Hugo Seco

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hugo Seco

| image =

| fullname = Hugo André Rodrigues Seco{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/hugo-seco/academica/1586-0-19404|title=Hugo Seco|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=26 September 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|6|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lousã, Portugal

| height = {{height|m=1.78|precision=0}}

| position = Winger

| currentclub = União Coimbra

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1998–1999 | youthclubs1 = Santa Clara Coimbra

| youthyears2 = 1999–2001 | youthclubs2 = Académico Gândaras

| youthyears3 = 2001–2003 | youthclubs3 = Académica

| youthyears4 = 2003–2004 | youthclubs4 = Vigor Mocidade

| youthyears5 = 2004–2007 | youthclubs5 = Académica

| years1 = 2007–2008 | clubs1 = Anadia | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2008–2009 | clubs2 = Nelas | caps2 = 19 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2009–2010 | clubs3 = Académico Viseu | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2010–2011 | clubs4 = St. Lawrence Spurs | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 2011–2012 | clubs5 = Benfica Castelo Branco | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2012–2013 | clubs6 = Fátima | caps6 = 22 | goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2013–2014 | clubs7 = Benfica Castelo Branco | caps7 = 24 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2014–2016 | clubs8 = Académica | caps8 = 43 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2016 | clubs9 = Cherno More | caps9 = 18 | goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2017–2018 | clubs10 = Feirense | caps10 = 33 | goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2018–2019 | clubs11 = Irtysh | caps11 = 11 | goals11 = 1

| years12 = 2019–2020 | clubs12 = Kisvárda | caps12 = 27 | goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2020–2021 | clubs13 = Farense | caps13 = 26 | goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2021–2024 | clubs14 = Académica | caps14 = 69 | goals14 = 4

| years15 = 2024– | clubs15 = União Coimbra | caps15 = 13 | goals15 = 0

| totalcaps = | totalgoals =

| club-update = 12:18, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

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Hugo André Rodrigues Seco (born 17 June 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for União de Coimbra.

Club career

Born in Lousã, Coimbra District, Seco lived in Coimbra until he was 9, when he moved back with his family to his birthplace. He represented three clubs as a youth after starting out at futsal, finishing his development with Académica de Coimbra by signing at age 16. He spent his first seven seasons as a senior in lower league or amateur football, including two with Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco and one in the Maltese First Division with the St. Lawrence Spurs.{{cite news|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/nacional/1a-liga/portimonense/detalhe/medio-hugo-seco-diz-que-sera-reforco-691285.html|title=Médio Hugo Seco diz que será reforço|trans-title=Midfielder Hugo Seco says he will join|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=4 April 2011|access-date=26 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152505/http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/nacional/1a-liga/portimonense/detalhe/medio-hugo-seco-diz-que-sera-reforco-691285.html|archive-date=24 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.flashscore.pt/noticias/futebol-liga-3-entrevista-flashscore-a-hugo-seco-impossivel-imaginar-a-cidade-de-coimbra-sem-a-academica/0GXaz3PO/|title=Entrevista Flashscore a Hugo Seco: "Impossível imaginar a cidade de Coimbra sem a Académica"|trans-title=Flashscore interview to Hugo Seco: "One just cannot picture the city of Coimbra without Académica"|publisher=Flash Score|first=Rodrigo|last=Coimbra|language=pt|date=15 December 2023|access-date=1 February 2024}}

