Hugo Alcântara

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Silva and the second or paternal family name is Alcântara.

Hugo Alcântara

Alcântara before a game with Cluj in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Hugo da Silva Alcântara
Date of birth	(1979-07-28) 28 July 1979
Place of birth	Cuiabá, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Dom Bosco (manager)
Youth career
1997	União Bandeirante
1998	Dom Bosco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999	Operário-MT
2000	Berga
2000	Botafogo	0	(0)
2001	Mixto
2001–2005	Vitória Setúbal	103	(4)
2005–2006	Académica	29	(2)
2006–2007	Legia Warsaw	9	(2)
2007–2008	Belenenses	25	(1)
2008–2010	CFR Cluj	47	(6)
2011	Montedio Yamagata	0	(0)
2011	Atlético Paranaense	0	(0)
2011–2012	União Leiria	5	(0)
2013	Grêmio Osasco	10	(1)
Total		228	(16)
Managerial career
2014	Dom Bosco
2015	Cuiabá (interim)
2018	Ação
2018	União Rondonópolis
2019	Dom Bosco
2019–2020	Poconé
2020	CEOV
2021–	Dom Bosco
Medal record CFR Cluj Winner Romanian Cup 2009 Winner Romanian Cup 2010
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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); 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, 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.

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

Honours

Vitória Setúbal

• Taça de Portugal: 2004–05

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2009–10
• Cupa României: 2008–09, 2009–10
• Supercupa României: 2009, 2010

External links

• Hugo Alcântara at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Hugo Alcântara at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Hugo Alcântara at Soccerway
• Hugo Alcântara at 90minut.pl (in Polish)