Hugo Firmino

Portuguese footballer

Hugo Firmino
Personal information
Full name	Hugo Filipe Pinto Servulo Firmino^[1]
Date of birth	(1988-12-22) 22 December 1988 (age 35)^[1]
Place of birth	Torres Vedras, Portugal^[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Penafiel
Number	7
Youth career
2001–2004	Almada
2004–2008	Beira Mar Almada
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Torreense	2	(0)
2009–2010	Encarnacense
2010	Odivelas	8	(2)
2011	Portosantense	20	(11)
2011	Moura	10	(3)
2012	Torreense	16	(0)
2012	Interclube
2013	Caála	?	(1)
2014–2015	Kabuscorp	20	(2)
2015–2016	Oriental	39	(5)
2016	União Madeira	9	(0)
2017	Gil Vicente	19	(5)
2017–2019	Cova Piedade	68	(9)
2019	Universitatea Cluj	1	(0)
2019–2020	Estoril	12	(1)
2020	Doxa	12	(0)
2021	Cova Piedade	18	(5)
2021–2022	Pyunik	30	(16)
2022–2023	Ararat-Armenia	23	(9)
2023–	Penafiel	27	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Hugo Filipe Pinto Servulo Firmino (born 22 December 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for F.C. Penafiel.

Club career

Born in Torres Vedras, Lisbon District, Firmino played lower league or amateur football until the age of 24. He then took his game to the Angolan Girabola where he remained three years, representing G.D. Interclube, C.R. Caála^[2] and Kabuscorp SCP.^[3]

Firmino returned to Portugal ahead of the 2015–16 season, signing with Clube Oriental de Lisboa.^[4] He made his debut in the LigaPro on 8 August 2015, starting and scoring in the 3–0 away win against U.D. Oliveirense.^[5]

Firmino continued to compete in the second division in the following years, with C.F. União, Gil Vicente FC^[6] and C.D. Cova da Piedade. During his two-year spell with the latter club he appeared in 79 competitive matches, scored 14 goals and provided 23 assists.^[7] On 20 October 2018, he was one of two players on target as his team ousted Portimonense S.C. of the Primeira Liga after defeating the opposition 2–1 in the third round of the Taça de Portugal.^[8]

On 30 June 2019, Firmino joined Romanian Liga II side FC Universitatea Cluj.^[9] Days before the official announcement of the transfer, the Portuguese press wrongly announced that he had moved to CFR Cluj, their bitter rivals from Cluj-Napoca.^[10] He only lasted two months in the country, however, before leaving for G.D. Estoril Praia in the Portuguese second tier on a two-year deal after terminating his contract by mutual consent.^[11]

Firmino spent the following years in the Armenian Premier League, with FC Pyunik and FC Ararat-Armenia.^[12] While in service of the former, he won the national championship^[13] and was voted Player of the Season.^[14]

Honours

Pyunik

Armenian Premier League: 2021–22^[13]

Individual

Armenian Premier League Player of the Season: 2021–22^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hugo Firmino" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^ "PORTUGUESES LÁ POR FORA… Hugo Firmino está em Angola" [PORTUGUESE ABROAD… Hugo Firmino is in Angola]. Jornal de Desporto (in Portuguese). October 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "Hugo Firmino apontado" [Hugo Firmino a possibility]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 June 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ "Hugo Firmino reforça Oriental" [Hugo Firmino bolsters Oriental] (in Portuguese). Oriental Lisboa. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "Oliveirense-Oriental, 0–3: Visitantes autoritários" [Oliveirense-Oriental, 0–3: Assertive visitors]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "Pedro Marques e Hugo Firmino reforçam galos" [Pedro Marques and Hugo Firmino strengthen roosters]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 January 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ Aguiar, Fábio (22 May 2019). "Hugo Firmino deixa mensagem emotiva na despedida do Cova da Piedade" [Hugo Firmino leaves emotional message in farewell to Cova da Piedade] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "COMENTÁRIO: Cova da Piedade afasta Portimonense na Taça de Portugal" [COMMENT: Cova da Piedade oust Portimonense in the Portuguese Cup]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 20 October 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "Bine ați venit la "U", Hugo Firmino și Inacio Miguel!" [Welcome to "U", Hugo Firmino and Inacio Miguel!] (in Romanian). Universitatea Cluj. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Hugo Firmino assina por três temporadas com Cluj da Roménia" [Hugo Firmino signs with Romania's Cluj for three seasons] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Hugo Firmino deixa futebol romeno e assina por dois anos" [Hugo Firmino leaves Romanian football and signs for two years]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "Hugo Firmino muda de clube sem sair da Arménia" [Hugo Firmino changes club without leaving Armenia]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 24 June 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b Marques, David (31 May 2022). "Hugo Firmino: o estrelato no "Benfica da Arménia" depois da II Liga" [Hugo Firmino: stardom at "Armenia's Benfica" after the II League] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Hugo Firmino is the best player of VBET Armenian Premier League season 2021/2022". Football Federation of Armenia. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.