Filipe Ferreira (footballer, born 1990)

Filipe Miguel Neves Ferreira (born 27 September 1990) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.D. Tondela mainly as a left back but also as a left midfielder.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Neves and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.
Filipe Ferreira
Personal information
Full name Filipe Miguel Neves Ferreira
Date of birth (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Left back / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Tondela
Number 30
Youth career
2002–2003 Sporting CP
2003–2007 CAC Pontinha
2007–2009 Atlético
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Atlético 60 (6)
2012–2016 Belenenses 90 (4)
2016–2018 Paços Ferreira 36 (0)
2018–2019 Sturm Graz 3 (0)
2019 → Nacional (loan) 5 (0)
2019– Tondela 20 (0)
National team
2011 Portugal U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2020

He made over 140 appearances in the Primeira Liga, mostly for Belenenses but also Nacional and Tondela.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Ferreira began his senior career at hometown club Atlético Clube de Portugal in the third division, winning promotion in 2010–11 and making his professional debut in the Segunda Liga the following season. A year later, he moved across the league and the capital city to C.F. Os Belenenses, playing 19 matches in all competitions as the team won the league title; he subsequently extended his contract from 2014 to the following year.[1]

Ferreira featured regularly in his debut campaign in the Primeira Liga, and scored the winner in a 2–1 home victory over S.C. Braga on 2 February 2014 that ended a nine-game winless run.[2] In July 2016, once his contract expired, he signed a two-year deal at F.C. Paços de Ferreira in the same competition.[3]

In July 2018, Ferreira moved abroad for the first time, signing for SK Sturm Graz of the Austrian Football Bundesliga.[4] Having made only four appearances in all tournaments, he returned the following January to his own country's top flight by joining C.D. Nacional on loan until 30 June;[5] his registration at the Madeiran club was delayed for bureaucratic reasons.[6]

Following Nacional's relegation, in July 2019 Ferreira made a permanent move back to the top tier on a two-year contract at C.D. Tondela.[7]

International career

Ferreira played twice for the Portuguese under-21 side, in March 2011 friendlies. He earned his first cap against the Republic of Ireland (2–0 win), and his second three days later against Denmark (1–1).[8]

Personal life

Ferreira's father, José Carlos, was also a footballer and a defender.[9]

References
  1. "Filipe Ferreira até 2015" [Filipe Ferreira until 2015]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 June 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. "Belenenses vence Braga após nove jogos sem triunfos" [Belenenses beat Braga after nine games without a win] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. "Oficial: Filipe Ferreira no Paços de Ferreira" [Official: Filipe Ferreira to Paços de Ferreira] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  4. "Filipe Ferreira muda-se para a Áustria" [Filipe Ferreira moves to Austria]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 3 July 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  5. "Filipe Ferreira reforça defesa do Nacional" [Filipe Ferreira bolsters Nacional's defence]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 3 January 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  6. Lopes, João; Krithinas, Sérgio (13 January 2019). "Inscrição de Filipe Ferreira gera discórdia" [Filpe Ferreira's registration generates disagreement]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  7. Morais, Pedro (13 July 2019). "Filipe Ferreira é reforço do Tondela" [Filipe Ferreira is a Tondela addition]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  8. "Sub-21: Portugal-Dinamarca, 1–1" [Under-21: Portugal-Denmark, 1–1]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  9. "José Carlos torce pelo Belenenses... mas só se o filho jogar" [José Carlos roots for Belenenenses... but only if his son plays]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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