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Hulk
Personal information
Full name Givanildo Vieira de Souza
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Winger
Team information
Current team F.C. 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 Sapporo (loan) 38 (25)
2007 → Tokyo Verdy (loan) 42 (37)
2008 Tokyo Verdy 13 (7)
2008– Porto 96 (52)
International career
2009– Brazil 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 May 2012

Givanildo Vieira de Souza (born 25 July 1986), commonly known as Hulk (Template:IPA-pt), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for F.C. Porto in the Portuguese Primera Liga. He received his nickname from his father, a fan of the Incredible Hulk television series

Club career

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.

Chelsea

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

When Spanish teammate Fernando Torres got injured, he was given an opportunity to play forward and netted his first official premier league goal for Chelsea in a 2–0 home win against Arsenal F.C., later adding against Liverpool F.C. (same venue and result), both as a second-half substitute. As the season advanced, he became an undisputed starter, forming an attacking trio with Juan Mata and Eden Hazard, 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. In late August 2012, he extended his contract to June 2014, with a buy-out clause increased to €100 million.

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. 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, 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. He finished the season with 36 goals in 53 official games, with his team winning four major titles, including a league/cup double.

Club statistics

As of May 14, 2012.
Season Club League Cup League Cup Continental Supercup Total
Apps Goals Assists 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 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total in Brazil 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 12 3 -
2006 Consadole Sapporo 38 25 - 3 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 26 -
2007 Tokyo Verdy 42 37 - 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 2 0 -
Tokyo Verdy 11 7 - 0 0 0 3 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 -
Total in Japan 102 70 - 5 3 - 4 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 74 -
2008–09 Porto 25 8 9 7 1 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 44 9 9
2009–10 19 5 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 31 10 11
2010–11 26 23 13 7 4 4 3 1 0 16 8 4 1 0 0 53 36 21
2011–12 26 16 11 1 0 0 2 1 1 8 4 2 1 0 1 38 21 15
Total in Portugal 96 52 42 18 7 5 6 2 1 42 15 7 4 0 1 166 76 55
Career totals 199 121 - 23 10 - 10 3 - 42 15 6 4 0 1 278 150 -

International career

Hulk made his debut for Brazil on 14 November 2009 in a friendly match against England in Doha, as the Seleção managed a 1-0 victory. Hulk scored his first two goals for Brazil in a 3-1 defeat of Denmark on 26 May at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg, Germany.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
01. May 26, 2012 Volksparkstadion, Altona, Hamburg, GER  Denmark
1 – 0
3 – 1
Friendly
02. May 26, 2012 Volksparkstadion, Altona, Hamburg, GER  Denmark
3 – 0
3 – 1
Friendly

Honours

Club

Porto

Individual

References

  1. Hytner, David (1 June 2012). "Career of Chelsea target Hulk is more incredible than how he was named". The Guardian.
  2. "Comunicado" (PDF) (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. "Top ten rising stars". UEFA.com. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  4. "Comunicado" (PDF) (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. Barlow, Matt (17 February 2010). "The ineligible Hulk is desperate to take his frustration out on Arsenal". London: The Daily Mail. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  6. "Andre Villas-Boas: "This victory has a special taste for us"". PortuGOAL. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  7. Acedo, Francisco (17 May 2011). "Porto rule out Hulk sale". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  8. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/hulk/aufeinenblick/spieler_80562.html
  9. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/6570402/England-0-Brazil-1-match-report.html
  10. http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/79818/denmark-vs-brazil/report

External links

J2 League top scorers
Primeira Liga top scorers
LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year
CNID Footballer of the Year (1970–2005)
Winners
Primeira Liga Footballer of the Year (2006–)
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