Fellipe Bertoldo dos Santos (born 5 January 1991) is a Brazilian

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player who plays as a

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. He formerly played for

Mitra Kukar Persatuan Sepakbola Mitra Kutai Kartanegara is an Indonesian association football club based in Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. They currently compete in the Liga 3. History This club was founded in 1979 as NIAC Mitra. NIAC stoo ...

in the Indonesia Soccer Championship. In January 2016 he signed a one-year contract with the Iranian team

Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. Esteghlal Khuzestan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال استقلال خوزستان, ''Bašgâh-e Futbâl-e Esteqlâl-e Xuzestân''), commonly known as Esteghlal Khuzestan, is an Iranian football club based in Ahvaz, Iran. The club c ...

Despite having no links with East Timor, he had been naturalised and played for the country's national team between 2014 and 2015. On 19 January 2017, the

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declared Bertoldo and eleven other Brazilian men's footballers ineligible to represent East Timor. Two months later, the East Timorese passport he had received has been declared ‘null and void’ by the Ministry of Justice of East Timor.

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;Esteghlal Khuzestan * Iran Pro League (1): 2015–16 ;Arema * Indonesia President's Cup (1):

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Fellipe Bertoldo
at playmakerstats.com (English version of leballonrond.fr) 1991 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players J2 League players Japan Football League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Verspah Oita players Oita Trinita players Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. players PS Mitra Kukar players Arema F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Timor-Leste men's international footballers East Timorese men's footballers Asian Games competitors for East Timor Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub