Filipe Luis: a sports biography of a Brazilian football player

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Filipe Luis is a Brazilian professional footballer of Polish origin who plays as a left back for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Brazil national team. As part of mattresses, he plays under the 3rd number. Previously, he played for such famous clubs as the Brazilian Figueirense, the Dutch Ajax, the Spanish Deportivo and the English Chelsea.

Many fans of the English club Chelsea think that Filipe Luis and David Luiz are brothers. However, this fact is erroneous. This misconception began when David Luiz moved from Chelsea to PSG and Filipe Luiz just joined the club as his replacement. In pre-match press conferences, Blues head coach José Mourinho, who is now in charge of Manchester United, often made misunderstandings about these Brazilian defenders. And this is not strange, because they are Brazilians with the same last name, who, in addition, both play defense.

Features of a football player

Filipe Luis is known for his phenomenal tactical play, from which the entire attack and defense of Atlético Madrid and the Brazilian national team is built. In addition, it is stress-resistant and physicallyhardy footballer. According to many experts, Louis is considered the benchmark defensive line player in modern football.

Biography

Filipe Luis was born on August 9, 1985 in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil. From the age of ten he began to play for the youth club Figueirense, whose player he was until 2003. At youth level, he began playing as an attacking midfielder, but later retrained as a left back.

Despite the fact that Filipe Luis is a pupil of the Brazilian school, which is significantly different from the rest, from early childhood he developed a taste for European football, which is considered and is more progressive. In the 2003/2004 season, he made his debut for the adult team, played a total of 24 matches for the club and scored one goal.

Loan at Ajax

In 2004, the Brazilian was transferred to Ajax Amsterdam on loan. Here he played in the reserve team, played more than 70% of all matches in the Beloften Eredivisie league. During the season, he was called up to the main team by head coach Danny Blind for the UEFA Cup match against the AJ Auxerre club (in Russian - Auxerre), but he sat on the bench. Despite the fact that the player did not receive match practice at the Amsterdam club, Filipe Luis says that Ajax helped him learn the tactical aspects of the game, as well as develop, providing the opportunity to train with world leaders such as Rafael van der Vaart and Wesley Sneijder.

Transfer to Rentistas Uruguay:loan at Real Madrid Castilla and Deportivo

On August 18, 2005, the Brazilian signed a contract with the Uruguayan club Rentistas, in which he did not play a single match. Filipe Luis was immediately loaned to Real Madrid Castilla, where he spent the entire 2005/2006 season (playing in 37 Spanish Segunda games).

In August 2006, Luis joined Deportivo de La Coruña on a possible $2.2 million buyout deal. As part of the White-and-Blues, he played two seasons on loan (played in 52 matches and scored one goal), after which he was completely redeemed from Rentistas and played two more seasons in the Example - played 59 matches and became the author 5 goals scored. With Deportivo, he won the 2008 Intertoto Cup.

Atlético Madrid career: statistics, achievements

On July 23, 2010, Brazilian footballer Filipe Luis signed a five-year contract with Atlético Madrid worth 12 million euros. The official debut for the "mattress" took place on September 26 in a match against Real Zaragoza. In the debut season of 2010/11, the Brazilian competed for a place in the base with Atlético Madrid graduate Antonio Lopez. Nevertheless, Filipe played in 27 La Liga games and even scored one goal against Real Sociedad on April 10, 2011.

Played as part of the Red-Whites until 2014, during this period of time he ran back in 127 matches and scored two goals. Here he became the owner of five trophies: Champion of the Spanish Examples,winner of the Europa League Cup, two-time winner of the UEFA Super Cup and winner of the Copa del Rey.

Transfer to Chelsea

On July 16, 2014, the London club bought the Brazilian defender from Atlético Madrid for £15.8 million. The football player made his debut in the "pensioners" in a pre-season match against the German "Wolfsburg" July 23, 2014. In the 2014/15 season, he played 15 matches and became the champion of England, as well as the owner of the Football League Cup. On July 28, 2015, Filipe Luis returned to Atlético Madrid.