Hugo Filipe Gonçalves Martins de Sousa (born 4 June 1992) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club A.E. Kifisia.

Club career

Born in Santa Marinha (Vila Nova de Gaia), Sousa joined

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association footbal ...

's youth system in 2004, aged 12. Seven years later, after having playing in several sides at the club, he made his senior debut with FC Brașov in the Romanian

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, signing alongside compatriot Ricardo Machado. In the summer of 2013, after one and a half seasons in the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

with two teams, Sousa moved back to his homeland by joining

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

's reserves of the Segunda Liga. Subsequently, he returned to top-flight football with

Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023 ...

Waasland-Beveren Sportkring Beveren (SK Beveren) is a Belgian professional association football club based in Beveren, East Flanders. The club is affiliated with the founded number 4068 and has yellow and blue as its colours. The team was founded in 1936 in H ...

. On 13 January 2017, Aris Thessaloniki F.C. announced the signing of Sousa on a one-and-a-half-year deal. He made his official debut 12 days later, in a 1–1 home draw against

Olympiacos F.C. Olympiacos Football Club ( ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Piraeus. Part of the major Sports club, multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP (''Olympiakós Sýnde ...

in the

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of the

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. He scored his first

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goal on 9 April, helping to a 2–0 home win over Kallithea FC. Sousa agreed to extend his contract on 20 June 2018, until 2020. On 19 October 2020, he joined Romanian club

FC Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club last based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spe ...

on a one-year deal.

Career statistics

Honours

AEL Limassol *

: 2011–12 *

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association. First held in 1934, it i ...

runner-up: 2011–12 Sepsi OSK *

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

: 2021–22

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sousa, Hugo 1992 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Vila Nova de Gaia Men's association football central defenders Liga Portugal 2 players FC Porto players Sporting CP B players Liga I players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Astra Giurgiu players Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe players Cypriot First Division players AEL Limassol players AEP Paphos FC players Belgian Pro League players S.K. Beveren players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Super League Greece 2 players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Ionikos F.C. players A.E. Kifisia F.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece