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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 Nagoya Grampus.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Career statistics
- As of 19 November 2016
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Næstved | 2008–09 | 1st Division | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 26 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 8 | |||||
| 2010–11 | 27 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 5 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| Subtotal | 78 | 16 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 79 | 16 | |||||
| Aimoré | 2012 | Gaúcho Série B | — | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Santo Ângelo | 2013 | Gaúcho Série A2 | — | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| Pelotas | 2013 | Gaúcho | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | |||
| 2014 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Subtotal | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 4 | 20 | 5 | |||||
| Brasil de Pelotas | 2014 | Série D | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2015 | Série C | 21 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 3 | |||
| 2016 | Série B | 35 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 46 | 15 | |||
| Subtotal | 68 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 99 | 19 | ||||
| Career total | 146 | 30 | 52 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 218 | 40 | ||
Honours
- Aimoré
- Campeonato Gaúcho Série B: 2012
- Pelotas
- Recopa Gaúcha: 2014
- "Da Dinamarca à Boca do Lobo: Felipe Garcia fala sobre a importância do título da Recopa para o Pelotas" [From Denmark to the Boca do Lobo: Felipe Garcia speaks about the importance of Recopa accolade for Pelotas] (in Portuguese). Zero Hora. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2016.