Hugo Porfírio

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Hugo Porfírio
Full name	Hugo Cardoso Porfírio
Date of birth	September 28, 1973 (1973-09-28) (age 34)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Sporting CP FC Tirsense União Leiria Sporting CP West Ham United Racing Santander Nottingham Forest Benfica Marítimo Benfica 1 º Dezembro Oriental Al-Nasr	9 (0) 19 (0) 28 (8) 1 (0) 23 (2) 20 (1) 9 (1) 6 (0) 17 (1) 4 (0) - (-) - (-) - (-)
National team
1996-1996	Portugal	3 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Hugo Cardoso Porfírio born 28th September,1973 in Lisbon,Portugal is a Portuguese football player as a striker.

Porfírio played for Sporting CP, since the youth levels and had his start for the main team, during the season of 1992/1993. After a season as a substitute, he went on a loan to Tirsense 1994/1995 and União de Leiria 1995/1996. He returned to Sporting for the season of 1996/1997. During the season, he joined English club West Ham United on a loan from Sporting. He moved to Racing Santander after one season. In 1998/1999 he joined SL Benfica and went on a loan for Nottingham Forest the same season but only started in three matches.

[edit] International Career

For the Portugal national football team he had 3 caps, as a União de Leiria player, since his debut, at the 1-0 win over Ireland, in Dublin, the 29th May,1996 to the 1-0 win over Ukraine, in Porto, the 9th November,1996, for the 1998 World Cup qualifyings. He was in the roster for the Euro 1996 finals. He also played at the 1996 Olympic Games football tournament, were Portugal reached the 4 th place, their best result ever in the competition.

v • d • e Portugal squad - UEFA Euro 1996

1 V. Baia • 2 Secretário • 3 Paulinho Santos • 4 Oceano • 5 F. Couto • 6 Tavares • 7 Paneira • 8 J. Pinto • 9 Sá Pinto • 10 Rui Costa • 11 Cadete • 12 Alfredo • 13 Dimas • 14 P. Barbosa • 15 Domingos • 16 Hélder • 17 Porfírio • 18 Folha • 19 P. Sousa • 20 Figo • 21 P. Madeira • 22 R. Correia • Coach: A. Oliveira