Hugo Alcântara Explained

Hugo Alcântara
Fullname:Hugo da Silva Alcântara
Birth Date:28 July 1979
Birth Place:Cuiabá, Brazil
Height:1.90 m
Currentclub:Dom Bosco (manager)
Youthyears1:1997
Youthyears2:1998
Years1:1999
Years2:2000
Years3:2000
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Years4:2001
Years5:2001–2005
Caps5:103
Goals5:4
Years6:2005–2006
Caps6:29
Goals6:2
Years7:2006–2007
Caps7:9
Goals7:2
Years8:2007–2008
Caps8:25
Goals8:1
Years9:2008–2010
Caps9:47
Goals9:6
Years10:2011
Caps10:0
Goals10:0
Years11:2011
Caps11:0
Goals11:0
Years12:2011–2012
Caps12:5
Goals12:0
Years13:2013
Caps13:10
Goals13:1
Totalcaps:228
Totalgoals:16
Manageryears1:2014
Manageryears2:2015
Managerclubs2:Cuiabá (interim)
Manageryears3:2018
Manageryears4:2018
Manageryears5:2019
Manageryears6:2019–2020
Manageryears7:2020
Manageryears8:2021–

Hugo da Silva Alcântara (born 28 July 1979) is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current manager of Dom Bosco.

He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 138 games and four goals for Vitória Setúbal, Académica, Belenenses and União de Leiria. He also competed in Poland and Romania.

Football career

Born in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Alcântara played for several modest clubs in his country, almost all hailing from his native region. In 2000 he was part of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas' roster, but played in no official games.

In the 2001–02 season, Alcântara moved to Portugal with Vitória de Setúbal, going on to appear in an average of 26 league matches in his four-year spell – 2003–04 was spent in the second division, with promotion – and helping the Sadinos win the 2005 domestic cup against S.L. Benfica (he played the full 90 minutes in the 2–1 final win);[1] he spent 2005–06 with fellow Primeira Liga team Académica de Coimbra, only missing seven contests during the campaign for an eventual 13th-place finish.

After one season in Poland and another back in Portugal with C.F. Os Belenenses, where he was punished with a three-game ban for slapping Kostas Katsouranis of Benfica across the face,[2] Alcântara joined a host of Portuguese (or Portugal-based) players at Romanian side CFR Cluj. He made his Liga I debut on 26 October 2008 in a 1–2 away loss against FC Politehnica Timișoara, and proceeded to be relatively used during his stint as they won five major titles, including the 2010 national championship with 22 appearances and three goals from the player.

In February 2011, Alcântara signed for J1 League club Montedio Yamagata. Before the season started, however, he left the club, in the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan. On 4 April, he joined Clube Atlético Paranaense.[3]

After only a three-month spell, 32-year-old Alcântara returned to Portugal once again, signing with U.D. Leiria on 11 July 2011.[4]

Honours

Vitória Setúbal

2004–05[1]

CFR Cluj

2009–10

2008–09, 2009–10[5]

2009, 2010

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meyong magic seals Setúbal joy. UEFA. 29 May 2005. 30 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Hugo Alcântara suspenso por 3 jogos. Hugo Alcântara suspended for 3 games. Record. Portuguese. 30 April 2008. 16 November 2016.
  3. Web site: Atlético-PR contrata zagueiro Hugo Alcântara. Atlético-PR hire stopper Hugo Alcântara. Futebol Paranaense. Portuguese. 4 April 2011. 20 April 2011.
  4. Web site: U. Leiria: Hugo Alcântara reforça leirienses. https://archive.today/20120731041302/http://www.futebolportugal.com/2011/07/u-leiria-hugo-alcantara-reforca-leirienses/. dead. 31 July 2012. U. Leiria: Hugo Alcântara strengthens leirienses. Futebol Portugal. Portuguese. 11 July 2011. 13 July 2011.
  5. Web site: Cupa Romaniei ramane la Cluj-Napoca!. Cluj-Napoca renew Cup title!. CFR Cluj. Romanian. 13 June 2009. 14 June 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090616202549/http://www.cfr1907.ro/ro/stiri/779/cupa-romaniei-ramane-la-cluj-napoca/. 16 June 2009.