Hilário Leal
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hilário Paulino Neves Freitas Leal | ||
Date of birth | 15 May 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Ajaccio, France | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
1986–1992 | Freamunde | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1996 | Freamunde | ||
1996–1999 | Chaves | 38 | (0) |
1999–2002 | Perugia | 22 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Maia | 12 | (0) |
2003–2005 | Sambenedettese | ||
2005–2007 | Famalicão | 20 | (0) |
2007–2011 | Santa Maria | 51 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hilário Paulino Neves Freitas Leal (born 15 May 1974), simply known as Hilário, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back.
Football career
Hilário was born to Portuguese parents in Ajaccio, Corsica, France, returning to his motherland still as an infant.[1] He made his professional debuts with local S.C. Freamunde, playing third division football with the club. In 1996 he moved straight into the top level with G.D. Chaves, appearing regularly in two of his three seasons and being relegated in his last, although he had already signed in January 1999 for A.C. Perugia in Italy.
With the Umbrians Hilário played in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup,[2] with his team being eliminated by Trabzonspor in the third round. He only appeared regularly in his first full season in Serie A (20 games), helping the side to a final midtable position and sharing teams with the likes of Hidetoshi Nakata, Alessandro Calori, Giovanni Tedesco, Massimiliano Esposito and Milan Rapaić;[3] he never scored a goal for the club, but netted one in his own net against Inter Milan on 6 January 2000.[4]
In 2002 Hilário moved back to Portugal, playing for F.C. Maia in division two before returning to Italy a year later, representing S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio in two Serie C seasons.[1] Again in his country at the age of 31, he signed for F.C. Famalicão, switching in 2007 to Santa Maria F.C. in amateur football (fourth division).
In 2012 Hilário returned to Freamunde, being appointed its director of football.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Hilário: “Mazzone mi parlava di Samb-Ascoli” (Hilario: “Mazzone told me about Samb-Ascoli”); Riviera Oggi, 28 April 2004 Template:It icon
- ^ Hilário fulcral na vitória do Perugia (Hilário essential in Perugia win); Record, 18 July 1999 Template:Pt icon
- ^ Hilário: «Senti-me desanimado mas agora quero ficar no Perugia» (Hilário: «I felt discouraged but now I want to stay at Perugia»); Record, 5 February 2000 Template:Pt icon
- ^ Stagione 1999/2000 – Inter vs. Perugia (5:0) (1999/2000 season – Inter vs. Perugia (5:0)); at YouTube
- ^ Hilário o regresso 16 anos depois (Hilário the return 16 years later); Freamunde Allez, 14 June 2012 Template:Pt icon
- ^ Hilário Leal: «Há clubes que não cumprem e é como se nada fosse» (Hilário Leal: «Some clubs do not comply and it is as if nothing had happened»); Record, 24 November 2012 Template:Pt icon
External links
- Template:Zerozero profile
- Hilário Leal at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Ajaccio
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- S.C. Freamunde players
- G.D. Chaves players
- FC Maia players
- F.C. Famalicão players
- Santa Maria F.C. players
- Serie A players
- A.C. Perugia Calcio players
- S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio players
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Portuguese expatriates in Italy