Hugo Morais

Hugo Eduardo dos Santos Morais (born 12 February 1978) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Hugo Morais
Personal information
Full name Hugo Eduardo dos Santos Morais
Date of birth (1978-02-12) 12 February 1978
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1994 Benfica
1994–1996 Estrela Amadora
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Futebol Benfica
1997–1998 Casa Pia 30 (1)
1998 Sintrense 1 (0)
1999 Estrela Vendas Novas
1999–2003 Marítimo B 80 (4)
2000–2004 Marítimo 6 (0)
2001–2002 → Camacha (loan) 37 (11)
2003–2004 → União Madeira (loan) 29 (2)
2004–2005 Aves 30 (3)
2005–2006 Barreirense 27 (3)
2006–2010 Leixões 115 (14)
2010–2012 Académica 37 (1)
2012–2014 União Madeira 60 (10)
Total 452 (49)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Morais was born in Lisbon. After finishing his development at local C.F. Estrela da Amadora's youth system, he played for a series of clubs in the lower leagues. In 1999 he joined C.S. Marítimo, but his spell was very unsuccessful as he only appeared in six Primeira Liga games, also being loaned two times and very often demoted to the reserves, finally being released in June 2004.

Subsequently, Morais played one year for C.D. Aves and F.C. Barreirense in the second division, after which he was left out of work, even having to resort to taking an intensive course for unemployed players arranged by the Portuguese Footballers Association.[1] He was then "rescued" by Leixões SC, scoring three goals in 30 matches as the Matosinhos team returned to the top flight after a lengthy absence.

In the 2009–10 season, Morais netted seven times – all through penalty kicks[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]– whilst only missing one league game, but Leixões dropped down to the second level. On 21 June 2010, aged 32, he signed a two-year contract with Académica de Coimbra.[9]

In the summer of 2012, Morais returned to former club C.F. União (he had already played there in 2003–04 on loan from Madeiran neighbours Marítimo), moving to the second tier side on a free transfer.[10]

Honours

Leixões

Académica

References
  1. "Hugo Morais feliz num clube único" [Hugo Morais happy with one single club]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 26 April 2007. Archived from the original on 17 September 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  2. "Leixões acabou por ganhar após estar duas vezes em desvantagem" [Leixões eventually won after being down twice]. Público (in Portuguese). 4 October 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. "Nacional bate Leixões" [Nacional beat Leixões] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. "Paços e Leixões dividem pontos" [Paços and Leixões share the points]. Público (in Portuguese). 29 November 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. "Belenenses perde com Leixões no Restelo" [Belenenses lose with Leixões at the Restelo]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 17 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. "Ilhéus lançaram-se ao mar e pescaram" [Islanders went to sea and fished]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 2 February 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. "Leixões-Naval, 1–0 (ficha)" [Leixões-Naval, 1–0 (match sheet)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 28 March 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  8. "Académica atira Leixões ao mar" [Académica throw Leixões to the sea]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 25 April 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  9. "Hugo Morais assinou por duas épocas" [Hugo Morais signed for two seasons] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  10. "União da Madeira inicia nova época com cinco reforços" [União da Madeira start new season with five additions] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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