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My Take
Hugo Alcântara reads to me like a quietly admirable journeyman. A towering Brazilian centre-back from Cuiabá, he built the bulk of his career not at home but across Portugal, logging 138 Primeira Liga games for Setúbal, Académica, Belenenses and Leiria, with stops in Poland and Romania too. I am drawn to defenders who survive on grit rather than glamour. What moves me most is the full circle: after years abroad, he returned to manage Dom Bosco in his home state. There is something honest about a man who spent his playing days holding the line and now spends his coaching days passing it on.
Overview
Hugo da Silva Alcântara (born 28 July 1979) is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a central defender. 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 Vitória Setúbal, Académica, Belenenses and União de Leiria. He also competed in Poland and Romania.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hugo Alcântara
- Name (Japanese)
- ウーゴ・ダ・シウヴァ・アウカンタラ
- Reading
- うーご・だ・しうゔぁ・あうかんたら
- Born
- July 28, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Goat
- Origin
- Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 190 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.