Hugo Cunha

Hugo Cunha
Personal information
Full name Hugo Filipe da Silva Cunha
Date of birth (1977-02-18)18 February 1977
Place of birth Barreiro, Portugal
Date of death 25 June 2005(2005-06-25) (aged 28)
Place of death Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1991 Barreirense
1991–1992 Quimigal
1992–1995 Barreirense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1999 Barreirense 98 (21)
1999–2000 Campomaiorense 25 (2)
2000–2004 Vitória Guimarães 85 (5)
2004–2005 União Leiria 15 (0)
Total 223 (28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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.[1]

After four years in Minho being regularly used by the first team, although rarely as a starter,[2][3] Cunha signed with fellow top-division U.D. Leiria for 2004–05.[4] In the following off-season, he died suddenly during a football match played with friends in Montemor-o-Novo, aged 28.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Hugo Cunha faleceu este sábado" [Hugo Cunha died this Saturday] (in Portuguese). F.C. Barreirense. 25 June 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Hugo Cunha dificulta escolha" [Hugo Cunha makes choice hard]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 October 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ "No jogo do esconde Hugo Cunha é solução" [Hugo Cunha is the answer in game of hide-and-seek]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 April 2003. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Hugo Cunha deixa Vitória rumo à União de Leiria" [Hugo Cunha leaves Vitória and heads for União de Leiria] (in Portuguese). Guimarães Digital. 29 June 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  5. ^ "FACTBOX-Soccer-Sudden deaths of players". Reuters. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Quando a morte chega sem aviso: de Pavão a Hugo Cunha" [When death arrives unannounced: from Pavão to Hugo Cunha] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 24 January 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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