Hugo Firmino

Hugo Filipe Pinto Servulo Firmino (born 22 December 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Servulo and the second or paternal family name is Firmino.
Hugo Firmino
Personal information
Full name Hugo Filipe Pinto Servulo Firmino
Date of birth (1988-12-22) 22 December 1988
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2001–2004 Almada
2004–2008 Beira Mar Almada
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Torreense 2 (0)
2009–2010 Encarnacense
2010 Odivelas 8 (2)
2011 Portosantense 20 (11)
2011 Moura 10 (3)
2012 Torreense 16 (0)
2012 Interclube
2013 Caála ? (1)
2014–2015 Kabuscorp 20 (2)
2015–2016 Oriental 39 (5)
2016 União Madeira 9 (0)
2017 Gil Vicente 19 (5)
2017–2019 Cova Piedade 68 (9)
2019 Universitatea Cluj 1 (0)
2019–2020 Estoril 12 (1)
2020 Doxa 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2021

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Firmino played lower league or amateur football until the age of 24. He then took his game to the Angolan Girabola where he remained three years, representing G.D. Interclube, C.R. Caála[1] and Kabuscorp SCP.[2]

Firmino returned to Portugal ahead of the 2015–16 season, signing with Clube Oriental de Lisboa.[3] He made his debut in the LigaPro on 8 August 2015, starting and scoring in the 3–0 away win against U.D. Oliveirense.[4]

Firmino continued to compete in the second division in the following years, with C.F. União, Gil Vicente FC[5] and C.D. Cova da Piedade. During his two-year spell with the latter club he appeared in 79 competitive matches, scored 14 goals and provided 23 assists;[6] on 20 October 2018, he was one of two players on target as his team ousted Portimonense S.C. of the Primeira Liga after defeating the opposition 2–1 in the third round of the Taça de Portugal.[7]

On 30 June 2019, Firmino joined Romanian Liga II side FC Universitatea Cluj.[8] Days before the official announcement of the transfer, the Portuguese press wrongly announced that he had moved to CFR Cluj, their bitter rivals from Cluj-Napoca;[9] he only lasted two months in the country, however, before leaving for G.D. Estoril Praia in the Portuguese second level on a two-year deal after terminating his contract by mutual consent.[10]

References
  1. "PORTUGUESES LÁ POR FORA… Hugo Firmino está em Angola" [PORTUGUESE ABROAD… Hugo Firmino is in Angola]. Jornal de Desporto (in Portuguese). October 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. "Hugo Firmino apontado" [Hugo Firmino a possibility]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 June 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. "Hugo Firmino reforça Oriental" [Hugo Firmino bolsters Oriental] (in Portuguese). Oriental Lisboa. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  4. "Oliveirense-Oriental, 0–3: Visitantes autoritários" [Oliveirense-Oriental, 0–3: Assertive visitors]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. "Pedro Marques e Hugo Firmino reforçam galos" [Pedro Marques and Hugo Firmino strengthen roosters]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 January 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  6. Aguiar, Fábio (22 May 2019). "Hugo Firmino deixa mensagem emotiva na despedida do Cova da Piedade" [Hugo Firmino leaves emotional message in farewell to Cova da Piedade] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  7. "COMENTÁRIO: Cova da Piedade afasta Portimonense na Taça de Portugal" [COMMENT: Cova da Piedade oust Portimonense in the Portuguese Cup]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 20 October 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  8. "Bine ați venit la "U", Hugo Firmino și Inacio Miguel!" [Welcome to "U", Hugo Firmino and Inacio Miguel!] (in Romanian). Universitatea Cluj. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  9. "Hugo Firmino assina por três temporadas com Cluj da Roménia" [Hugo Firmino signs with Romania's Cluj for three seasons] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  10. "Hugo Firmino deixa futebol romeno e assina por dois anos" [Hugo Firmino leaves Romanian football and signs for two years]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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