Hugo Miguel Martins Carreira (born 10 March 1979) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a central defender.

Club career

Born in

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, Carreira started his professional career at local

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. After two seasons he was acquired by La Liga club Deportivo de La Coruña, but would never play in any first-team games during three seasons. For the 2001–02 campaign, Carreira joined

C.F. Estrela da Amadora Club Football Estrela da Amadora (), sometimes just Estrela, is a Portuguese sports club (predominantly football) based in Amadora, northwest of Lisbon. It's the successor of Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, founded in 1932 and extinct in ...

in the second division. After a brief spell with

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, with which he made his

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debut, he returned to the

-based side, being relatively used in his six-year spell. In March 2009, Carreira left Estrela which was facing a severe economic crisis, and moved to

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's Qingdao Jonoon FC. In the following year he moved teams – and countries – again, signing for AEP Paphos FC of Cyprus.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carreira, Hugo 1979 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football defenders Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Barreirense players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players C.D. Nacional players Portimonense S.C. players Atlético Clube de Portugal players G.D. Fabril players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Deportivo Fabril players Chinese Super League players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players Cypriot First Division players AEP Paphos FC players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in China Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus