![]() Lopes with Portugal in 2012
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hugo Miguel Almeida Costa Lopes | ||
Date of birth | 19 December 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Akhisar Belediyespor (on loan from Sporting CP) |
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Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1999 | Oriental | ||
1999–2002 | Olivais Moscavide | ||
2002–2004 | Alverca | ||
2004–2005 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Benfica B | 24 | (4) |
2006–2007 | Operário | 21 | (7) |
2007–2009 | Rio Ave | 50 | (2) |
2009–2012 | Porto | 14 | (1) |
2010–2011 | → Betis (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2012 | → Braga (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2013– | Sporting CP | 24 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Lyon (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Granada (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Akhisar Belediyespor (loan) | 14 | (1) |
National team | |||
2009 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) |
2012 | Portugal | 4 | (0) |
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 December 2016. |
Hugo Miguel Almeida Costa Lopes (born 19 December 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Akhisar Belediyespor on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal as a right back.
During his career, he played for each of the Big Three of Portuguese football – Benfica, Porto and Sporting – as well as spending time on loan in Spain and France.
Lopes represented Portugal at Euro 2012.
Born in Lisbon, Lopes started his professional career with S.L. Benfica's B-team. In the following summer, he moved to the lower leagues with C.D. Operário.
After some solid displays, Lopes signed in the 2007–08 season with second division's Rio Ave FC. In his first year, he was an habitual starter as the Vila do Conde side returned to the Primeira Liga after two years.
In 2008–09, Lopes helped Rio Ave to home draws against Benfica and FC Porto, and was again featured regularly, thus prompting interest from bigger clubs.
In January 2009, Lopes agreed to a four-year deal with Porto: in his debut season, having to compete with Uruguayan Jorge Fucile for a starting berth, he appeared sparingly in the league but did manage to play in 17 official games, 13 as a starter.