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Hulk
b. 1986
Brazilian association football player
- Born
- 25 Jul 1986 · Campina Grande
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 25 Jul 1986BornBorn in Campina Grande
- 2004 – 2005TeamE.C. Vitória
- 2005 – 2008TeamKawasaki Frontale
- 2006TeamHokkaido Consadole Sapporo
- 2007TeamTokyo Verdy
- 2008 – 2012TeamFC Porto
- 2008TeamTokyo Verdy
- 2009 – 2021TeamBrazil men's national football team
- 2012Took part2012 Summer Olympics
- 2012TeamBrazil national under-23 football team
- 2012 – 2016TeamFC Zenit Saint Petersburg
- 2014Took part2014 FIFA World Cup
- 2016 – 2020TeamShanghai Port F.C.
- 2021 – 2026TeamClube Atlético Mineiro
- 2026TeamFluminense F.C.
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1986 – today).
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Givanildo Vieira de Sousa (born 25 July 1986), mononymously known as Hulk (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʁuwki]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Fluminense.
After starting out professionally with Vitória and then playing three years in Japan, he played several seasons in Portugal with Porto, winning ten titles – including the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League and three national championships. He was crowned the league's top scorer once. In 2012, he joined Russian Premier League side Zenit for €60 million, winning all three domestic honours and being named the competition's best player and being top scorer, once each. He was transferred to Shanghai Port for an Asian record €58.6 million in 2016. In 2021, he returned to his homeland and joined Atlético Mineiro, winning the national league and becoming the club's seventh all-time top scorer in a five-year spell.
Hulk made his international debut in 2009, and played for Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics as one of the three permitted over-age players. He went on to represent the Brazilian team in their 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup victory and fourth-place finish at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
He is described by FIFA's official website as "a direct powerhouse of a centre- or wide-forward who knows his way around the box". Strongly built for a footballer, he acquired his nickname from his father, who was a fan of The Incredible Hulk television series starring Lou Ferrigno.
Text from the Wikipedia article Hulk (footballer), CC BY-SA 4.0
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