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Filipe Soares (footballer, born 1999)

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Filipe Soares
Personal information
Full name Filipe Miguel Barros Soares[1]
Date of birth (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Famalicão
(on loan from PAOK)
Youth career
2007–2018 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Benfica B 5 (0)
2018–2019 Estoril 31 (2)
2019–2022 Moreirense 79 (6)
2022– PAOK 33 (2)
2022 PAOK B 1 (0)
2024–Famalicão (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2014 Portugal U15 2 (1)
2015 Portugal U16 7 (1)
2016 Portugal U17 5 (0)
2017 Portugal U18 5 (0)
2018 Portugal U19 1 (1)
2018–2019 Portugal U20 4 (0)
2019–2021 Portugal U21 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Filipe Miguel Barros Soares (born 20 May 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for Primeira Liga club Famalicão, on loan from Super League Greece club PAOK.

Club career

Benfica

Born in Lisbon, Soares joined S.L. Benfica's youth academy in at the age of 8.[2] On 19 February 2017, still a junior, he made his senior debut with the reserve team, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–1 home win against S.C. Freamunde for the LigaPro.[3]

Estoril and Moreirense

In July 2018, Soares signed with G.D. Estoril Praia also of the second division.[4] He moved to the Primeira Liga one year later, agreeing to a five-year contract at Moreirense FC.[5]

Soares played his first match in the Portuguese top flight on 11 August 2019, featuring 28 minutes in the 3–1 away loss to S.C. Braga before being stretchered off with an injury.[6] He scored his first and second goals in the competition the following 2 February, in a 5–1 away victory over Gil Vicente FC.[7]

During his spell at the Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, Soares totalled 85 games, six goals and seven assists.[8]

PAOK

On 25 January 2022, Soares joined Super League Greece club PAOK FC for 2.5 million, on a deal running until June 2026.[9] In January 2024, having taken part in no league matches in the first half of the season (only three UEFA Europa Conference League appearances),[10] he returned to Portugal and its top tier on a five-month loan at F.C. Famalicão.[11]

International career

Soares won his first cap for the Portugal under-21 side on 5 September 2019, playing the second half of a 4–0 home win against Gibraltar for the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers after replacing Sporting CP's Miguel Luís.[12]

Personal life

Soares' older brother, Alexandre, is also a footballer and a midfielder.[13]

Career statistics

As of 20 August 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2016–17 Liga Portugal 2 1 0 3[a] 1 4 1
2017–18 4 0 4 0
Total 5 0 3 1 8 1
Estoril 2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 31 2 2 0 4[b] 1 37 3
Moreirense 2019–20 Primeira Liga 33 4 1 0 34 4
2020–21 31 2 2 0 33 2
2021–22 15 0 2 0 1[b] 0 18 0
Total 79 6 5 0 1 0 122 9
PAOK 2021–22 Super League Greece 13 1 2 0 2 0 17 1
2022–23 20 1 3 0 1 0 24 1
2023–24 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
Total 33 2 5 0 6 0 44 2
Career total 148 10 12 0 9 1 5 1 174 12
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Youth League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in Taça da Liga

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Filipe Soares" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ^ Gomes de Andrade, Maria (11 June 2019). "Filipe Soares: "No Estoril saí da zona de conforto"" [Filipe Soares: "I left my comfort zone in Estoril"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. ^ Marques, Valter (19 February 2017). "Benfica B-Freamunde, 2–1: Águias regressam aos triunfos" [Benfica B-Freamunde, 2–1: Eagles return to wins]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Filipe Soares para ajudar a colocar o Estoril "na divisão que pertence"" [Filipe Soares to help put Estoril "in the division they belong"]. A Bola (in Portuguese). July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Filipe Soares é reforço do Moreirense" [Filipe Soares is a Moreirense addition] (Press release) (in Portuguese). Moreirense F.C. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Braga vence Moreirense na primeira jornada da Liga" [Braga defeat Moreirense in the League's first round]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Moreirense goleia Gil Vicente em Barcelos (1–5, veja os golos)" [Moreirense rout Gil Vicente in Barcelos (1–5, watch the goals)]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 2 February 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  8. ^ Marques, Valter (24 January 2022). "Filipe Soares no PAOK até 2026" [Filipe Soares at PAOK until 2026]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Filipe Soares já chegou a Salónica para reforçar o PAOK: "Muito feliz por estar aqui"" [Filipe Soares has already arrived in Thessaloniki to bolster PAOK: "Very happy to be here"]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. ^ Marques, Valter (9 January 2024). "Filipe Soares perto de reforçar o Famalicão" [Filipe Soares close to bolstering Famalicão]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Filipe Soares é reforço do FC Famalicão" [Filipe Soares is addition to FC Famalicão] (in Portuguese). F.C. Famalicão. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  12. ^ Amaro, Miguel (5 September 2019). "Portugal arranca qualificação com goleada" [Portugal get qualification going with rout]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  13. ^ Devesas, Lino (26 July 2019). "Irmãos lutam por um lugar no Moreirense" [Brothers fight for a place at Moreirense]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  14. ^ Filipe Soares at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata