Filipe Luís announced his retirement from football at the age of 38 after two decades of activity, with steps well remembered mainly by Atlético de Madrid. The left-handed back, since 2019 at Flamengo, will hang up his boots at the end of this Brasileirao, which has two dates left.
“It was a very difficult decision, whoever knows me knows that I always told my friends and environment that I wanted to play until I was 45 years old, but unfortunately it was not possible,” said the footballer in a video uploaded on the social networks of the Rio de Janeiro team, Janeiro.
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“This year I had physical problems that caused me many difficulties in competing for my position and a place in the starting team. “I always promised myself that I would make the decision to stop if I was not in a position to play at the same level and feel like I used to feel on the field,” he added.
Foi intenso, foi vitorioso, foi um torcedor dentro de campo.
Fili, Filipinho, Filipe.
Na voz da Maior Torcida do Mundo:
“FILIPE LUÍS!”
Um craque de leitura do futebol que é de outro planeta, que está nos livros de história de uma Nação.
QUE PRIVILÉGIO!
Com o Manto… pic.twitter.com/6KMT9wLZzZ
— Flamengo (@Flamengo) November 30, 2023
The successful career of Filipe Luis
Emerging in football at Figueirense, he had a spell at Real Madrid Castilla and Deportivo La Coruña before being transferred to Atlético de Madrid. He defended the colors of that club between July 2010 and 2019, with the exception of the 2014/15 season when he played for Chelsea in England.
Filipe Luis,
tua carreira, recheada de muitas lutas, vitórias e grandes feitos, é motivo de orgulho para toda a nação alvinegra, que viu os teus primeiros passos, na base e nos teus primeiros anos como atleta profissional.
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Parabéns pela sua brilhante carreira e sucesso na… pic.twitter.com/FOqgGS9hZo— Figueirense FC (@FigueirenseFC) November 30, 2023
In the Brazil national team he scored two goals in 44 games, in a position and a time in which the regular starter was Marcelo. With the five-time world champions he was part of the squad that played in the 2018 World Cup in Russia and won the 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2019 Copa América.
With Flamengo he won ten titles, including two Brasileiraos and two Copa Libertadores (2019, 2022). This season the team retains the mathematical chances of being champion as it is three points behind the leader Palmeiras, the great favorite to win its second consecutive trophy.
