Filipe Soares (footballer, born 1999)

Filipe Miguel Barros Soares (born 20 May 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Moreirense F.C. as a midfielder.

For the footballer born in 1994, see Filipe Soares (footballer, born 1994).
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Barros and the second or paternal family name is Soares.
Filipe Soares
Personal information
Full name Filipe Miguel Barros Soares[1]
Date of birth (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Moreirense
Number 21
Youth career
2007–2018 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Benfica B 5 (0)
2018–2019 Estoril 31 (2)
2019– Moreirense 40 (4)
National team‡
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– Portugal U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2019

Club career

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]

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 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 1–3 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]

International career

Soares won his first cap for the Portuguese 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.[8]

Personal life

Soares' older brother, Alexandre, was also a footballer and a midfielder.[9]

References
  1. "Filipe Soares". 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. Amaro, Miguel (5 September 2019). "Portugal arranca qualificação com goleada" [Portugal get qualification going with rout]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  9. 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.
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