Hugo Seco

Hugo André Rodrigues Seco (born 17 June 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for União de Coimbra as a winger.

Hugo Seco

Personal information
Full name	Hugo André Rodrigues Seco[1]
Date of birth	(1988-06-17) 17 June 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth	Lousã, Portugal[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	União de Coimbra
Youth career
1998–1999	C.F. Santa Clara
1999–2001	Académico Gândaras
2001–2003	Académica
2003–2004	Vigor Mocidade
2004–2007	Académica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Anadia	8	(0)
2008–2009	Nelas	19	(0)
2009–2010	Académico Viseu	16	(1)
2010–2011	St. Lawrence Spurs
2011–2012	Benfica Castelo Branco	14	(6)
2012–2013	Fátima	22	(3)
2013–2014	Benfica Castelo Branco	24	(1)
2014–2016	Académica	43	(1)
2016	Cherno More	18	(2)
2017–2018	Feirense	33	(1)
2018–2019	Irtysh	11	(1)
2019–2020	Kisvárda	27	(1)
2020–2021	Farense	26	(0)
2021–2024	Académica	69	(4)
2024–	União de Coimbra	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2024

Club career

Born in Lousã, Coimbra District, Seco lived in neighboring Coimbra until he was 9, when he moved back with his family to Lousã. The first youth team of Hugo Seco was C.F. Santa Clara, where at 9 he started training and competing in the club's futsal youth team.^[2] He then represented three football clubs as a youth, finishing his development with Associação Académica de Coimbra after signing in 2004. He spent his first seven seasons as a senior in lower league or amateur football, including two with Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco and one in the Maltese First Division with the St. Lawrence Spurs.^[3]

Seco returned to Académica on 4 July 2014, thus moving straight to the Primeira Liga.^[4] He made his debut in the competition on 10 January of the following year, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute in a 2–2 home draw against F.C. Paços de Ferreira.^[5]

On 12 July 2016, after suffering top-flight relegation, Seco signed a one-year deal with PFC Cherno More Varna.^[6] On 31 January 2017 he left Bulgaria and returned to his homeland, joining C.D. Feirense.^[7]

Seco moved to FC Irtysh Pavlodar of the Kazakhstan Premier League on 23 July 2018,^[8] leaving the club the following January by mutual consent.^[9]

References

1. "Hugo Seco" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. "Entrevista Flashscore a Hugo Seco: "Impossível imaginar a cidade de Coimbra sem a Académica" | Flashscore.pt". www.flashscore.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
3. "Médio Hugo Seco diz que será reforço" [Midfielder Hugo Seco says he will join]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
4. "Hugo Seco regressa à Briosa" [Hugo Seco returns to the Briosa]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
5. Frederico, Francisco (10 January 2015). "Académica-P. Ferreira, 2–2 (crónica)" [Académica-P. Ferreira, 2–2 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
6. ""Черно море" привлече португалец" ["Black Sea" attracted Portuguese] (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
7. "Hugo Seco reforça o ataque fogaceiro!" [Hugo Seco bolsters fogaceiro offense!] (in Portuguese). CD Feirense. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
8. ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ФК "ИРТЫШ" ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С УГО СЕКУ [Official: FC Irtysh signed a contract with Hugo Seco] (in Russian). Irtysh Pavlodar. 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
9. ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: РАСТОРГНУТЫ КОНТРАКТЫ С УГО СЕКУ И АЛЕКСАНДРОМ МОКИНЫМ [Official: Contract termination for Hugo Seco and Aleksandr Mokin] (in Russian). Irtysh Pavlodar. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

External links

• Hugo Seco at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Portuguese League profile (in Portuguese)
• Hugo Seco at Soccerway