Grimsby Town have announced the signing of free agent Filipe Morais as Ian Holloway looks to add more experience to his side.
The former Chelsea and Bradford City winger signs on a deal until June 2022, and is immediately available for the Mariners’ clash with Mansfield on Saturday.
Morais had been training with Town in the build-up to this weekend’s clash in League Two, having agreed to cancel his contract with Crawley back in September.
The Portuguese has not played any competitive football since January, when he was on loan at Oldham Athletic, but could be set to make his second appearance of the year against the Stags.
Speaking to Grimsby Town’s website, Morais said: "I'm delighted really, I am really excited to work under the manager.
"He's had an amazing career, I just want to learn from him, you can never stop learning and although I'm 35, I feel I've still got a lot to offer and I feel really good, so I can't wait to get straight into it.
"It's been really nice to get to know the lads, everyone seems to be good and professional, so I have really enjoyed my first few days.
"It's been really good [to start training], you can tell there is a lot of quality here, we have got a lot of young players but as the manager has said, once you get some experience in there it can definitely help those boys along more and that is what I will try to bring, I love playing for my teams, I am a real team player so if I can come in and help improve my teammates then that is what I want to do."
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Having begun his career at Chelsea, where he played in Jose Mourinho’s first game in charge of the club in 2005, Morais would go on to join Millwall before making the move north of the border, playing for the likes of Hibernian and St Johnstone.
He moved back to England 2010 as he signed for Oldham, spending two years at Boundary Park before joining Stevenage, where he spent another couple of years before going on to Bradford, Bolton and Crawley.