Filipe Santos Oliveira (born 21 April 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga 3 club Caldas.
Club career União Leiria Born in Leiria, Oliveira joined local U.D. Leiria's youth ranks in 2007, aged 13. On 21 April 2012 he made his first-team (and Primeira Liga) debut, playing 15 minutes in a 3–2 away loss against Vitória de Guimarães on his 18th birthday. The following weekend, he was one of only eight players fielded – the club was immerse in a deep financial crisis – in a 0–4 home defeat to C.D. Feirense.
Oliveira was invited to a trial period with AFC Ajax in late May 2012. The Dutch side were impressed with his performance at the Copa Amsterdam where he was part of the under-19 squad, and subsequently invited him to a formal tryout, releasing him at its closure.
Benfica Oliveira signed with S.L. Benfica in summer 2012. He spent one season with the juniors, winning the national championship.
Additionally, Oliveira had five bench appearances for the B team in the Segunda Liga, failing to receive any playing time.
Marítimo On 24 July 2013, Oliveira moved to C.S. Marítimo B also in the second division. He scored two goals in 31 games in the 2014–15 campaign, suffering relegation.
Oliveira made his official debut for the first team on 20 August 2017, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 league home win over Boavista FC. He scored his only goal in the top flight the following 3 January, but in a 1–2 loss against G.D. Chaves also at the Estádio do Marítimo.
Famalicão In July 2018, Oliveira signed a two-year contract at F.C. Famalicão of the second tier. He played mainly from the bench in his only season, in which they achieved promotion as runners-up after a quarter-century outside the main division.
Vilafranquense On 12 July 2019, Oliveira joined fellow second-tier U.D. Vilafranquense on a two-year deal. He scored his first goal on 13 October, opening an eventual 3–2 home victory over U.D. Oliveirense.
Later career Oliveira then represented two clubs in Poland. He achieved promotion to the Ekstraklasa with Korona Kielce in 2021–22.
Interspersed with this, Oliveira spent the second part of the 2022–23 season with Vitória de Setúbal in Liga 3.
Career statistics
+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsUnião Leiria2011–12Primeira Liga400000—40Benfica B2012–13Liga Portugal 200———00Marítimo B2013–14Liga Portugal 2302———3022014–15Liga Portugal 2312———3122015–16Campeonato de Portugal289———2892016–17Campeonato de Portugal328———3282017–18Campeonato de Portugal111———111Total13222———13222Marítimo2017–18Primeira Liga1112020—151Famalicão2018–19Liga Portugal 22000010—210Vilafranquense2019–20Liga Portugal 22030010—2132020–21Liga Portugal 29000——90Total2930010—303Korona Kielce2020–21I liga161———1612021–22I liga23220—102622022–23Ekstraklasa0000——00Total39320—10423Korona Kielce II2022–23III liga, group IV30———30Vitória Setúbal2022–23Liga 314200——142Kotwica Kołobrzeg2023–24II liga31420——3342024–25I liga26000——260Total57420——594Career total3093560401032035
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