Luís Filipe da Silva Barry (born 30 January 1982) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Born in

Corroios Corroios () is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the concelho, municipality of Seixal Municipality, Seixal in the district of Setúbal District, Setúbal, Portugal. It is part of the Lisbon metropolitan area. The population in 2011 was 47,66 ...

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, Barry played lower league or amateur football until the age of 30, representing mainly Atlético S.C. and scoring a career-best 18 fourth division goals for them in the 2008–09 season. In January 2012 he moved to the professionals when he signed for Segunda Liga club

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, making his debut in the competition later that month in a 5–0 away loss against

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. After

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with

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also in the second tier, Barry joined

G.D. Chaves Grupo Desportivo de Chaves (), commonly known as Chaves, is a Portuguese professional association football, football football team, club from Chaves, Portugal, Chaves currently playing in the Liga Portugal 2, following their relegation from the Pr ...

. During his spell at the

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he scored regularly, notably contributing 12 goals in 43 games in the 2015–16 campaign as the side returned to the

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after a lengthy absence; he was notified of his release through an

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Luis 1982 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Seixal Men's association football forwards Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Atlético S.C. players Lusitano G.C. players Atlético Clube de Portugal players U.D. Oliveirense players G.D. Chaves players C.D. Aves players Académico de Viseu F.C. players Lusitano FCV players