5 stars you probably didn’t know played for Real Madrid

The first team Fabinho played for in Europe was Real Madrid
The first team Fabinho played for in Europe was Real Madrid

#3. Filipe Luis

Luis spent an entire season playing for the Real Madrid B team
Luis spent an entire season playing for the Real Madrid B team

Atletico Madrid’s veteran left-back, Filipe Luis, has also played for the club’s archrivals Real Madrid. However, unlike Juanfran, Luis only played for the Real Madrid B team and never made an appearance for the senior team.

Luis started his professional career with Figueirense in Brazil before moving to Europe for the very first time to join Ajax. However, he left the Dutch club without making a first-team appearance and returned to South America to play for Uruguayan club Rentistas.

Immediately after moving to Rentistas who had a partnership with his agent Juan Figer, Luis was loaned out to Real Madrid and he spent the entire season with the B team.

At the end of the 2005/06 season, his move to Real was not made permanent because of Rentistas’ high asking price but the player returned to Spain the following season to play for Deportivo La Coruna on a two-year loan before the move was made permanent.

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