Vítor Hugo

Vítor Hugo
Personal information
Full name Vítor Hugo Rosário
Mendes Correia
Date of birth (1984-05-20) 20 May 1984
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2009 UP Venda Nova
2009–2011 AMSAC
2011–2012 Leões de Porto Salvo
2012–2015 Benfica
National team
– Portugal

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 September 2012.

† Appearances (goals)

Vítor Hugo Rosário Mendes Correia (born 20 May 1984) is a Portuguese futsal player who plays as a defender for the Portugal national team.

Career

Born in Lisbon, Vitor Hugo started his career in amauter club, União e Progresso da Venda Nova, competing there from age 23 to age 25. In 2009, he moved to Associação de Moradores de Santo António dos Cavaleiros, in the Santo António dos Cavaleiros e Frielas parish.

He arrived at first tier to 2011, to represent Leões de Porto Salvo, where he quickly caught the attention of Benfica, which signed him for the following season.[1][2]

At Benfica, Vítor Hugo won a supercup in his first year, but suffered a fractured tibia on a match against Sporting on 16 June 2013.[3][4] He was sidelined for 21 months, reapearing on 11 March 2015, helping the club win the league and Portuguese cup, before leaving the club on 17 June 2015.[5][6]

Honours

Benfica

References

  1. ↑ "Vítor Hugo deve reforçar Benfica" [Vítor Hugo will play for Benfica]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 June 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Vítor Hugo é reforço" [Vítor Hugo signs]. Sapo Desporto (in Portuguese). 2 August 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Vítor Hugo fratura tíbia e perónio" [Vítor Hugo fractures tibia]. Sapo Desporto (in Portuguese). 16 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Vítor Hugo operado com sucesso" [Vítor Hugo surgery was a success]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 June 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Alberto Miguéns (11 March 2015). "Benfica Europeu" [European Benfica]. Em Defesa do Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Obrigado Campeões!" [Thank you Champions!]. S.L. Benfica. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

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