Felipe Almeida Félix (born 20 April 1985), known as Félix, is a Brazilian former

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Football career

Born in

Itanhaém Itanhaém is a municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of the Baixada Santista. The population is 103,102 (2020 est.) in an area of 601.85 km². The elevation is 4 m. Geogr ...

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, Felix finished his formation with

Clube Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded ...

. He would only play amateur football in his country during his career, which started in Portugal with GD Os Nazarenos. In 2008, Félix joined

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

club

PFC Spartak Nalchik PFC Spartak Nalchik () is a Russian association football club based in Nalchik that plays in the fourth-tier Russian Second League Division B. They played in the Russian Premier League between 2006 and 2012. History FC Spartak Nalchik was found ...

. He failed to score during his two-year tenure, also being loaned to

Baku FC FC Baku (), founded as Dinamo Baku in 1997, was an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku that had been an amateur club since 2016. Prior to that, Baku played 18 seasons in the Azerbaijan Premier League, winning the championship twice and the Az ...

and

Rio Branco Esporte Clube Rio Branco Esporte Clube, more commonly referred to as Rio Branco de Americana or simply Rio Branco, is a Brazilian football club based in Americana, São Paulo. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A3, the third tier of the São ...

. In June 2010, Spartak declared that they had no intention to reinstate Félix in the squad, but expected to receive a fee from the Brazilian side that was vying for his services. However, he eventually returned to Portugal and joined

Leixões S.C. Leixões Sport Club (), commonly known as Leixões, is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as athletics, boxing, football, futsal, handball, karate, swimming, volleyball, wat ...

in the Segunda Liga. He scored his first goal as a professional at nearly 26 years of age, contributing to a 3–3 away draw against S.C. Freamunde. Félix competed in Hungary, Brazil and Japan in the following years, playing top flight football with

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungary, Hungarian professional Association football, football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hunga ...

. In 2014, he switched to the

China League One The Chinese Football League 1 (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (), is the second level of professional football in China, under the Chinese Super League. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association ...

with Beijing Baxy FC, joining fellow league team Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. the following year.新疆雪豹队新征程在即宣传视频提前曝光
; News TS, 10 February 2015 In April 2018 after a 3-year absence from the professional game, Félix earned himself an opportunity to sign for Japanese side

Giravanz Kitakyushu is a Japanese football club based in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. They currently play in J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional league football. History Mitsubishi Chemical SC (1947 –2000) The club was formed in 1947 as part o ...

in the

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