Filipi Sousa

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Filipi de Sousa Barros, known as Filipi Sousa or Filipi, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a right back. He was born on July 27, 1987, in Campinas, São Paulo. He came through the Santos youth system and made his first-team debut in January 2008. He played for Santos in the Paulista championship and made his Série A debut in May 2008 against Flamengo, while often being a fringe player behind others. Much of his time at Santos was spent on loan to Oeste, Uberaba, Grêmio Osasco and SEV Hortolândia before leaving in December 2010.

Afterwards he played for Sport Barueri, Marcílio Dias and Resende. He moved abroad to Glyfada in Greece in 2013, after being linked with Vasco da Gama, and returned to Brazil in January 2014 with Cabofriense. In 2015 he joined Portuguesa. His later career included spells at São Carlos (with a 2016 loan to ABC, where he made 32 appearances), Toledo, Resende, Caldense, Coimbra and Democrata-SL. He finished with 193 club appearances and 10 goals.

Filipi retired from professional football after the 2023 season.