| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Flamengo | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2004 | Vitória | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2005 | Vitória | 20 | (0) |
| 2005 | São Caetano | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Bragantino | 0 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Portuguesa (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Corinthians | 108 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Olé Brasil | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Sporting Braga (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Flamengo (loan) | 35 | (0) |
| 2012– | Flamengo | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | Brazil U-15 | ||
| 2000 | Brazil U-16 | ||
| 2001 | Brazil U-17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2002 | Brazil U-18 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 2, 2012. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos, known as Felipe, (born 22 February 1984 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Brazilian Série A club Flamengo.
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Felipe began his career in Vitória (BA) before being signed by São Caetano in September 2005 until end of year.[1] He was the first choice keeper for Vitória in 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, played 15 out of 21 games.
In 2006 he signed for Bragantino. In April 2006, he left for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B side Portuguesa, competed the start-up place with Tiago Campagnaro. In 2007 season he finished as the losing finalists in 2007 Campeonato Paulista with Bragantino.
On the 24 April 2007, he was signed for Corinthians along with four of his team-mates: Kadu, Moradei, Everton Leandro and Zelão.
He made his league debut for Corinthians, on 13 May 2007, in a win 1-0 against Juventude, and immediately established himself as Corinthian's starting goalkeeper. Felipe wore the number 1 shirt at the club.
In 2008, Corinthians only owned 50% economic rights of Felipe, and his former club Bragantino owned 25% and the rest was owned by "Mamabru Participaçoes" .[2]
In summer 2010, Genoa and Corinthians formed a deal to sign Felipe, as Genoa has loaned their first choice keeper Marco Amelia to A.C. Milan, and the Brazilian side signed Aldo Bobadilla as replacement. But the deal was not yet completed due to FIGC decided to reduce the numbers of registration quota of non-EU players signed from abroad, from 2 to 1 on 2 July.[3] It was reported that Genoa kept the quota for future signing instead for Felipe.[4] Genoa eventually signed Rafinha and Felipe terminated his contract with Corinthians on 5 August 2010.[5] On 9 August 2010 he was signed by Olé Brasil.[6]
On 9 August 2010, Sporting Braga signed him on loan from unnamed club,[7] as the club had sold it keepers Eduardo to Genoa and Paweł Kieszek to Porto, moreover, it new signing former Portuguese internationals Quim was injured. Braga also loaned their youth product Mário Felgueiras (who played in UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) after signed Felipe.
Felipe then immediately included in the starting line-up, in the 3-1 won against Portimonense in the opening match of 2010–11 Portuguese Liga, ahead another new signing Artur on 13 August 2010.
On 17 December 2010 he returned to Brazil for Flamengo until the end of 2011 season.[8] It was reported that Felipe is owned by a group of investors and his former club Bragantino (25%).[9]
He is reportedly tipped to be one of the best goalkeepers of Campeonato Paulista, known for his spectacular saves, great judgement and the ability to read the ball well. He is most importantly known for his skill at restarting the match after suffering a goal replacing quickly the ball and sending it to the center of the field showing the awareness in the game flow.
As of January 2, 2012
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Total | |||||||
| 2003 | Vitória | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 2005 | Série B | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| 2005 | São Caetano | Série A | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2006 | Bragantino | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2006 | Portuguesa (loan) | Série B | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| 2007 | Bragantino | N/A | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | Corinthians | Série A | 37 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | Série B | 33 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | – | 61 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Série A | 31 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 64 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | 7 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| Portugal | League | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2010–11 | Braga (loan) | Primeira Liga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Total | |||||||
| 2011 | Flamengo (loan) | Série A | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| 2012 | Flamengo | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Brazil | 179 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 313 | 0 | |
| Portugal | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 191 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 332 | 0 | ||
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