Filipe Alexandre Dias Anunciação (born 27 May 1979) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Anunciação was born in

Matosinhos Matosinhos () is a City#Portugal, city and a Concelho, municipality in the district of Porto District, Porto in Portugal. The municipality covers an area of approximately and had 172,557 inhabitants in 2021. It is bordered by the municipalities o ...

. During his early career he played mostly in the Segunda Liga, and represented

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese association football, football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of football in ...

, F.C. Paços de Ferreira, C.D. Aves,

Boavista F.C. Boavista Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Boavista, is a Portuguese professional sports club from the of Porto that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football, at the Estádio do B ...

and

Moreirense FC Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaqui ...

. In 2007, Anunciação returned to Paços for a second spell, going on to spend several seasons in the

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, mainly as a starter. Towards the end of his career, in the 2012–13 campaign, the 33-year-old still appeared in 17 games – four starts, 464 minutes of action – as the team finished a best-ever third and

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for the

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; he was also the undisputed

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when available. Anunciação retired in November 2014, being immediately appointed his main club's assistant coach. He amassed top-flight totals of 244 matches and six goals, over the course of 13 seasons.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anunciacao, Filipe 1979 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Matosinhos Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players C.D. Feirense players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players C.D. Aves players Boavista F.C. players Moreirense F.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers F.C. Paços de Ferreira non-playing staff Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Egypt