Hugo Cunha
{{short description|Portuguese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hugo Cunha
| image =
| fullname = Hugo Filipe da Silva Cunha
| birth_date = {{birth date|1977|2|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Barreiro, Portugal
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|6|25|1977|2|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
| height = {{height|m=1.75}}
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1988–1991 | youthclubs1 = Barreirense
| youthyears2 = 1991–1992 | youthclubs2 = Quimigal
| youthyears3 = 1992–1995 | youthclubs3 = Barreirense
| years1 = 1995–1999 | clubs1 = Barreirense | caps1 = 98 | goals1 = 21
| years2 = 1999–2000 | clubs2 = Campomaiorense | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2000–2004 | clubs3 = Vitória Guimarães | caps3 = 85 | goals3 = 5
| years4 = 2004–2005 | clubs4 = União Leiria | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0
| totalcaps = 223 | totalgoals = 28
| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =
}}
Hugo Filipe da Silva Cunha (18 February 1977 – 25 June 2005) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder.
Over the course of six seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 125 games and seven goals. He died at age 28, due to cardiac arrest.
Club career
Born in Barreiro, Setúbal District, Cunha began his career at local club F.C. Barreirense, as a youth and an early senior. He made his professional debut with modest S.C. Campomaiorense in the Primeira Liga, moving to Vitória de Guimarães after one sole season.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarreirense.com/index.php/notcias-mainmenu-2/7-futebol/18-hugo-cunha-faleceu-este-sbado|title=Hugo Cunha faleceu este sábado|trans-title=Hugo Cunha died this Saturday|publisher=F.C. Barreirense|language=pt|date=25 June 2005|access-date=24 January 2024}}
After four years in Minho being regularly used by the first team, although rarely as a starter,{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/v--guimaraes/detalhe/hugo-cunha-dificulta-escolha|title=Hugo Cunha dificulta escolha|trans-title=Hugo Cunha makes choice hard|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=15 October 2002|access-date=24 January 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/v--guimaraes/detalhe/no-jogo-do-esconde-hugo-cunha-e-solucao|title=No jogo do esconde Hugo Cunha é solução|trans-title=Hugo Cunha is the answer in game of hide-and-seek|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=26 April 2003|access-date=24 January 2024}} Cunha signed with fellow top-division U.D. Leiria for 2004–05.{{cite web|url=https://www.guimaraesdigital.pt/index.php/informacao/desporto/5959-27940|title=Hugo Cunha deixa Vitória rumo à União de Leiria|trans-title=Hugo Cunha leaves Vitória and heads for União de Leiria|publisher=Guimarães Digital|language=pt|date=29 June 2004|access-date=24 January 2024}} In the following off-season, he died suddenly during a football match played with friends in Montemor-o-Novo, aged 28.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/soccer-deaths-idINL906450520090809/|title=FACTBOX-Soccer-Sudden deaths of players|publisher=Reuters|date=9 August 2009|access-date=24 January 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/quando-a-morte-chega-sem-aviso-de-pavao-a-hugo-cunha|title=Quando a morte chega sem aviso: de Pavão a Hugo Cunha|trans-title=When death arrives unannounced: from Pavão to Hugo Cunha|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=24 January 2007|access-date=24 January 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{ForaDeJogo}}
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Category:Portuguese men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Barreiro, Portugal
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Primeira Liga players
Category:Segunda Divisão players
Category:F.C. Barreirense players
Category:S.C. Campomaiorense players
Category:Association football players who died while playing