur (1): 2000

Flamengo

• Campeonato Carioca (1): 2004

Fluminense

• Campeonato Carioca (1): 2005

Al Sadd

• Qatar Stars League (2): 2005–06, 2006–07
• Emir of Qatar Cup (1): 2006–07
• Crown Prince Cup (3): 2006, 2007, 2008
• Sheikh Jassem Cup (1): 2006–07

International

Brazil

• Copa América (1): 2004

Individual

• Copa do Brasil Player of Year (2): 2004, 2011
• Campeonato Carioca Player of Year (1): 2004
• Campeonato Carioca Midfielder of Year (3): 2004, 2011, 2012
• South American Team of the Year: 1998

External links

• United Athletes Magazine Interview about the training of a midfielder.
• Felipe at Sambafoot (archived)