Hebert, full name Hebert Medeiros dos Santos (born 23 May 1991) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Hebert kicked off his career with Vasco, but was loaned to Portuguese teams, and made 36 appearances with

Trofense Clube Desportivo Trofense (), commonly known as Trofense, is a Portuguese football club based in Trofa, Portugal. Founded in 1930, it plays in Liga 3, holding home games at '' Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense'', with a capacity of 5,017 spe ...

of Segunda Liga. Consequently, he was bought by

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

side

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, where he failed to break into the first team. On 17 January 2014, he joined

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish professional football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2025–26, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. Histo ...

on a six-month loan deal, only to make it permanent the following season. On 2 July 2021, he returned to Portugal and signed with

Casa Pia The Casa Pia is a Portuguese institution founded by Maria I, known as ''A Pia'' ("Mary the Pious"), and organized by Police Intendant Pina Manique in 1780, following the social disarray of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. For almost three centurie ...

Personal life

He was born in abject poverty in

Barra Mansa Barra Mansa is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is in the microregion of the Paraíba Valley, within the mesoregion of the South Fluminense. It is located at latitude 22º32'39 "south, longitude 44º10'17" wes ...

; his mother struggled with alcohol addiction and his absent father was described as a dangerous maniac.

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* * * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Barra Mansa Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state) Men's association football defenders Brazilian men's footballers CR Vasco da Gama players C.D. Trofense players S.C. Braga players S.C. Braga B players Piast Gliwice players JEF United Chiba players Wisła Kraków players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players Casa Pia A.C. players Liga Portugal 2 players Primeira Liga players Ekstraklasa players III liga players J2 League players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Japan 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-defender-1990s-stub