Felipe Aliste Lopes

Born in Osasco, São Paulo, Lopes started playing professionally with Guarani FC, competing with the club in the Série B. In 2006, aged only 19, he moved abroad and joined R.S.C. Anderlecht, being part of the squad that won the Belgian Pro League but failing to make an appearance. In the summer of 2007, Lopes signed for C.D. Nacional in Portugal, making his Primeira Liga debut on 21 December that year, starting in a 1–0 home win against FC Porto and being sent off in the 87th minute. He finished his first season, however, with only seven league games (eight in all competitions). Lopes became first-choice for the Madeirans subsequently, in a roster filled with compatriots. He appeared in 25 matches in the 2008–09 campaign as the team finished in a best-ever fourth position with the subsequent qualification for the UEFA Europa League, and bettered those totals in the following years. On 5 January 2012, Lopes agreed to a three-and-a-half-year contract at VfL Wolfsburg for an undisclosed fee. He made his Bundesliga debut on 21 January in a 1–0 home victory over 1. FC Köln, playing the full 90 minutes. On 22 January 2013, Lopes was loaned out to fellow top-division side VfB Stuttgart until the end of the season, with the club securing an option to sign him permanently in June, but finally not activating the clause. Returned to the Volkswagen Arena, he did not make a single competitive appearance in two years after suffering a stroke while he watched the third-place play-off of the…