Felipe Ignacio Seymour Dobud (born 23 July 1987) is a Chilean professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Universidad de Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Chile, Seymour began his football career on a Chilean reality television show called ''Adidas Selection Team''. On the show, players from different professional clubs' youth squads were joined together to form a team to play against different schools in the Chilean Metropolitan area. The team beat all the schools it played except the last, which was San Ignacio. San Ignacio beat "Team Adidas" with five goals scored by Felipe Seymour. After that Seymour was signed by the Universidad de Chile's youth squad. In 2005, after Adidas Reality, Seymour began his career on the youth squad of

at age 17.

Universidad de Chile

His Universidad de Chile professional debut was in late 2006 against

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. Under the management of Arturo Salah, Seymour was on the bench for most games, but on 21 October, he came off the bench in the

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(called "Superclásico") against

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...

. In 2008, his status as a substitute did not change. In Apertura 2008 he played in only five matches where he came off the bench. In Copa Chile 2008–09, he played in the starting lineup against the

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in a 1–0 away loss in Estadio Regional Chiledeportes. After the resignation of Arturo Salah and the arrival of

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, Seymour had more continuity in the starting lineup, and a good season for both him and the team resulted in a victory in Torneo Apertura 2009. Then with the arrival of Jose Basualdo, Seymour was frequently in the starting lineup. In Clásico Universitario he scored a goal against Universidad Católica in a 3–2 home loss. In 2010 with the arrival of the Uruguayan coach

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, he became a key player for the club. In Copa Libertadores 2010, he scored two long-distance goals. One took place against

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Estadio Monumental David Arellano The Estadio Monumental is a football Stadium in Macul, south-east of the centre of the Chilean capital Santiago. It serves as the home ground of Colo-Colo, and on occasions also for other clubs and the national football team. The stadium has a cu ...

in a 2–1 home victory in front of 30,000 spectators. The other was in a game against

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in the last minute in the round of 16 for Copa Libertadores, when the team was losing on the global result. He was in matches on other occasions, against

Huachipato Club Deportivo Huachipato is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that is a current member of the Chilean Primera División. The club was founded 7 June 1947 and plays its home games at the Estadio CAP, which has a capacity of 10,500 p ...

on 9 February for the fourth week in

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in a 3–0 home victory, and

Cobresal Club de Deportes Cobresal or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the l ...

on 5 September for the twenty-second week in

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in a 2–1 away victory.

Genoa

In May 2011, the Italian diary Gazzetta dello sport officially confirmed the transfer of the Chilean midfielder to

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outfit, Genoa C.F.C. He has been compared with

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by the Italian press. Seymour made his Genoa debut on September 18, 2011 against S.S. Lazio, in a match won by Genoa by a score of 2–1. He played the whole 90 minutes. Seymour made 12 league appearances for Genoa in his first 5 months at the club, before being loaned to Calcio Catania for the remainder of the 2011-12 Serie A season. On 31 January 2012 Seymour moved to

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on a season long loan deal that expired on 30 June 2012, later went to Spezia and in 2014 signed a contract with the current Brazilian champion Cruzeiro.

Cruzeiro

After six months without a contract, the player received a very good proposal to return to

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, specifically play in

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. Signed with

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that comes from winning two consecutive national championships.

International career

Felipe Seymour has been selected to play for Chile U23 in a

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against teams from

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. It is rumored that in the game against

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

, Felipe Seymour was nominated but not selected, though

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considered him as an alternate.

Honours

Club

;Universidad de Chile * Primera División (2): 2009 Apertura, 2011 Apertura

References

External links

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