Felipe Garcia Gonçalves (born 6 November 1990), known as Felipe Garcia, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for ABC.

Club career

Næstved

Felipe Garcia was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, and represented hometown club São José as a youth before moving abroad at early age, joining Danish 1st Division side Næstved Boldklub. After spending the first six months on trial at the under-19s, he signed a three-year contract and made his debut for the club on 4 April 2009, coming on as a second half substitute for Karsten Johansen in a 1–1 home draw against Lyngby BK. Five days later, again from the bench, he scored the equalizer in an away draw against Boldklubben Frem for the same scoreline.

Felipe Garcia (footballer, born 1990)

On 25 October 2009 Felipe Garcia scored a brace in a 4–1 home routing of Thisted FC. He repeated the feat on 13 November 2011, in a 2–3 home loss against Esbjerg fB; it was also his last game for the club before leaving in that season's winter transfer window.

Felipe Garcia (footballer, born 1990)

Back to Brazil

Felipe García decided to leave Næstved in July 2012, and signed for Aimoré shortly after. The following year he moved to Santo Ângelo, and after six months at the club, joined Pelotas. With the latter, he mainly contributed to their Recopa Gaúcha winning campaign in 2014, scoring twice in a 3–2 success.

Felipe Garcia (footballer, born 1990)

Brasil de Pelotas

On 16 April 2014, Felipe Garcia agreed to a contract with Brasil de Pelotas. He achieved back-to-back promotions to Série C (2014) and Série B (2015), being an undisputed starter during both campaigns.

Felipe Garcia made his debut in the second division on 14 May 2016, starting and scoring a double in a 2–0 home win against Paraná. On 16 July he scored another brace, but in a 2–2 home draw against Vila Nova.

Nagoya Grampus

On 30 November 2016, Felipe Garcia signed for Japanese club Nagoya Grampus.

Goiás (loan) On 30 January 2018, Felipe Garcia joined Goiás on loan until 1 January 2019.

Vitória

Vitória announced on 26 February 2019, that they had signed Garcia.

Career statistics

Honours

Aimoré

Campeonato Gaúcho Série B: 2012

Pelotas

Recopa Gaúcha: 2014

References

External links

Brasil official profile

1990 births

Living people

Footballers from Porto Alegre

Brazilian men's footballers

Men's association football midfielders

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players

Esporte Clube São José players

Næstved Boldklub players

Clube Esportivo Aimoré players

Associação Esportiva e Recreativa Santo Ângelo players

Esporte Clube Pelotas players

Grêmio Esportivo Brasil players

Nagoya Grampus players

Goiás Esporte Clube players

Esporte Clube Vitória players

Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players

Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube players

ABC Futebol Clube players

Brazilian expatriate men's footballers

Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark

Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark

Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan

Expatriate men's footballers in Japan