Hugo Filipe da Costa Oliveira, known as Hugo Vieira, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Gil Vicente F.C. as a forward. He spent most of his career with Gil Vicente, winning the Segunda Liga in 2011, and represented that team and S.C. Braga in the Primeira Liga. Additionally, he played in six foreign countries, providing a key role in Red Star's Serbian SuperLiga conquest in 2016.
Club career
Early career
Born in Barcelos, Hugo Vieira made his debut as a senior with FC Girondins de Bordeaux's reserve team, after finishing his formation with Santa Maria FC. In July 2007, he was loaned to G.D. Estoril Praia, but made no appearances for the side. In 2009, Hugo Vieira signed for Gil Vicente F.C. in the Segunda Liga, helping achieve promotion to the Primeira Liga as champions at the end of the 2010–11 season. On 22 March 2012, he scored to open their 2–2 draw with S.C. Braga at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos in the semi-finals of the Taça da Liga, eventually won in a penalty shootout.
Benfica / Braga
Hugo Vieira agreed to a four-year deal with S.L. Benfica on 18 May 2012. On 28 August, he was loaned to Spanish Segunda División club Sporting de Gijón in a season-long deal, but after being rarely used he returned to Gil on 22 January 2013, being loaned until June. On 23 August 2013, Hugo Vieira moved to S.C. Braga after agreeing to a four-year contract, but started only once over the course of the top-flight campaign. He returned to Gil Vicente for a third spell the following 30 January, on a temporary basis.
On 7 January 2017, Hugo Vieira moved to the fifth foreign country of his career, signing for Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan– David Babunski made the same move from Red Star days later. He made his debut in the J1 League as a late substitute on 25 February, scoring the equaliser in a 3–2 home win over Urawa Red Diamonds in the season opener; in his first year in the Far East, his team came runners-up in the Emperor's Cup, with him finishing a hat-trick at the end of extra time to defeat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–2 in the fourth round on 20 September. While Yokohama finished in the bottom half of the 2018 J1 League, Hugo Vieira was in the top ten goalscorers with 13. This included a hat-trick in a 4–4 draw with Shonan Bellmare at the Nissan Stadium on 21 April.
Hugo Vieira returned to European football in January 2019, signing an 18-month deal with Sivasspor in Turkey. Before making an appearance, he suffered an injury to his left knee and required surgery, ending his involvement for the season. On 31 October 2019, Hugo Vieira finally made the first of only two appearances for the side from Sivas, coming on in the 59th minute for Abdou Razack Traoré and scoring the last goal of a 6–0 win away to Başkent Akademi FK in the fourth round of the domestic cup.
Return to Gil Vicente
On 28 January 2020, after over five years abroad, Hugo Vieira returned to Portugal's top division and Gil Vicente.
