Felipe Patavino Saad (born 11 September 1983), known as Felipe Saad, is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a defender. Whilst at

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

, then in

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, Saad played in the 2009 Coupe de France final in which they beat

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

Career

In July 2015, Saad joined

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from

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

, signing a two-year contract. In July 2019, Saad joined

side

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from league rivals

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. He had been facing new competition at Lorient with the arrivals of defenders

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and Thomas Fontaine for the 2019–20 season. In summer 2020, after being released by Paris FC, Saad retired from playing and took up a position at former club Caen as "recruiter" while also working as a consultant for RMC. Beside that, he was also hired as a scout for his former club,

. A year later, he was hired by as a translator. In March 2022, he got a new role at

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, as technical coordinator.

Personal life

Saad is of Italian descent, and of Lebanese descent through his great-grandfather.

Honours

Vitória *

Campeonato Baiano The Campeonato Baiano (), also known as the Baianão (), is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Run by the Bahia Football Federation (FBF), it is the second-oldest state football championship o ...

: 2003, 2004 *

Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (English: ''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''English: Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (English: ''Northeastern Cup'') is a Brazilian football competition among Northeastern re ...

: 2003 * Taça Estado da Bahia: 2004 Paysandu *

Campeonato Paraense The Campeonato Paraense, nicknamed Parazão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is run by the Pará Football Federation (FPF). List of champions Amateur era Professional era Titles by c ...

: 2005 Botafogo *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara ( English: Guanabara Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to the Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Fe ...

: 2006 *

Taça Rio Taça Rio ( English: Rio Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1982 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. It has had ...

: 2007 Guingamp *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...

: 2008–09 *

Trophée des Champions The Trophée des Champions (, ) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the Super cup, super cups found in many other count ...

runner-up:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Evian *

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Strasbourg *

: 2016–17 *

Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

: 2015–16

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saad, Felipe 1983 births Living people Footballers from Santos, São Paulo Men's association football defenders Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian people of Lebanese descent Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Esporte Clube Vitória players Paysandu Sport Club players Botafogo FR players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players En Avant Guingamp players Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC players AC Ajaccio players Stade Malherbe Caen players RC Strasbourg Alsace players FC Lorient players Paris FC players Sportspeople of Lebanese descent Olympique de Marseille non-playing staff 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen