Hugo André Rodrigues Seco (born 17 June 1988) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a winger for

União de Coimbra União is the Portuguese word for Union. It may refer to: *the Brazilian federal government *União do Vegetal, a church known for its usage of Hoasca as tea * Brazilian frigate ''União'' (F45), a general-purpose ''Niterói'' class frigate launc ...

Club career

Born in

Lousã Lousã (), officially Lousã Town (), is a town and municipality in the district of Coimbra, in the central part of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,604, in an area of 138.40 km2. History The oldest evidence provides an indication of ...

Coimbra District Coimbra District (, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra. Municipalities The district is composed by 17 municipalities: * Arganil * Cantanhede * Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), of ...

, Seco lived in

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of . The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...

until he was 9, when he moved back with his family to his birthplace. He represented three clubs as a youth after starting out at

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, finishing his development with

Académica de Coimbra The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students' union of the University of Coimbra (UC). Founded in Coimbra on November 3, 1887, it is the oldest students' union in Portugal. It is also the biggest Portuguese students' union belongin ...

by signing at age 16. He spent his first seven seasons as a senior in lower league or amateur football, including two with

Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco, commonly referred to as Benfica e Castelo Branco, is a semi-professional football club based in Castelo Branco, and it is an affiliated club of Benfica. Founded on 24 March 1924, the club has traditionally worn ...

and one in the

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with the St. Lawrence Spurs. Seco returned to Académica on 4 July 2014, thus moving straight to the

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 ...

. He made his debut in the competition on 10 January 2015, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute in a 2–2 home draw against F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He scored his first goal exactly one year later, closing the 2–1 win over C.D. Tondela also at the

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (') is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. This stadium belongs to the Municipality of Coimbra and is mainly used by the Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F., Académica de Coimbra's soccer, football team. The s ...

; it would be his only in 49 competitive appearances. On 12 July 2016, after suffering top-flight relegation, Seco signed a one-year deal with

PFC Cherno More Varna Cherno More () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on 3 March 1913, as an association football branch ...

. On 31 January 2017 he left Bulgaria and returned to his homeland, joining

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese association football, football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of football in ...

. Seco moved to

FC Irtysh Pavlodar FC Irtysh () is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. The club was also founding members of the top league and ...

of the

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on 23 July 2018, leaving the club the following January by mutual consent. and going on to spend parts of two seasons in the Hungarian

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

with

Kisvárda FC Kisvárda Football Club is a Hungarian football club located in Kisvárda. It currently plays in Nemzeti Bajnokság II. The team's colors are red and white. History Kisvárda FC, later known as Várda SE, was founded in 1911 as ''Kisvárdai Sp ...

References

External links

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Portuguese League profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seco, Hugo 1988 births Living people People from Lousã 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Coimbra District Men's association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Liga 3 (Portugal) players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Anadia F.C. players Académico de Viseu F.C. players Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco players C.D. Fátima players Académica de Coimbra (football) players C.D. Feirense players S.C. Farense players C.F. União de Coimbra players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Cherno More Varna players Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Kisvárda FC players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Malta Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Hungary