Felipe (footballer, born 1977)

Felipe
	Felipe in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Felipe Jorge Loureiro
Date of birth	2 September 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, left-back
Team information
Current team	Vasco da Gama (technical director)
Youth career
1990–1997	Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–2002	Vasco da Gama
2001	→ Palmeiras (loan)
2001	→ Atlético Mineiro (loan)
2002	Galatasaray
2003–2004	Flamengo
2005	Fluminense
2005–2010	Al Sadd
2010–2012	Vasco da Gama
2013	Fluminense
International career
1999	Brazil U–23
1998–2004	Brazil
Managerial career
2017	Tigres do Brasil
2021–2022	Bangu
2022	Confiança
2023	Bangu
2024	Volta Redonda
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Felipe Jorge Loureiro (born 2 September 1977), known as Felipe, is a Brazilian football coach and former player. He is the current technical director of Vasco da Gama.

A left-footed midfielder and left-back, Felipe is known for his playmaking style, that nicknamed him as Maestro, with his excellent ball control, dribbling skills, and vision for orchestrating offensive plays and providing precise passes.

Career

Felipe arrives in Vasco da Gama as a futsal player in 1984 at 6 years old. There, he met Pedrinho, who would be his profession colleague and also personal friend. Times later, in 1990 at 12 years old, Felipe came up through the ranks of Vasco da Gama as a youth player. In 1996, Felipe received his first chance between the professionals, playing as a left back. Until 1999, Felipe stood in Vasco da Gama, getting chances in the Brazil national team and consecrating himself as one of the greatest idols of the club. After an unsuccessful negotiation to Roma and injuries in 2000, Felipe in 2001, already playing as a left side midfielder since 1999, was loaned to Palmeiras, returning to play as a left back, and, posteriorly, to Atlético Mineiro. In 2002, returns to Vasco da Gama for a short time, playing as a left side midfielder, before a negotiated and goes to a mid-season spend in Galatasaray. In 2003, Felipe returns to Brazil, playing two seasons as a right winger for Flamengo. In 2005, after polemics, made a quickly move to Fluminense after goes to Al Sadd, spending five seasons in Middle East. In 2010, Felipe returns to Vasco da Gama, 14 years after his professional debut in the club. Felipe finished his playing career at Fluminense in 2013.

He has seven caps with the Brazil national team, the first one on 23 September 1998. He won the Copa América in 2004.

Years after his retirement as a footballer, Felipe started his career as a coach, debuting at Tigres do Brasil.^[1]

Honours

Vasco da Gama

Flamengo

Campeonato Carioca: 2004

Fluminense

Campeonato Carioca: 2005

Al Sadd

Brazil

Copa América: 2004

Individual

Copa do Brasil Player of Year: 2004, 2011
Campeonato Carioca Player of Year: 2004
Campeonato Carioca Midfielder of Year: 2004, 2011, 2012
South American Team of the Year: 1998

References

^ "Após curso na CBF, Felipe e Pedrinho vão comandar o Tigres no Carioca". Felippe Costa–Globoesporte.com. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

External links

United Athletes Magazine Interview about the training of a midfielder.
Felipe at Sambafoot

[1] "Após curso na CBF, Felipe e Pedrinho vão comandar o Tigres no Carioca". Felippe Costa–Globoesporte.com. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

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