Hugo Filipe dos Reis Moutinho (born 1 January 1982) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as an

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. He began his career at

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

, but never played in the first team, going on to have a nomadic career spent mostly in Romania and Cyprus.

Club career

A graduate of

's youth academy,

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

-born Moutinho made his senior debut with their reserves, going on to compete in three

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seasons with the side. In 2004, he signed for

F.C. Pampilhosa Futebol Clube da Pampilhosa is a Portuguese football club in Pampilhosa, Mealhada Mealhada () is a city and a municipality located in Aveiro District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,428, in an area of 110.66 km2. It had 17,043 ...

in the same league, receiving a five-match ban in November for assaulting the officiating squad and scoring his third and last goal of the campaign on 28 May 2005 in a 1–1 home draw against

C.D. Fátima Centro Desportivo de Fátima, simply known as Fátima, is a Portuguese football club based in Fátima, in the municipality of Ourém. Founded in 1966, it holds home matches at ''Estádio Papa Francisco'', with a capacity of 1,545 spectators. Clu ...

. In summer 2007, after a spell with C.D. Mafra, Moutinho joined

FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin was a Romanian professional football club from Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Mehedinți County, Romania, founded in 1958 and dissolved in 2011. History ''FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin'' was never able to reach the Liga I, playing a ...

in the Romanian

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. He became the first Portuguese player to score a

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in the country in November the following year, against

CS Mureșul Deva Club Sportiv Municipal Deva, commonly known as CSM Deva, is a Romanian professional football (soccer), football football team, club based in Deva, Romania, Deva, Hunedoara County. The club was originally established in 1921 under the name of ''M ...

(3–2, away). Moutinho remained in the nation until 2013, representing AFC Arieșul Turda,

CS Turnu Severin Clubul Sportiv Turnu Severin was a Romanian professional football club from Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Mehedinți County, founded in 2007 and dissolved in 2013. In 2012, the team promoted to the Liga I for the first time in their short history. After ...

and

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. He made his top-flight debut on 20 July 2012 at the age of 30, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1

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home loss to

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, and scored his team's goal in a 1–1 draw at

CS Concordia Chiajna Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna, commonly known as Concordia Chiajna, is a Romanian professional football club based in Chiajna, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga II. Founded in 1957, the team's best period was between 2011 and 2019, when ...

on 6 May 2013; this spell was interspersed with one year back in his homeland with third-tier

Clube Oriental de Lisboa Clube Oriental de Lisboa is a Portuguese football club based in Lisbon. Founded in 1946, it currently competes in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at ''Campo Engenheiro Carlos Salema'', with an 8,500 capacity. History Clube Orienta ...

, scoring against C.D. Mafra and

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. In the 2013 off-season, Moutinho moved to Cyprus and signed with

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. His contract was terminated in December of that year, and he joined AEK Kouklia also in the country and its First Division. The following season, Moutinho signed for

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club

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Personal life

Moutinho's cousin,

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, was also a footballer. A

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, he was a longtime

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. After retiring, Moutinho settled in

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with his Romanian wife and worked as a youth coach.

Career statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moutinho, Hugo 1982 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football midfielders Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP B players F.C. Pampilhosa players C.D. Mafra players Clube Oriental de Lisboa players Liga I players Liga II players FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin players ACS Sticla Arieșul Turda players CS Turnu Severin players FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Aris Limassol FC players AEK Kouklia players Pafos FC players Akritas Chlorakas players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus