Filipe Luis: sports biography of a Brazilian football player

Filipe Luis - Brazilian professionalfootball player of Polish origin, playing as a left-back in the Spanish club "Atletico Madrid" and the national team of Brazil. In the composition of mattresses he plays under the third number. He previously played for such well-known clubs as the Brazilian Figueirense, the Dutch Ajax, the Spanish Deportivo and the English Chelsea.

Many fans of the English club Chelseathink that Philip Louis and David Luis are brothers. However, this fact is erroneous. This misconception originated in the period when David Luiz moved from "Chelsea" to "PSG", and Philip Louis just did join the club as his replacement. At pre-match press conferences, the head coach of the "blue" Jose Mourinho, who now trains "Manchester United", often made reservations about these Brazilian defenders. And this is not strange, because they are Brazilians with the same surname, who, in addition, both play in defense.

Features of football player

Filipe Luis is known for his phenomenaltactical game, which builds the entire attack and defense of Madrid "Atletico" and the Brazilian national team. In addition, he is a stress-resistant and physically hardy player. According to many experts, Luis is considered a reference player of the defensive line in modern football.

Biography

Filipe Luis was born on August 9, 1985 in the cityJaraguá do Sul, Brazil. From the age of ten he began to speak for the youth club "Figueirense", the player of which was until 2003. At the youth level began to play as an attacking midfielder, but subsequently retrained for the left defender.

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

Rent in Ajax

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

Going to Uruguayan "Rentistas": renting to Real Madrid Castilla and Deportivo

On August 18, 2005, the Brazilian signed a contract withUruguayan club "Protestas", in which he did not play a single match. Filipe Luis was immediately leased to the club Real Madrid Castilla, where he spent a whole season 2005/2006 (played in 37 games of the Spanish Segunda).

In August 2006, Louis joined the club"Deportivo de La Coruna" with a possible buy-out for 2.2 million US dollars. As part of the "white and blue" he played two seasons on loan (played in 52 games and was noted with one goal), then he was completely bought from "Rentistas" and played two more seasons in the Example - spent 59 matches and became the author 5 goals scored. As part of the "Deportivo" became the owner of the Intertoto Cup 2008.

Career in FC Atletico Madrid: statistics, achievements

July 23, 2010, the Brazilian football player FilipeLuis signed a five-year contract with Madrid "Atletico" for 12 million euros. The official debut for "mattress" was held on September 26 in a match against the "Real Zaragoza". In the debut season of 2010/11 the Brazilian competed for a place in the base with the graduate of the school "Atletico" Antonio Lopez. Nevertheless, Filipe played in 27 matches and even scored one goal against Real Sociedad on April 10, 2011.

As part of the "red-white" played until 2014, forThis period of time ran back in 127 games and was marked by two goals. Here he won five trophies: the Champion of the Spanish Examples, the winner of the European League Cup, the two-time winner of the UEFA Super Cup and the owner of the Copa del Rey.

Going to Chelsea

July 16, 2014, the London club bought outBrazilian defender at "Atletico" for 15.8 million pounds sterling. Footballer made his debut as a member of the "retired" in the preseason match against the German "Wolfsburg" on July 23, 2014. In the season of 2014/15 he played 15 matches and became the champion of England, as well as the owner of the Football League Cup. July 28, 2015, Philippe Louis returned to the Madrid "Atletico".