Filipe Oliveira (footballer, born 1984)

Filipe Vilaça de Oliveira (born 27 May 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a right midfielder but also as an attacking right-back.

Still in his teens, he was bought by Chelsea[2] for a reported cost of £500,000, making his Premier League debut on 19 October 2002 in a 3–0 away win over Manchester City where he played one minute after coming on as a substitute for two-time scorer Gianfranco Zola;[3] however, he never managed to break into the main squad and, during one month, served a spell at Preston North End.

Marítimo, with Nuno Morais joining in the same situation;[6] after the season finished, he agreed to be released from his contract and signed with the Madeira-based club.

[8] In June 2008, after having helped the Matosinhos team to retain their status,[9] he returned to Braga now as a senior player, signing a two-year contract.

[21] Nearly a year later, having been unemployed for half of that time, he signed for Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe who were aiming to stay in Romania's Liga I.