Hugo da Silva Alcântara (born 28 July 1979) is a Brazilian football

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of Dom Bosco. He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 138 games and four goals for

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, Académica, Belenenses and

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. He also competed in Poland and Romania.

Football career

Born in

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, Mato Grosso, Alcântara played for several modest clubs in his country, almost all hailing from his native region. In

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he was part of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas' roster, but played in no official games. In the 2001–02 season, Alcântara moved to

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with

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, going on to appear in an average of 26 league matches in his four-year spell – 2003–04 was spent in the

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, with promotion – and helping the '' Sadinos'' win the 2005 domestic cup against

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(he played the full 90 minutes in the 2–1 final win); he spent 2005–06 with fellow Primeira Liga team Académica de Coimbra, only missing seven contests during the campaign for an eventual 13th-place finish. After one season in

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and another back in Portugal with C.F. Os Belenenses, where he was punished with a three-game ban for slapping

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of Benfica across the face, Alcântara joined a host of Portuguese (or Portugal-based) players at

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n side

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. He made his

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debut on 26 October 2008 in a 1–2 away loss against FC Politehnica Timișoara, and proceeded to be relatively used during his stint as they won five major titles, including the 2010 national championship with 22 appearances and three goals from the player. In February 2011, Alcântara signed for J1 League club

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. Before the season started, however, he left the club, in the aftermath of the

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in Japan. On 4 April, he joined Clube Atlético Paranaense. After only a three-month spell, 32-year-old Alcântara returned to Portugal once again, signing with

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on 11 July 2011.

Honours

;Vitória Setúbal *

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: 2004–05 ;CFR Cluj *

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: 2009–10 *

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: 2008–09, 2009–10 *

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: 2009, 2010

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcantara, Hugo 1979 births Living people Footballers from Cuiabá Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Club Athletico Paranaense players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Vitória F.C. players Académica de Coimbra (football) players C.F. Os Belenenses players U.D. Leiria players Ekstraklasa players Legia Warsaw players Liga I players CFR Cluj players Montedio Yamagata players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Brazilian football managers Cuiabá Esporte Clube managers União Esporte Clube managers CE Operário Várzea-Grandense managers