Hugo Cardoso
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugo Alexandre Santos Cardoso | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Almada, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | IFK Mariehamn | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Os Belenenses | |||
| 2017–2019 | QPR | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Aljustrelense | 21 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Vitória Guimarães B | 8 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Santarém | 22 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | 1º Dezembro | 16 | (1) |
| 2024– | IFK Mariehamn | 30 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Cape Verde U20 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024 | |||
Hugo Alexandre Santos Cardoso (born 11 April 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn.
Club career
[edit]After spending two years in the academy of Queens Park Rangers, Cardoso started his senior career in Portugal in 2019, and represented Aljustrelense, Vitória Guimarães B, Santarém and 1º Dezembro in the country's third and fourth tiers.
On 1 March 2024, Cardoso moved to Finland and signed with IFK Mariehamn in the country's top-tier Veikkausliiga.[1][2] In December, his deal was extended for the 2025 season.[3]
International career
[edit]Cardoso has represented Cape Verde at under-20 youth international level.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Portugal, Cardoso is of Cape Verdean descent.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 19 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aljustrelense | 2019–20 | Campeonato de Portugal | 21 | 2 | – | – | 21 | 2 | ||
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Santarém | 2022–23 | Campeonato de Portugal | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 24 | 2 | |
| 1º Dezembro | 2023–24 | Liga 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 18 | 2 | |
| IFK Mariehamn | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 97 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 8 | ||
- ^ Includes Taça de Portugal and Suomen Cup
References
[edit]- ^ Kantspelande portugis klar för IFK, Ålandstidningen, 1 March 2024
- ^ Hugo Cardoso förstärker offensiven, ifkfotboll.ax, 29 February 2024
- ^ Hugo Cardoso jatkaa IFK Mariehamnissa – "Olen varma että ensi kausi on parempi", veikkausliiga.com, 12 December 2024
- ^ "Avançado cabo-verdiano Hugo Cardoso é reforço do Vitória de Guimarães". dtudo1pouco.cv (in Portuguese). 29 May 2020.
External links
[edit]- Hugo Cardoso at Soccerway
- Hugo Cardoso at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- Living people
- 1999 births
- Men's association football midfielders
- Veikkausliiga players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- Vitória S.C. B players
- União de Santarém players
- S.U. 1º Dezembro players
- IFK Mariehamn players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Cape Verde men's international footballers
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in England
- Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers
- Cape Verdean men's footballers
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent