Hugo Viana
Viana playing for Braga in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hugo Miguel Ferreira Gomes Viana | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelos, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1998 | Gil Vicente | ||
| 1998–2001 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Sporting CP | 26 | (1) |
| 2002–2005 | Newcastle United | 39 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | → Sporting CP (loan) | 32 | (6) |
| 2005–2010 | Valencia | 44 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | → Osasuna (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Braga (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2010–2013 | Braga | 79 | (12) |
| 2013–2015 | Al-Ahli | 27 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Al-Wasl | 37 | (2) |
| Total | 321 | (33) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2004 | Portugal U21 | 22 | (3) |
| 2001–2012 | Portugal | 29 | (1) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Hugo Miguel Ferreira Gomes Viana (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈuɣu ˈvjɐnɐ]; born 15 January 1983) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
His main assets were good set pieces and passing skills. After starting out at Sporting he moved abroad at the age of 19, going on to have unassuming spells in England (Newcastle United) and Spain (Valencia) before settling back in his country with Braga. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 165 games and 23 goals, over the course of six seasons.
Viana represented Portugal in two World Cups and Euro 2012, also appearing with the under-23s at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Born in Barcelos, Viana started his professional career at Sporting Clube de Portugal where he won the Young European Footballer of the Year award, after an excellent debut season in the Primeira Liga and, aged 19, was signed by Newcastle United from the Premier League for €12 million, joining former Sporting manager Bobby Robson and being tutored by veteran midfielder Gary Speed. He scored four goals across all competitions during his spell at St James' Park, against FK Željezničar Sarajevo and Feyenoord in the UEFA Champions League and Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion in the league.
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