Hugo Filipe da Silva Cunha (18 February 1977 – 25 June 2005) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder.

Hugo Cunha
Personal information
Full name Hugo Filipe da Silva Cunha
Date of birth (1977-02-18)18 February 1977
Place of birth Barreiro, Portugal
Date of death 25 June 2005(2005-06-25) (aged 28)
Place of death Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1991 Barreirense
1991–1992 Quimigal
1992–1995 Barreirense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1999 Barreirense 98 (21)
1999–2000 Campomaiorense 25 (2)
2000–2004 Vitória Guimarães 85 (5)
2004–2005 União Leiria 15 (0)
Total 223 (28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Over the course of six seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 125 games and seven goals. He died at age 28, due to cardiac arrest.

Club career

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Born in Barreiro, Setúbal District, Cunha began his career at local club F.C. Barreirense, as a youth and an early senior. He made his professional debut with modest S.C. Campomaiorense in the Primeira Liga, moving to Vitória de Guimarães after one sole season.[1]

After four years in Minho being regularly used by the first team, although rarely as a starter,[2][3] Cunha signed with fellow top-division U.D. Leiria for 2004–05.[4] In the following off-season, he died suddenly during a football match played with friends in Montemor-o-Novo, aged 28.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Hugo Cunha faleceu este sábado" [Hugo Cunha died this Saturday] (in Portuguese). F.C. Barreirense. 25 June 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Hugo Cunha dificulta escolha" [Hugo Cunha makes choice hard]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 October 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ "No jogo do esconde Hugo Cunha é solução" [Hugo Cunha is the answer in game of hide-and-seek]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 April 2003. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Hugo Cunha deixa Vitória rumo à União de Leiria" [Hugo Cunha leaves Vitória and heads for União de Leiria] (in Portuguese). Guimarães Digital. 29 June 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  5. ^ "FACTBOX-Soccer-Sudden deaths of players". Reuters. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Quando a morte chega sem aviso: de Pavão a Hugo Cunha" [When death arrives unannounced: from Pavão to Hugo Cunha] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 24 January 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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