Filipe Andrade Teixeira (; born 2 October 1980) is a Portuguese retired

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. Regarded as technical and creative, he was capable of playing in several

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positions, and he competed professionally in five countries his own notwithstanding, mainly Romania.

Club career

Early years

Born in

Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious Communes of France, commune in the Parisian area, located from its Kilometre zero, centre. It is a Subprefectures in ...

, France, Teixeira started his senior career with

Felgueiras Felgueiras () is a municipality in Porto District, Portugal. The current mayor is Nuno Fonseca. There are two cities located in the municipality: Felgueiras (city status received on 13 July 1990) and Lixa. The population in 2011 was 58,065, in a ...

in the Segunda Liga, being an automatic first-choice since the age of 18. After a career-best nine goals in 2000–01 season, he returned to his nation of birth – his parents were

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immigrants – and signed with

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club

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Paris Saint-Germain

Although he appeared sparingly for the

Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and large ...

side in his only season, Teixeira joined the

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after being transferred to

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where he teamed up with Brazil's

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, being rarely used during his spell with the capital side. Teixeira then returned to Portugal, making his

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debut at

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, on loan, and playing alongside fellow Portuguese

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and Luís Filipe. At the end of the campaign he went back to PSG, and shared teams up with two more compatriots:

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and Hugo Leal. Another move to Portugal followed, as Teixeira signed for Académica de Coimbra. With the ''Students'', he only missed five league game in two seasons combined, helping the team to consecutive 13th-place finishes (the competition changed from 18 to 16 clubs for 2006–07).

West Bromwich Albion

Teixeira completed a move to

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on 17 July 2007 for a fee of £600,000, signing a three-year contract. He made his pre-season debut one week later against

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, scoring twice, and his first appearance in the

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came in a 1–2 defeat at

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, on the opening day of the season. Teixeira scored his first goal for Albion in a 2–0 home win over

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, on 1 September 2007. His performances in midfield during that month earned him a place on the shortlist for ''Championship Player of the Month'', although the award eventually went to

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. Teixeira was stretchered off after 18 minutes of WBA's 3–0 home win against

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in early March 2008, when he landed awkwardly following a clash with Gary Sawyer– initial scans on the player's knee suggested that he had suffered

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damage and was "likely to miss the rest of the campaign". The prognosis proved correct and he returned to Portugal to have an operation, before undergoing rehabilitation at former club Académica; as Albion promoted to the

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, he contributed with five goals in 30 games. On 31 January 2010, having appeared scarcely for WBA following his return from injury, Teixeira joined fellow division two club Barnsley, on loan until the rest of the season.

Later career

On 22 June 2010, aged nearly 30, Teixeira joined

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side

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on a two-year contract, after being granted a free transfer from West Bromwich– he teamed up at the club with compatriots

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and Mário Sérgio. In February of the following year, however, he was loaned to FC Brașov in Romania, for six-months. Teixeira continued in Romania and its

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for the 2011–12 season, signing for

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. He was released from his contract after the club entered administration, and moved to the

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with Al-Shaab. Teixeira returned to Romania in the summer of 2013, joining Petrolul Ploiești. He scored seven league goals in 29 games in his debut campaign, helping his new team to the third position with the subsequent

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to the

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; on 7 August 2014 he opened the scoring against

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, contributing to 4–1 away win for the third qualifying round of the Europa League (5–2 on aggregate). On 23 June 2017, after spending the preceding two seasons with

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where he won the national title, Teixeira signed a one-year contract with

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. He netted his first competitive goal on 25 July, his header helping to a 2–2 home draw to Viktoria Plzeň for the

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of the

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; he scored again in the second leg, a 4–1 victory where he also obtained a

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

West Bromwich Albion *

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: 2007–08 Astra Giurgiu *

: 2015–16 *

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runner-up: 2016–17 Portugal *

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Teixeira, Filipe 1980 births Living people French people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople from Boulogne-Billancourt Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players F.C. Felgueiras players U.D. Leiria players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players FC Istres players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Metalurh Donetsk players Liga I players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Rapid București players FC Petrolul Ploiești players FC Astra Giurgiu players FC Steaua București players UAE Pro League players Al-Shaab CSC players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Footballers from Hauts-de-Seine