Seco returned to Académica on 4 July 2014, thus moving straight to the Primeira Liga.{{cite news|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/nacional/1a-liga/academica/detalhe/hugo-seco-regressa-a-briosa-892862.html|title=Hugo Seco regressa à Briosa|trans-title=Hugo Seco returns to the Briosa|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=4 July 2014|access-date=26 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152340/http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/nacional/1a-liga/academica/detalhe/hugo-seco-regressa-a-briosa-892862.html|archive-date=24 September 2015}} He made his debut in the competition on 10 January 2015, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute in a 2–2 home draw against F.C. Paços de Ferreira.{{cite web|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/liga/10-01-2015/academica-p-ferreira-2-2-cronica|title=Académica-P. Ferreira, 2–2 (crónica)|trans-title=Académica-P. Ferreira, 2–2 (match report)|publisher=Mais Futebol|first=Francisco|last=Frederico|language=pt|date=10 January 2015|access-date=26 August 2015}} He scored his first goal exactly one year later, closing the 2–1 win over C.D. Tondela also at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra;{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/liga/10-01-2016/academica-tondela-2-1-cronica|title=Académica-Tondela, 2–1 (crónica)|trans-title=Académica-Tondela, 2–1 (match report)|publisher=Mais Futebol|first=Francisco|last=Sousa|language=pt|date=10 January 2016|access-date=15 April 2025}} it would be his only in 49 competitive appearances.{{cite web|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/desporto/estudantes-precisam-de-vencer-fc-porto_e913475|title=`Dragões` afundam `estudantes`|trans-title='Dragons' sink 'students'|publisher=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|first=Carlos José|last=Barros|language=pt|date=23 April 2016|access-date=15 April 2025}}

On 12 July 2016, after suffering top-flight relegation, Seco signed a one-year deal with PFC Cherno More Varna.{{cite web|url=http://chernomorepfc.bg/bg/%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%86/|title="Черно море" привлече португалец|trans-title="Black Sea" attracted Portuguese|publisher=PFC Cherno More|language=bg|date=12 July 2016|access-date=13 July 2016}} On 31 January 2017 he left Bulgaria and returned to his homeland, joining C.D. Feirense.{{cite web|url=http://www.cdfeirense.pt/site/hugo-seco-reforca-ataque-fogaceiro/|title=Hugo Seco reforça o ataque fogaceiro!|trans-title=Hugo Seco bolsters fogaceiro offense!|publisher=CD Feirense|language=pt|date=31 January 2017|access-date=1 February 2017}}

Seco moved to FC Irtysh Pavlodar of the Kazakhstan Premier League on 23 July 2018,{{cite web|url=https://fcirtysh.kz/news/1978-oficialno-fk-irtysh-podpisal-kontrakt-s-ugo-seku.html|script-title=ru:ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ФК "ИРТЫШ" ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С УГО СЕКУ|trans-title=Official: FC Irtysh signed a contract with Hugo Seco|publisher=Irtysh Pavlodar|language=ru|date=23 July 2018|access-date=16 January 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723152539/https://fcirtysh.kz/news/1978-oficialno-fk-irtysh-podpisal-kontrakt-s-ugo-seku.html|archive-date=23 July 2018}} leaving the club the following January by mutual consent.{{cite web|url=https://fcirtysh.kz/items/14666/|script-title=ru:ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: РАСТОРГНУТЫ КОНТРАКТЫ С УГО СЕКУ И АЛЕКСАНДРОМ МОКИНЫМ|trans-title=Official: Contract termination for Hugo Seco and Aleksandr Mokin|publisher=Irtysh Pavlodar|language=ru|date=16 January 2019|access-date=16 January 2019}} and going on to spend parts of two seasons in the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I with Kisvárda FC.{{cite news|url=https://tribuna.expresso.pt/a-casa-as-costas/2023-01-01-Na-Hungria-o-presidente-do-clube-reuniu-as-mulheres-dos-jogadores-para-dizer-lhes-que-elas-nao-estavam-a-deixar-os-maridos-descansar-e7ed2851|title=“Na Hungria, o presidente do clube reuniu as mulheres dos jogadores para dizer-lhes que elas não estavam a deixar os maridos descansar”|trans-title="In Hungary, the club's president met with the players' wives to tell them they were not letting their husbands rest"|newspaper=Expresso|first=Alexandra|last=Simões de Abreu|language=pt|date=1 January 2023|access-date=15 April 2025}}

References

External links

{{ForaDeJogo}}
[http://www.ligaportugal.pt/oou/clube/20142015/primeiraliga/59/jogador/69764 Portuguese League profile] {{in lang|pt}}
{{Soccerway|hugo-andre-rodrigues-seco/265394}}

Category:1988 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Lousã

Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen

Category:Portuguese men's footballers

Category:Footballers from Coimbra District

Category:Men's association football wingers

Category:Primeira Liga players

Category:Liga Portugal 2 players

Category:Segunda Divisão players

Category:Liga 3 (Portugal) players

Category:Campeonato de Portugal (league) players