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
Farense
(on loan from PAOK)
Number 21
Youth career
2007–2018 Benfica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2024Famalicão (loan) 8 (0)
2024–Farense (loan) 1 (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 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:25, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

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

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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 in 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 PAOK FC for 2.5 million, on a deal running until June 2026. [9] He made his Super League Greece debut for the club on 2 February, playing injury time of a 2–0 win at Apollon Smyrnis FC. [10] [11] His first goal came on 14 May, when he and his compatriot João Carvalho scored in the 1–1 away draw against Olympiacos FC. [12]

Soares helped his team to reach consecutive finals of the Greek Cup, losing both. [13] [14] In January 2024, having taken part in no league matches in the first half of the season (only three UEFA Europa Conference League appearances), [15] he returned to Portugal and its top tier on a five-month loan at F.C. Famalicão. [16]

On 9 July 2024, Soares was loaned to S.C. Farense for one year. [17]

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. [18]

Personal life

Soares' older brother, Alexandre, is also a footballer and a midfielder. [19]

Career statistics

As of 20 August 2023 [20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2016–17 Liga Portugal 2 103 [lower-alpha 1] 141
2017–18 4040
Total503181
Estoril 2018–19 Liga Portugal 2312204 [lower-alpha 2] 1373
Moreirense 2019–20 Primeira Liga 33410344
2020–21 31220332
2021–22 150201 [lower-alpha 2] 0180
Total79650101229
PAOK 2021–22 Super League Greece 1312020171
2022–23 2013010241
2023–24 00003030
Total3325060442
Career total14810120915117412
  1. Appearances in UEFA Youth League
  2. 1 2 Appearances in Taça da Liga

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