Filipe Oliveira

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Personal information
Filipe Oliveira
Full name	Filipe Vilaça Oliveira
Date of birth	May 27, 1984 (1984-05-27) (age 24)
Place of birth	Braga, Portugal
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current club	Leixões S.C.
Youth clubs
2001-2002	SC Braga B FC Porto B
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2005 2004-2005 2005-2007 2007-present	Chelsea → Preston North End (loan) C.S. Marítimo Leixões S.C.	5 (0) 5 (0) 47 (1) 0 (0)
National team²
?-2007	Portugal U-21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 8 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Filipe Vilaça Oliveira (born 27 May 1984 in Braga) is a Portuguese football striker. He is currently playing with Portuguese outfit Leixões S.C..

Oliveira started his footballing career at his local club of SC Braga, from there he moved into the FC Porto youth system. There he was part of the side that won the Youth Championship for the 2000-2001 season.

Oliveira joined Chelsea in 2002 from F.C. Porto for a reported cost of £500,000. He managed to impress during training and pre-season matches. Also that year he made his Premiership debut at Manchester City. However he never managed to break into the regular side. In 2004 he had a loan spell at Preston. In the 2004-2005 season he played once, as a substitute in the last game against Newcastle. During the summer of 2005, Oliveira agreed to be released from his contract with Chelsea in order to seek a club back in his homeland, eventually signing for Marítimo, rejoining team mate Nuno Morais.

After a fruitless season in 2006/07, Oliveira was released from his contract just days before the start of the 2007/08 campaign and was quickly snapped up by Leixões S.C. on a free transfer.

At the international level he has managed to score regularly for the Portgual Under-21's. He has represented his country at every level from Under-15 to Under-19. He was part of the Portugal team that finished runners up to Italy in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2003.