Luiz Felipe Machado de Souza (born 5 October 1996), known as Luiz Felipe, is a Brazilian

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who plays as an

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Club career

Born in

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, Luiz Felipe represented

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and

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as a youth. He made his senior debut while on loan at

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in the 2016 Campeonato Goiano Segunda Divisão, before returning to Atlético ahead of the 2017 season. After featuring in just two matches for ''Dragão'', Luiz Felipe had two loan spells at São Bernardo before joining Santa Cruz on 6 December 2018, also on loan. He left the latter club on 28 January 2020, and signed for fellow Série C side Paysandu on 6 February. Luiz Felipe terminated his contract with ''Papão'' on 19 February 2021, and subsequently moved to São Caetano. On 2 June, he was presented at Ypiranga-RS, and renewed his contract with the club for a further year on 11 December. On 18 April 2022, Luiz Felipe was announced at

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. After the club's elimination from the 2022 Série C, he moved to Floresta for the

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. On 28 November 2022, Luiz Felipe agreed to a contract with

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. The following 15 May, he became the ninth addition of Portuguesa for the 2023

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Career statistics

Honours

Paysandu *

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References

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