Hugo Sousa

Hugo Filipe Gonçalves Martins de Sousa (born 4 June 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Greek club Aris Thessaloniki F.C. as a central defender.

For the Brazilian sprinter, see Hugo de Sousa.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Gonçalves Martins and the second or paternal family name is Sousa.

Hugo Sousa

Personal information
Full name	Hugo Filipe Gonçalves Martins de Sousa
Date of birth	(1992-06-04) 4 June 1992
Place of birth	Santa Marinha, Portugal
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
2001–2002	Imortal
2002–2004	Vilanovense
2004–2011	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011	Brașov	2	(0)
2012	AEL Limassol	1	(0)
2012–2013	AEP	12	(1)
2013–2014	Sporting B	22	(0)
2014–2016	Waasland-Beveren	24	(1)
2017–	Aris	61	(4)
National team
2007–2008	Portugal U16	5	(0)
2011	Portugal U19	5	(0)
2012	Portugal U20	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 June 2020

Club career

Born in Santa Marinha (Vila Nova de Gaia), Sousa joined FC Porto's youth system in 2004, aged 12. Seven years later, after having playing in several sides at the club, he made his senior debut with FC Brașov in the Romanian Liga I, signing alongside compatriot Ricardo Machado.[1]

In the summer of 2014, after one-and-a-half seasons in the Cypriot First Division with two teams, Sousa moved back to his homeland by joining Sporting CP's reserves of the Segunda Liga. Subsequently, he returned to top flight football with Belgian First Division A's Waasland-Beveren.[2][3]

On 13 January 2017, Aris Thessaloniki F.C. announced the signing of Sousa on a one-and-a-half-year deal.[4] He made his official debut 12 days later, in a 1–1 home draw against Olympiacos F.C. for the Greek Football Cup.[5] He scored his first Football League goal on 9 April, helping to a 2–0 home win over Kallithea FC.[6]

On 20 June 2018, Sousa agreed to extend his contract until 2020.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 March 2020[8][9][10]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brașov	2011–12	2	0	1	0	—		0	0	3	0
	Total	2	0	1	0	—		0	0	3	0
AEL Limassol	2011–12	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
AEP	2012–13	12	1	2	1	—		—		14	2
	Total	12	1	2	1	—		—		14	2
Sporting B	2013–14	22	0	0	0	—		—		22	0
	Total	22	0	0	0	—		—		22	0
Waasland-Beveren	2014–15	17	0	1	1	—		—		18	1
	2015–16	7	1	0	0	—		—		7	1
	Total	24	1	1	1	—		—		25	2
Aris	2016–17	18	1	2	0	—		—		20	1
	2017–18	28	3	3	0	—		—		31	3
	2018–19	7	0	2	0	—		—		9	0
	2019–20	8	0	2	0	0	0	—		10	0
	Total	61	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	70	4
Career total		122	6	13	2	0	0	0	0	135	8

References

1. "Ricardo Machado si Hugo Sousa la FC Brasov" [Ricardo Machado and Hugo Sousa to FC Brasov] (in Romanian). FC Brașov. July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
2. "Le défenseur portugais Hugo Sousa à Waasland-Beveren" [Portuguese defender Hugo Sousa at Waasland-Beveren] (in French). RTBF. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
3. ""Espião" português analisa. "Baixas da Bélgica fazem falta"" [Portuguese "spy" comments. "Belgium will miss unavailable players"] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
4. Ο Άρης ανακοίνωσε την απόκτηση του Σόουζα [Aris announced acquisition of Sousa] (in Greek). Gazzetta. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
5. "Άρης-Ολυμπιακός 1–1 (vids)" [Aris-Olympiacos 1–1 (video)] (in Greek). Gazzetta. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
6. Άρης – Καλλιθέα 2–0 [Aris – Kallithea 2–0] (in Greek). Gazzetta. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
7. Παίκτης του Άρη έως το 2020 ο Σόουζα [Sousa an Aris player until 2020] (in Greek). Sport 24. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
8. Hugo Sousa at Soccerway
9. Hugo Sousa at WorldFootball.net
10. Hugo Sousa at FootballDatabase.eu

External links

• Hugo Sousa at ForaDeJogo
• Hugo Sousa at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
• National team data (in Portuguese)