Filipe Miguel Barros Soares (born 20 May 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a

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or attacking midfielder for

Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club based in Faro, Portugal, Faro in the Faro District, district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club wi ...

on loan from

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club PAOK.

Club career

Benfica

Born in

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, Soares joined S.L. Benfica's youth academy in at the age of 8. 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

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in the

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Estoril and Moreirense

In July 2018, Soares signed with

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coimb ...

also of the second division. He moved to the

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one year later, agreeing to a five-year contract at Moreirense FC. 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. He scored his first and second goals in the competition the following 2 February, in a 5–1 away victory over

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. During his spell at the Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, Soares totalled 85 games, six goals and seven assists.

PAOK

On 25 January 2022, Soares joined PAOK FC for €2.5 million, on a deal running until June 2026. He made his

debut for the club on 2 February, playing injury time of a 2–0 win at Apollon Smyrnis FC. His first goal came on 14 May, when he and his compatriot

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scored in the 1–1 away draw against Olympiacos FC. Soares helped his team to reach consecutive finals of the Greek Cup, losing both. In January 2024, having taken part in no league matches in the first half of the season (only three UEFA Europa Conference League appearances), he returned to Portugal and its top tier on a five-month loan at

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. On 9 July 2024, Soares was loaned to

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for one year.

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

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for the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers after replacing Sporting CP's

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Personal life

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

Career statistics

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Soares, Filipe 1999 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.L. Benfica B players G.D. Estoril Praia players Moreirense F.C. players F.C. Famalicão players S.C. Farense players Super League Greece players Super League Greece 2 players PAOK FC players PAOK FC B players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece