Hugo Almeida
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Almeida playing for Kuban Krasnodar in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Figueira da Foz, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
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Current team
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AEK Athens | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1996 | Buarcos | ||
| 1996–2000 | Naval | ||
| 2001–2002 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Porto B | 25 | (21) |
| 2003 | → União Leiria (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2003–2007 | Porto | 33 | (4) |
| 2004 | → União Leiria (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2005 | → Boavista (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | → Werder Bremen (loan) | 28 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | Werder Bremen | 89 | (36) |
| 2011–2014 | Beşiktaş | 88 | (37) |
| 2014–2015 | Cesena | 10 | (0) |
| 2015 | Kuban Krasnodar | 10 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Anzhi | 12 | (2) |
| 2016 | Hannover 96 | 7 | (1) |
| 2016– | AEK Athens | 12 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2007 | Portugal U21 | 27 | (16) |
| 2004–2015 | Portugal | 57 | (19) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:12, 19 January 2017 (UTC). |
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Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida (born 23 May 1984) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Greek club AEK Athens F.C. as a centre forward.
After failing to establish himself at FC Porto, being loaned several times during his contract, he made a name for himself in Germany with Werder Bremen where he remained for four seasons, reaching one UEFA Cup final and scoring 63 official goals.
Almeida, whose international career with Portugal spanned a decade, succeeded in becoming a regular after the departures of Pauleta in 2006 and Liédson in 2010. He represented the nation at two World Cups and as many European Championships.
Born in Figueira da Foz, Almeida started playing football for hometown club Associação Naval 1º de Maio, before being signed by Porto still as a junior. He made his Primeira Liga debut in a 2–0 home win over S.L. Benfica on 21 September 2003, playing three minutes; however, unable to settle at first, he had loan spells with U.D. Leiria (with which he had already played in the previous season, also on loan) and Boavista FC.
Almeida returned to Porto for 2005–06, having a relatively important role in a side that was crowned national champions. During that campaign's UEFA Champions League he scored a spectacular goal from a 35-metre free-kick against Inter Milan at the San Siro, albeit in a 1–2 loss.
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