He appeared in only four La Liga games in his first season but totalled 45 the following two, winning the 1965–66 European Cup in the process while contributing seven complete matches.

[1] On 28 September 1967, after playing three games with a damaged meniscus, de Felipe successfully underwent surgery, being out of action for several months.

[2] He still managed to be regularly used during two of his last four years at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, leaving the club in 1972 and spending a further six top-flight campaigns with RCD Español, retiring at 34.

[3] A tough tackler – sometimes to excess[2]– de Felipe severely injured FC Barcelona's Miguel Ángel Bustillo on 14 September 1969, in a 3–3 home draw.

[4][5][6] De Felipe earned one cap for Spain, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 friendly draw with Turkey on 17 October 1973, in Istanbul.