Filipe Miguel Barros Soares (born 20 May 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Super League Greece club PAOK FC as a midfielder.
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Full name | Filipe Miguel Barros Soares[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 23)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal[1] | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | PAOK | |||||||||||||||
Number | 50 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2018 | Benfica | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Benfica B | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Estoril | 31 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Moreirense | 79 | (6) | |||||||||||||
2022– | PAOK | 20 | (2) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Portugal U16 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2016 | Portugal U17 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Portugal U20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:30, 13 November 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Lisbon, Soares joined S.L. Benfica's youth academy in at the age of 8.[2] On 19 February 2017, still a junior, he made his senior debut with the reserve team, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–1 home win against S.C. Freamunde for the LigaPro.[3]
In July 2018, Soares signed with G.D. Estoril Praia also of the second division.[4] He moved to the Primeira Liga one year later, agreeing to a five-year contract at Moreirense FC.[5]
Soares played his first match in the Portuguese top flight on 11 August 2019, featuring 28 minutes in the 3–1 away loss to S.C. Braga before being stretchered off with an injury.[6] He scored his first and second goals in the competition the following 2 February, in a 5–1 away victory over Gil Vicente FC.[7]
During his spell at the Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, Soares totalled 85 games, six goals and seven assists.[8]
On 25 January 2022, Soares joined Super League Greece club PAOK FC for €2.5 million, on a deal running until June 2026.[9]
Soares won his first cap for the Portugal under-21 side on 5 September 2019, playing the second half of a 4–0 home win against Gibraltar for the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers after replacing Sporting CP's Miguel Luís.[10]
Soares' older brother, Alexandre, is also a footballer and a midfielder.[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Benfica B | 2016–17 | Liga Portugal 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
2017–18 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||||
Total | 5 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
Estoril | 2018–19 | Liga Portugal 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 37 | 3 | |
Moreirense | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 4 | ||
2020–21 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 2 | ||||
2021–22 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
Total | 79 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 122 | 9 | |||
PAOK | 2021–22 | Super League Greece | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |
2022–23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |||
Total | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | |||
Career total | 134 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 154 | 12 |
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