Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos (born 22 February 1984 in

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), known as Felipe, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Botafogo-PB.

Career

Early career

Felipe began his career in Vitória (BA) before being signed by São Caetano in September 2005 until end of year. 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

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. In April 2006, he left for

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side Portuguesa, competed the start-up place with

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. In 2007 season he finished as the losing finalists in 2007

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with Bragantino. On 24 April 2007, he was signed for

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along with four of his teammates:

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, Moradei, Everton Leandro and Zelão.

Corinthians

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

. 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 Participações".

Braga

In summer 2010,

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and Corinthians formed a deal to sign Felipe, as Genoa has loaned their first choice keeper

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, and the Brazilian side signed

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as replacement. But the deal was not yet completed due to

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decided to reduce the numbers of registration quota of non-EU players signed from abroad, from 2 to 1 on 2 July. It was reported that Genoa kept the quota for future signing instead for Felipe. Genoa eventually signed Rafinha and Felipe terminated his contract with Corinthians on 5 August 2010. On 9 August 2010 he was signed by Olé Brasil. On 9 August 2010,

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signed him on loan from unnamed club, as the club had sold it keepers

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and

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, moreover, it new signing former Portuguese internationals Quim was injured. Braga also loaned their youth product Mário Felgueiras (who played in

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third qualifying round) after signed Felipe. Felipe then immediately included in the starting line-up, in the 3–1 won against

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in the opening match of 2010–11 Portuguese Liga, ahead another new signing

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on 13 August 2010.

Flamengo

After a short stint on Braga, Felipe returned to Brazil on a one-year loan to

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, with an option for the

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club to purchase him in 2011, and with a rescision clause in case of disciplinary problems, added by the request of Patrícia Amorim, president of Flamengo, due to the controversial

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case. His signing was a bet from coach

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. Felipe made his debut on a friendly match against

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, which ended in a goalless draw. During the match, Londrina were awarded a penalty kick, which was defended by Felipe. Felipe soon fell in the graces of the ''rubro-negro'' supporters after defending two penalty kicks in the

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semifinals against

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and for performing well at another semi-final match, this time against

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where Flamengo advanced to the

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finals. Flamengo defeated rivals

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at the Taça Rio finals, winning the

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and being crowned as the best goalkeeper of the tournament. On the farewell match of

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, Felipe made four important saves, preventing his former club

from winning the match and 'spoiling' the Serbians' final match for Flamengo. Felipe renewed his contract with Flamengo to December 2015 in January 2012, with his rights being purchased for R$ 3 million from Olé Brasil. On 27 January 2015 Felipe had his contract canceled by Flamengo.

Figueirense

On 24 April 2015, Felipe joined

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along with Carlos Alberto.

Style of play

He is reportedly tipped to be one of the best goalkeepers of

, 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.

Career statistics

''Updated 13 March 2013'' *Note: State Leagues are marked as League Cup, statistics available only since 2007.

Honours

Club

;Vitória * Bahia State League: 2003, 2004, 2005 *Bahia State Superleague: 2002 ;Corinthians *

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;Flamengo *

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International

Brazil U-17 *

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Individual

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Best Goalkeeper

References

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