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Hugo Miguel Almeida Costa Lopes (born 19 December 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Primeira Liga club Estrela da Amadora.
During his career, he played for each of the Big Three of Portuguese football – Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting CP – as well as spending time on loan in Spain and France. He competed five years in the Turkish Süper Lig with Akhisarspor and Kayserispor.
Lopes represented Portugal at Euro 2012.
After some solid displays, Lopes signed in the 2007–08 season with Segunda Liga's Rio Ave FC. In his first year, he was an habitual starter as the Vila do Conde side returned to the Primeira Liga after two years.
In 2008–09, Lopes helped Rio Ave to home draws against Benfica and FC Porto, and was again featured regularly, thus prompting interest from bigger clubs.
In late August 2010, deemed surplus to requirements by new Porto manager André Villas-Boas as practically all Portuguese players, Lopes moved to Spanish side Real Betis on a one-year loan deal. He passed his medical and was unveiled on 2 September, eventually appearing in exactly half of the Segunda División games during the campaign as the returned to La Liga as champions after three years.
Lopes spent the first part of 2011–12 unregistered by Porto. In the January transfer window he was loaned to fellow top-division side S.C. Braga, going on to start in seven of his league appearances as they finished third and qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the second time in their history.
Lopes returned to Porto for the 2012–13 season. On 29 September he scored through a rare header, opening the score in an eventual 2–2 draw at former team Rio Ave.
On 31 May 2015, Lopes was featured in the final of the Taça de Portugal against Braga, coming on as a substitute after the first-half dismissal of Cédric Soares. Although he was beaten by Rafa Silva who put the opposition 2–0 up, his side eventually won in a penalty shootout.
Lopes returned to Spain on 6 August 2015, joining Granada CF on a one-year loan deal.
On 10 May 2018, Lopes helped the club win their first professional trophy, the Turkish Cup. In the final, he scored once in the 3–2 win over Fenerbahçe SK.
Lopes joined Kayserispor of the same league in July 2019, on a two-year contract. When he returned home for injury treatment the following March, he was unable to get back into Turkey due to COVID-19 restrictions, and his place was taken by Bosnian new signing Zoran Kvržić.
In his later years, Lopes featured more often than not as a centre-back.
| Benfica B | 2005–06 | Segunda Divisão | 4 |
| Operário | 2006–07 | Segunda Divisão | 7 |
| Rio Ave | 2007–08 | Segunda Liga | 2 |
| 2008–09 | Primeira Liga | 0 | |
| FC Porto | 2009–10 | Primeira Liga | 0 |
| 2010–11 | Primeira Liga | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Primeira Liga | 1 | |
| Real Betis (loan) | 2010–11 | Segunda División | 0 |
| Braga (loan) | 2011–12 | Primeira Liga | 0 |
| Sporting CP | 2012–13 | Primeira Liga | 0 |
| 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 0 | |
| Lyon (loan) | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 0 |
| Granada CF (loan) | 2015–16 | La Liga | 0 |
| Akhisarspor (loan) | 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 3 |
| Akhisarspor | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 1 |
| 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 1 | |
| Kayserispor | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 0 | |
| Estrela da Amadora | 2021–22 | Liga Portugal 2 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Liga Portugal 2 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 0 | |
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