Hulk (footballer)

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Hulk
2010–11 UEFA Europa League - SK Rapid Wien vs F.C. Porto (14).jpg
Hulk playing for Porto
Personal information
Full name Givanildo Vieira de Souza
Date of birth 25 July 1986 (1986-07-25) (age 25)
Place of birth Campina Grande, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker / Winger
Club information
Current club Porto
Number 12
Youth career
2001–2002 Vilanovense
2002 São Paulo
2003–2004 Vitória
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2005 Vitória 1 (0)
2005 → Kawasaki Frontale (loan) 9 (1)
2006–2008 Kawasaki Frontale 2 (0)
2006 → Consadole (loan) 38 (25)
2007 → Tokyo Verdy (loan) 42 (37)
2008 Tokyo Verdy 11 (7)
2008– Porto 89 (45)
National team‡
2009– Brazil 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 10 March 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 November 2011

Givanildo Vieira de Souza (born 25 July 1986), aka Hulk (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈhuwki]), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for F.C. Porto in Portugal. Mainly a right winger, he can also operate as a striker.

As his nickname suggests, Hulk's strength and stocky build are considered his foremost attributes, along with speed, acceleration, and a powerful shot. However, the nickname Hulk is due to his resemblance to actor Lou Ferrigno, who played the Incredible Hulk in the American television series of the same name.[1]

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Brazil and Japan

Hulk was born in Campina Grande, Paraíba. After rarely settling as a youth, he started playing professionally with Esporte Clube Vitória in Salvador, Bahia, then emigrated on loan to Japan to play for Kawasaki Frontale. Despite having been purchased months later, he was loaned to second division Consadole Sapporo, where he played all the 2006 season, scoring 25 goals, one less than the top scorer.

In 2007, Hulk was loaned again to a second division team, Tokyo Verdy, where he was even more effective, scoring 37 goals in 42 matches and being the top goalscorer of the season. He briefly returned to Kawasaki in 2008, but rejoined Verdy after only two matches.

[edit] Porto

After his stay in Japan, Hulk moved to Portugal and signed for defending champions F.C. Porto, who bought 50% of the player's rights for €5.5 million, from Uruguayan side C.A. Rentistas,[2] with the transfer fee being received by an unnamed investor.

When Moroccan teammate Tarik Sektioui got injured, he was given an opportunity to play forward and netted his first official domestic league goal for Porto in a 2–0 home win against C.F. Os Belenenses, later adding against F.C. Paços de Ferreira (same venue and result), both as a second-half substitute. As the season advanced, he became an undisputed starter, forming an attacking trio with Cristian Rodríguez and Lisandro López, with the trio often shifting positions. After some stellar performances in the season's UEFA Champions League, he was elected as one of the Top 10 Rising Stars by UEFA.[3] In late August 2009, he extended his contract to June 2014, with a buy-out clause increased to €100 million.[4]

In the 2009–10 season, Hulk firmly established as an automatic first-choice. However, following a 20 December 2009 tunnel brawl during the league loss at S.L. Benfica (0–1), he received a four-month ban (if the disciplinary hearing upheld the ban, he faced up to three years on the sidelines), only for the domestic competitions.[5] The ban was later reduced to four matches, and the player returned to league action on 28 March 2010, scoring in a 3–0 win at Belenenses; one week later, he also found the net, in a 4–1 home victory over C.S. Marítimo; with six less matches played than the previous season, he ended with five league goals.

Hulk started the 2010–11 season in impressive fashion, scoring sixteen times in his first sixteen official matches, including a hat-trick against K.R.C. Genk for the UEFA Europa League's playoff stage, on 26 August 2010 (4–2 home win, 7–2 on aggregate). From September to January he won the Portuguese Championship Player of the Month, making him the only player to have won the award six times; on 7 November 2010, he scored the last two goals as Porto trounced Benfica 5–0 at home, creating a 10-point difference between the two teams,[6] with the northerners leading the league, and eventually winning it, with the player leading the goalscoring charts.

On 13 May 2011 Porto paid €13.5 million to Rentistas for another 40 percent of Hulk's sporting rights, bringing their total stake to 85%, with the player signing a deal until 2016 and with a buy-out clause of €100 million.[7] He finished the season with 36 goals in 53 official games, with his team winning three major titles, including a league/cup double.

[edit] International career

On 27 October 2009, Hulk was called up for the first time to the Brazilian national team, for friendly matches against England and Oman.[8] He made his debut against the former, on 14 November, when he came on as a substitute in the 1–0 win, and also played the second half of the match against Oman.

[edit] Club statistics

As of March 10, 2012.
Season Club League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
2004 Vitória 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total in Brazil 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2005 Kawasaki Frontale 9 1 - 2 2 - 1 0 - 0 0 0 12 3 -
2006 Consadole Sapporo 38 25 - 3 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 26 -
2007 Tokyo Verdy 42 37 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 37 -
2008 Kawasaki Frontale 2 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -
Tokyo Verdy 11 7 - 0 0 0 3 1 - 0 0 0 14 8 -
Total in Japan 102 70 - 5 3 - 4 1 - 0 0 0 111 74 -
2008–09 Porto 25 8 9 7 1 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 441 9 9
2009–10 19 5 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 3 1 311 10 11
2010–11 26 23 13 7 4 4 3 1 0 16 8 4 531 36 21
2011–12 19 9 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 2 301 14 112
Total in Portugal 89 45 39 18 7 5 5 2 0 42 15 7 1573 69 512
Career totals 192 114 - 23 10 - 9 3 - 42 15 6 2703 143 -
1Includes one appearance in Portuguese Supercup
2Includes one assist in 2011 Portuguese Supercup
3Includes four appearances and one assist in the Portuguese Supercup (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011; 2011)

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

Porto

[edit] Individual

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Porto's incredible star Hulk can make Arsenal angry". Mirror Football. 30 September 2008. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/09/30/porto-s-incredible-star-hulk-can-make-arsenal-angry-115875-20761448/. Retrieved 13 April 2009. 
  2. ^ "Comunicado [Announcement]" (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 25 July 2008. http://www.fcporto.pt/IncFCP/pdf/Investor_Relations/FactosRelevantes/Hulk25jul08.pdf. Retrieved 25 September 2010. 
  3. ^ "Top ten rising stars". UEFA.com. 9 March 2009. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=806860.html. Retrieved 13 April 2009. 
  4. ^ "Comunicado [Announcement]" (in Portuguese) (PDF). FC Porto. 21 August 2009. http://www.fcporto.pt/IncFCP/PDF/Investor_Relations/FactosRelevantes/RenovacaoHulk21082009.pdf. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
  5. ^ Barlow, Matt (17 February 2010). "The ineligible Hulk is desperate to take his frustration out on Arsenal". London: The Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1251638/VIDEO-SPECIAL-The-ineligible-Hulk-desperate-frustration-Arsenal.html. Retrieved 18 February 2010. 
  6. ^ "Andre Villas-Boas: "This victory has a special taste for us"". PortuGOAL. 8 November 2010. http://portugoal.net/index.php/more-liga-sagres-news/18221-avb-victory-has-special-taste-for-us. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
  7. ^ Acedo, Francisco (17 May 2011). "Porto rule out Hulk sale". Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11854_6937239,00.html. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
  8. ^ "Aurelio recalled by Brazil for England friendly". ESPN Soccernet. 27 October 2009. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=690250&sec=worldcup2010&cc=3888. Retrieved 28 October 2009. 

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