Hulk (footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hulk (footballer)

Brazilian association football player

Date of Birth: 25-Jul-1986

Place of Birth: Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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Givanildo Vieira de Sousa (born 25 July 1986), known as Hulk (Brazilian Portuguese: ['huwki]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Shanghai SIPG as a forward, though he can also operate as a winger. After starting out professionally with Vitória and then playing three years in Japan, he went on to play several seasons in Portugal with Porto, winning ten titles – including the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League and three national championships – and being crowned the league's top scorer once.
In 2012, he joined Russian Premier League side Zenit Saint Petersburg 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 SIPG for an Asian record €58.6 million in 2016. 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 senior team in their victory at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup 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".
He is strongly built for a footballer and acquired his nickname due to his likeness to actor Lou Ferrigno, who played the Incredible Hulk on the eponymous television show in the 1970s.