Luís Felipe Oyama (born 30 January 1997) is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Novorizontino, on loan

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Club career

Oyama was born in

São José do Rio Preto São José do Rio Preto () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is located in the northwestern region of the state, approximately from the city of São Paulo and from Brasília ...

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, and joined

Mirassol Mirassol is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located in the northern part of the state, 453 km from the city of São Paulo and 15 km from São José do Rio Preto. Mirassol has 60,303 inhabitants (IBGE/2020). ...

's youth setup in 2013, after spending some time playing

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. He made his first team debut on 24 July 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw against Rio Preto, for the year's

Copa Paulista The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...

. Oyama scored his first senior goal on 30 August 2017, netting the opener in a 2–2 away draw against

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, also for the state cup. Sparingly used, he was loaned to

Atibaia Atibaia (or ''Estância de Atibaia'') is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. According to the Brazilian statistics institute the IBGE, the city is a conurbation with Bom Jesus dos Pe ...

in February 2019. After returning from loan from Atibaia, Oyama was regularly used in the 2020 Campeonato Paulista, as his side reached the semifinals of the competition. On 6 July 2020, he joined Série B side Ponte Preta on loan until the end of the campaign.

Career statistics

Honours

Botafogo *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

References

External links

Ponte Preta profile
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