Hugo Grilo

{{short description|Portuguese footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hugo Grilo

| image =

| fullname = Hugo Miguel Grilo Francisco

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|7|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Odivelas, Portugal

| height = {{height|m=1.82}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Oriental

| clubnumber = 44

| youthyears1 = 1994–2002

| youthclubs1 = CER Tenente Valdez

| youthyears2 = 2002–2004

| youthclubs2 = Benfica

| years1 = 2004–2005

| clubs1 = Benfica B

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2005–2011

| clubs2 = Operário

| caps2 = 144

| goals2 = 11

| years3 = 2011–

| clubs3 = Oriental

| caps3 = 91

| goals3 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2005

| nationalteam1 = Portugal U19

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 09:37, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 2 June 2013

}}

{{Portuguese name|Grilo|Francisco}}

Hugo Miguel Grilo Francisco (born 28 July 1986), simply known as Hugo Grilo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Oriental as a defender.

Club career

A product of Benfica's youth academy, he failed to break into the first team. Instead he had to be contended with a small stint with Benfica B between 2004 and 2005. After being released by the club he joined Operário in 2005. Though he struggled in his first season, he established himself as a first team starter in 2006. He made more than 25 appearances in each of the following seasons till 2011, when he left the club.

In 2011, he joined Oriental.{{cite web|title=Sul:Oriental prepara plantel com Filipe Moreira ao leme|url=http://www.agentedesportivo.com/2011/07/13/ii-divisao-sul-oriental-prepara-plantel-com-filipe-moreira-ao-leme/|publisher=Agente Desportivo|accessdate=12 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210258/http://www.agentedesportivo.com/2011/07/13/ii-divisao-sul-oriental-prepara-plantel-com-filipe-moreira-ao-leme/|archivedate=12 August 2014}} He made 28 appearances in his first season with the club.

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