.jpg) Almeida playing for Kuban Krasnodar in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1984[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Figueira da Foz, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sepahan (interim) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1996 | Buarcos | ||
| 1996–2000 | Naval | ||
| 2001–2002 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Porto B | 25 | (20) |
| 2003–2007 | Porto | 33 | (4) |
| 2003 | → União Leiria (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2004 | → União Leiria (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2005 | → Boavista (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | → Werder Bremen (loan) | 28 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | Werder Bremen | 89 | (36) |
| 2011–2014 | Beşiktaş | 85 | (36) |
| 2014–2015 | Cesena | 10 | (0) |
| 2015 | Kuban Krasnodar | 10 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Anzhi | 12 | (2) |
| 2016 | Hannover 96 | 7 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | AEK Athens | 22 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | Hajduk Split | 14 | (3) |
| 2018–2020 | Académica | 33 | (11) |
| Total | 409 | (133) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Portugal U16 | 4 | (1) |
| 2002 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Portugal U19 | 15 | (8) |
| 2003 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Portugal U21 | 27 | (16) |
| 2004 | Portugal U23 | 4 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Portugal B | 4 | (4) |
| 2004–2015 | Portugal | 57 | (19) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Académica B (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Académica (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2024 | Sepahan (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Sepahan (interim) | ||
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida (born 23 May 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently interim manager of Persian Gulf Pro League club Sepahan.
After failing to establish himself at 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 the 2009 UEFA Cup final and scoring 63 competitive goals. He also spent several years in Turkey with Beşiktaş, netting 47 times in 109 total games.
Almeida, whose international career with Portugal spanned over 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, earning 57 caps and scoring 19 goals.[2]
- ^ a b c d "Hugo Almeida" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Pierrend, José Luis. "Portugal – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 April 2017.