Luiz Felipe (footballer, born 1996)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Machado and the second or paternal family name is de Souza.

Luiz Felipe Machado de Souza (born 5 October 1996), known as Luiz Felipe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Luiz Felipe

Personal information
Full name	Luiz Felipe Machado de Souza
Date of birth	(1996-10-05) 5 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Feira de Santana, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2013	Red Bull Brasil
2013–2015	Avaí
2016	Atlético Goianiense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2020	Atlético Goianiense	2	(0)
2016	→ Goiânia (loan)	6	(1)
2017	→ São Bernardo (loan)	4	(2)
2018	→ São Bernardo (loan)	4	(0)
2019–2020	→ Santa Cruz (loan)	12	(0)
2020–2021	Paysandu	20	(0)
2021	São Caetano	5	(0)
2021–2022	Ypiranga-RS	29	(2)
2022	Manaus	14	(0)
2022	Floresta	0	(0)
2023	Brasil de Pelotas	9	(1)
2023	Portuguesa	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:05, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Luiz Felipe represented Red Bull Brasil, Avaí and Atlético Goianiense as a youth.^[1] He made his senior debut while on loan at Goiânia in the 2016 Campeonato Goiano Segunda Divisão, before returning to Atlético ahead of the 2017 season.

After featuring in just two matches for Dragão, Luiz Felipe had two loan spells at São Bernardo before joining Santa Cruz on 6 December 2018, also on loan.^[2] He left the latter club on 28 January 2020,^[3] and signed for fellow Série C side Paysandu on 6 February.^[4]

Luiz Felipe terminated his contract with Papão on 19 February 2021,^[5] and subsequently moved to São Caetano. On 2 June, he was presented at Ypiranga-RS,^[6] and renewed his contract with the club for a further year on 11 December.^[7]

On 18 April 2022, Luiz Felipe was announced at Manaus.^[8] After the club's elimination from the 2022 Série C, he moved to Floresta for the Copa Fares Lopes.

On 28 November 2022, Luiz Felipe agreed to a contract with Brasil de Pelotas.^[9] The following 15 May, he became the ninth addition of Portuguesa for the 2023 Copa Paulista.^[10]

Career statistics

As of 1 November 2023^[11][12]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goiânia (loan)	2016	Goiano 2ª Divisão	—		6	1	—		—		—		6	1
Atlético Goianiense	2017	Série A	0	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2018		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
São Bernardo (loan)	2017	Série D	4	2	—		—		—		—		4	2
São Bernardo (loan)	2018	Paulista	—		4	0	—		—		11[a]	2	15	2
Santa Cruz (loan)	2019	Série C	2	0	10	0	3	0	—		7[b]	0	22	0
	2020		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	Total		2	0	10	0	3	0	—		7	0	22	0
Paysandu	2020	Série C	13	0	7	0	0	0	—		2[c]	0	22	0
São Caetano	2021	Paulista	—		5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Ypiranga-RS	2021	Série C	18	1	—		—		—		—		18	1
	2022		0	0	11	1	—		—		—		11	1
	Total		18	1	11	1	—		—		—		29	2
Manaus	2022	Série C	14	0	—		—		—		—		14	0
Floresta	2022	Série C	0	0	—		—		—		5[d]	0	5	0
Brasil de Pelotas	2023	Série D	0	0	9	1	3	1	—		—		12	2
Portuguesa	2023	Paulista	—		0	0	—		—		8[a]	1	8	1
Career total			51	3	54	3	6	1	0	0	33	3	144	10

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
2. Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
3. Appearance(s) in Copa Verde
4. Appearance(s) in Copa Fares Lopes

Honours

Paysandu

• Campeonato Paraense: 2020