Hugo Almeida

Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida (born 23 May 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently assistant manager of Iranian club Sepahan.

Hugo Almeida
Almeida playing for Kuban Krasnodar in 2015
Personal information
Full name Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida
Date of birth (1984-05-23) 23 May 1984
Place of birth Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
Sepahan (assistant)
Youth career
1993–1996 Buarcos
1996–2000 Naval
2001–2002 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Porto B 25 (20)
2003–2007 Porto 33 (4)
2003 → União Leiria (loan) 13 (3)
2004 → União Leiria (loan) 14 (2)
2005Boavista (loan) 14 (3)
2006–2007 → Werder Bremen (loan) 28 (5)
2007–2010 Werder Bremen 89 (36)
2011–2014 Beşiktaş 85 (36)
2014–2015 Cesena 10 (0)
2015 Kuban Krasnodar 10 (2)
2015–2016 Anzhi 12 (2)
2016 Hannover 96 7 (1)
2016–2017 AEK Athens 22 (5)
2017–2018 Hajduk Split 14 (3)
2018–2020 Académica 33 (11)
Total 409 (133)
International career
2001 Portugal U16 4 (1)
2002 Portugal U18 5 (1)
2002–2003 Portugal U19 15 (8)
2003 Portugal U20 5 (0)
2004–2007 Portugal U21 27 (16)
2004 Portugal U23 4 (2)
2004–2006 Portugal B 4 (4)
2004–2015 Portugal 57 (19)
Managerial career
2020–2021 Académica B (assistant)
2021–2022 Académica (assistant)
2022– Sepahan (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
2012 Poland-Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2004 Germany
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up2003 Liechtenstein
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

After failing to establish himself at Porto, being loaned several times during his contract, he made a name for himself in Germany with Werder Bremen where he remained for four seasons, reaching one UEFA Cup final and scoring 63 competitive goals. He also spent several years in Turkey with Beşiktaş, netting 47 times in 109 total games.

Almeida, whose international career with Portugal spanned over a decade, succeeded in becoming a regular after the departures of Pauleta in 2006 and Liédson in 2010. He represented the nation at two World Cups and as many European Championships, earning 57 caps and scoring 19 goals.

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