José Soares da Silva Filho

Football player infobox
playername = Zé Soares
fullname = José Soares da Silva Filho
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1983|7|27
countryofbirth = Paulo Afonso, Brazil
height = 1.73m
weight = 62 kg
currentclub = flagicon|Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
clubnumber = 21
position = Striker/Winger
years = 2000-2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007
2007-
clubs = flagicon|Brazil Palmeiras
flagicon|Brazil Luverdense
flagicon|Brazil São Bento
flagicon|Brazil Sorocaba
flagicon|Brazil Remo
flagicon|Brazil Sorocaba
flagicon|Brazil Remo
flagicon|Bulgaria Levski Sofia
caps(goals) = 40 (4)|

José Soares da Silva Filho or simply Zé Soares was born on 27 July 1983. He is a Brazilian footballer. Zé Soares played for Brazilian club Clube do Remo before he was bought by PFC Levski Sofia in 2007.

PFC Levski Sofia

Zé Soares was bought by Levski Sofia from Clube do Remo. On 06 November 2007, he made his unofficial debut for Levski Sofia in a friendly match against PFC Haskovo. Zé Soares didn't score a goal but played very well and made an assist for Levski's first goal in the match. On 09 November 2007 he received his employment permit. He was registered at BFU and was ready to play in the championship. The week after his unofficial debut (against FC Haskovo), Zé Soares was included in the group for the match against Chernomorets Burgas (match on Saturday 10 November 2007). Anyway the football match Levski vs. Chernomorets was postponed due to bad weather (this match was played later on 24 February 2008 and Levski won it).

He made his official debut for PFC Levski Sofia in the match against Lokomotiv Sofia on 24 November 2007. Zé Soares was a substitute so he entered the game in the 61st minute. The Brazilian wing played very well, but the match ended in a 0:0 draw. His second appearance was in Bulgaria's "Eternal Derby" match against CSKA Sofia. Levski lost by 0:1. Zé Soares was a substitute but he played very good again. His first match for Levski in the starting eleven was against Slavia Sofia. Zé Soares played awesome but the stadium's awful condition declined the fast and creative Levski player so the match ended in a goalless draw.

Zé Soares scored his first goal for Levski on 22 March 2008 in a match against Belasitsa Petrich. He scored the goal in the 40th minute. The result of the match was 4:0 with a home victory for Levski.

Zé made his debut in Europe on 13 August 2008 in a match against FC BATE Borisov. He entered the match as a substitute. Levski lose the match.

Playing style

Zé Soares is fast player with a good dribble. He plays as a right winger, or as a second striker. He prefers shooting the ball with his right foot.

Personal life

* Ze Soares became a father of a girl, called Maria-Alisi, born on 16 January 2008 by his girlfriend Alini in the town of Paulo Afonso, Brazil. The happy father treated his team mates for the joyful event.

* He firstly started in Levski Sofia with a kit number 19, but when weeks later Elin Topuzakov left the team, Ze Soares chose to play with number 11. Later, his kit number was changed again. So far he has wore 19,11 and the current 21.

* Zé Soares scored his first goal for Levski on 22 March 2008 in a match against Belasitsa Petrich.

External links

* [http://levski.bg/Levski/info/statistic/showPlayer.do?playerId=170351 Zé Soares Profile at Levski Sofia Official Site]