Filipe Luís · Biography

On 29 November 2025, Flamengo beat Palmeiras 1-0 in the Copa Libertadores final. On the bench was Filipe Luís Kasmirski, who had stopped playing less than two years earlier and who, fourteen months before, was still coaching the club’s youth sides. Born on 9 August 1985 in Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, he spent two decades as a left back, most of them in Spain, before moving into coaching, first at Flamengo and, from 2026, at AS Monaco.

From futsal to Figueirense

He started out in futsal with Jaraguá between 1995 and 1999. In 2000 he joined the Figueirense academy in Florianópolis and made his first-team debut in 2003. He played 39 games for the club, scored once and won two Santa Catarina state titles, in 2003 and 2004. With Brazil’s under-20 side he finished runner-up at the 2005 South American Championship and took bronze at that year’s Under-20 World Cup.

Amsterdam, Castilla and Deportivo

In 2004 he went on loan to Ajax but never played for the first team. His registration then passed to the Uruguayan club Rentistas, who loaned him to Real Madrid Castilla in 2005, where he played 37 games in a single season. In 2006 he joined Deportivo de La Coruña, again on loan, and the Galician club signed him permanently in 2008. Over four seasons at Riazor he made 137 appearances and scored 9 goals, establishing himself in La Liga as an attacking full back.

First spell at Atlético de Madrid

In 2010 he signed for Atlético de Madrid. His first spell brought 180 games and 5 goals, and he was a regular in the side Diego Simeone rebuilt from December 2011. With Atlético he won the 2012 Europa League, the 2012 UEFA Super Cup, the 2013 Copa del Rey and the 2014 La Liga title, the club’s first league crown since 1996.

Chelsea and a return to Madrid

In the summer of 2014 he moved to Chelsea, playing 26 games and scoring once. In his only season in London he won the Premier League and the 2015 League Cup. He returned to Atlético in 2015 and added another 153 games and 7 goals over four seasons, winning the Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup again in 2018. Across both spells he made 333 appearances for the club.

With Brazil

He made his senior Brazil debut on 14 October 2009 in a goalless draw with Venezuela in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. His first goal came on 17 November 2015, in a 3-0 win over Peru. He was part of the squad that won the 2013 Confederations Cup without playing, went to the 2016 Copa América Centenario, was selected for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and won the 2019 Copa América. He finished with 44 caps and 2 goals.

Four and a half years at Flamengo

In 2019 he went home to join Flamengo. In his first year the club won the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian championship, and retained the league in 2020. Two Brazilian Super Cups (2020 and 2021), the 2020 Recopa Sudamericana, two Rio state titles (2020 and 2021), the 2022 Copa do Brasil and a second Libertadores in 2022 followed. On 30 November 2023 he announced his retirement, playing his last game on 3 December 2023, a 2-1 win over Cuiabá. He left Flamengo with 176 games and 4 goals, and ended his career with 748 games and 27 goals.

From the academy to the first team as coach

In January 2024 he took charge of Flamengo’s under-17s, winning the Copa Rio in that age group. In June 2024 he moved up to the under-20s and won the Under-20 Intercontinental Cup. On 30 September 2024 he was handed the first team, and his debut on 2 October was a 1-0 win over Corinthians in the Copa do Brasil semi-final, a competition Flamengo went on to win that year. In 2025 he added the Brazilian Super Cup, the Rio state title, the Brasileirão and the Libertadores. He was dismissed on 3 March 2026, hours after an 8-0 win over Madureira in the Rio state semi-final and following defeats in the Super Cup to Corinthians and the Recopa to Lanús. He led the team in 101 games, with 63 wins, 23 draws and 15 defeats. On 6 July 2026 AS Monaco named him head coach; his first competitive game was a 3-2 win over Górnik Zabrze in the Conference League play-off on 20 August 2026, and on 23 August he won 1-0 at Le Havre in his first Ligue 1 match.