Hugo Thierry Siquet (born 9 July 2002) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

club

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Divisio ...

, on loan from

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club

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

, and the Belgium national team.

Club career

On 20 July 2020, Siquet signed his first professional contract with Standard Liège. He made his professional debut with Standard Liège in a 3–1

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loss to

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation' ...

on 5 November 2020. In early December 2021, it was announced that Siquet would join

club

for the second half of the 2021–22 season. Standard Liège was reportedly paid €4.5 million as transfer fee. On 14 January 2023, Siquet joined

club

on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season, with an option for the 2023–24 season.

International career

In September 2023, Siquet received his first call-up to the Belgium senior national team by head coach Domenico Tedesco, for the

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matches against

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and

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Personal life

Hugo is the nephew of former footballer Thierry Siquet.

References

External links

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ACFF Profile
2002 births Living people People from Marche-en-Famenne Belgian men's footballers Footballers from Luxembourg (Belgium) Men's association football fullbacks Belgium men's youth international footballers Belgium men's under-21 international footballers Belgium men's international footballers Belgian Pro League players Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Standard Liège players SC Freiburg players SC Freiburg II players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany {{Belgium-footy-bio-stub