40 Facts About Filipe Morais

Filipe Alexandre Major Morais was born on 21 November 1985 and is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Filipe Morais spent half a season playing for Millwall, before joining St Johnstone on loan until the end of the season.

Filipe Morais was released by Millwall on returning to the club, and subsequently signed for SPL club Hibernian on a free transfer in July 2007.

Filipe Morais spent one and a half years at the club, before signing for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in January 2009.

In September 2019, Filipe Morais rejoined former club Oldham Athletic on a season-long loan deal.

Filipe Morais was released and eventually announced his retirement in December 2021.

Filipe Morais started his career at Chelsea, joining the club's academy at the age of 16.

Filipe Morais played in manager Jose Mourinho's first game in-charge, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute in a pre-season friendly against Oxford United in July 2004.

Filipe Morais made 13 appearances for the club, before returning to his parent club in May 2006.

Shortly after leaving Chelsea, Filipe Morais joined Millwall on a free transfer, signing a two-year deal with the club.

Filipe Morais attracted the interest of Millwall manager Nigel Spackman after Spackman had watched Morais play for MK Dons the previous season.

Filipe Morais was ever-present during the first two months of the campaign, playing in the club's first eight fixtures.

Filipe Morais made 16 appearances for Millwall in all competitions, scoring one goal.

Filipe Morais made 16 appearances during his five-month loan spell, scoring once, as St Johnstone narrowly missed out on promotion to the SPL.

Shortly after the match, it was announced that Filipe Morais had signed for the Edinburgh side on a permanent basis, joining on a free transfer and on a two-year contract.

In January 2009, Filipe Morais left Hibernian by mutual consent, subsequently allowing him to sign for fellow SPL club Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a free transfer.

Filipe Morais played his first game for Inverness a day after his signing was announced, scoring twice as Inverness progressed past Partick Thistle in the Scottish Cup.

Filipe Morais featured regularly for Inverness during the second half of the campaign, playing 14 times and scoring five goals.

Filipe Morais left the club when his contract expired in June 2009, rejecting their offer of a new contract.

Filipe Morais stated that another key reason behind joining the club was their top tier status, although admitted it was a "tough decision" to leave Inverness, which was why the move took several weeks to be finalised.

However, no move materialised and Filipe Morais continued to search for a club.

In February 2011, Oldham announced that Filipe Morais had signed a contract until the end of the season, with an option of a further year.

Filipe Morais's season ended prematurely after he was sent-off in the club's home draw against Walsall in April 2011, with Morais being shown the red card for a challenge on Walsall's Jordan Cook.

Filipe Morais scored in games against Walsall and Scunthorpe United respectively, taking his goal tally to four for the season.

In March 2012, Filipe Morais suffered heavy concussion in a car accident that took place as he drove to the club's ground ahead of a match against Rochdale.

Filipe Morais was hospitalised as a result, and was discharged from hospital the following day.

Filipe Morais scored five goals in 45 appearances during the season, as Oldham finished mid-table in League One.

In July 2012, Filipe Morais rejected the offer of a contract extension at Oldham, and opted to sign for League One club Stevenage on a three-year contract.

Filipe Morais commented after the match, saying the game left him in good spirit.

However, Filipe Morais scored eight goals and made thirty-five appearances in all competitions.

Filipe Morais started to play a huge role in the FA Cup when he scored two goals in the first two rounds against Halifax Town and Dartford.

Filipe Morais signed a two-year contract, expressing about his special bond with "the fans, the chairman, the manager, the backroom staff and the other lads".

However, in the replay, Filipe Morais was sent-off in the 63rd minute after a high challenge on Nathaniel Chalobah.

On 2 February 2017, Filipe Morais was re-united with his former Bradford manager Phil Parkinson at Bolton Wanderers and signed a contract with the Trotters until the summer of 2017.

On 20 June, Filipe Morais signed a one-year extension to his contract, keeping him at the club until 2018.

On 19 July 2018, Crawley Town announced that Filipe Morais had signed for the club on a three-year deal following his release from Bolton.

Filipe Morais was reunited with former Bantams teammate Romain Vincelot, who signed for the Sussex club on the same day.

Filipe Morais was released by Crawley on 6 October 2020.

On 11 December 2020, Filipe Morais was signed by Ian Holloway for Grimsby Town on an 18-month contract.

Filipe Morais had reportedly berated Payne for not chasing down a pass which lead to the altercation New manager Paul Hurst then removed both players from the first team squad claiming neither would play for the club again.