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Givanildo Vieira de Souza (born 25 July 1986), commonly known as Hulk, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg, as a striker or winger. After starting out professionally with Vitória and playing three years in Japan, he went on to play several seasons in Portugal with Porto, winning ten major titles – including the 2011 Europa League and three national championships – and being crowned the league's top scorer once. Hulk represented Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics as one of the three allowed overage players. Brazil and Japan After rarely settling as a youth, Hulk started playing professionally with Esporte Clube Vitória in Salvador, Bahia, then emigrated on loan to Japan to play for Kawasaki Frontale. Despite having been purchased months later, he was loaned to second division Consadole Sapporo, where he played all the 2006 season and scored 25 goals, one less than the top scorer. In 2007 Hulk was loaned again to a second division team, Tokyo Verdy, where he was even more effective, netting 37 goals in 42 games and being the top goalscorer of the season. He briefly returned to Kawasaki in 2008, but rejoined Verdy after only seven matches Porto After his stay in Japan, Hulk moved to Portugal and signed for defending champions F.C. Porto, who bought 50% of the player's rights for €5.5 million, from Uruguayan side C.A. Rentistas, with the transfer fee being received by an unnamed investor. When Moroccan teammate Tarik Sektioui got injured, he was given an opportunity to play forward and netted his first official domestic league goal for Porto in a 2–0 home win against C.F. Os Belenenses, later adding against F.C. Paços de Ferreira (same venue and result), both as a second-half substitute. As the season advanced, he became an undisputed starter, forming an attacking trio with Cristian Rodríguez and Lisandro López, with the trio often shifting positions. After some stellar performances in the season's UEFA Champions League, he was elected as one of the Top 10 Rising Stars by UEFA. In late August 2009, he extended his contract to June 2014, with a buy-out clause increased to €100 million. In the 2009–10 season, Hulk firmly established as an automatic first-choice. However, following a 20 December 2009 tunnel brawl during the leagueloss at S.L. Benfica (0–1), he received a four-month ban (if the disciplinary hearing upheld the ban, he faced up to three years on the sidelines), only for the domestic competitions. The ban was later reduced to four matches, and the player returned to league action on 28 March 2010, scoring in a 3–0 win at Belenenses; one week later he also found the net, in a 4–1 home victory over C.S. Marítimo; with six less matches played than the previous season, he ended with five league goals. Hulk started the 2010–11 season in impressive fashion, scoring sixteen times in his first sixteen official matches, including a hat-trick against K.R.C. Genk for the UEFA Europa League's play-off stage, on 26 August 2010 (4–2 home win, 7–2 on aggregate).Fromi September to January he won the Portuguese Championship Player of the Month, making him the only player to have won the award six times; on 7 November 2010 he scored the last two goals as Porto trounced Benfica 5–0 at home, creating a 10-point difference between the two teams, with the northerners leading the league, and eventually winning it, with the player leading the goalscoring charts. On 13 May 2011, Porto paid €13.5 million to Rentistas for another 40 percent of Hulk's sporting rights, bringing their total stake to 85% (Porto sold back 5% after renewing his contract in 2009), with the player signing a deal until 2016 and with a buy-out clause of €100 million. He finished the season with 36 goals in 53 official games, with his team winning four major titles, including a league/cup double. On 7 April 2012, Hulk scored the solitary goal as Porto defeated S.C. Braga away to go four points clear at the top of the table. He netted six goals in the following three matches – including a brace in a 2–0 home defeat of Sporting Clube de Portugal– and finished the 2011–12 season with 16 league goals as his team won another national championship; in May 2012 he was voted the Player of the Month for April for a record sixth time, and he added 11 assists (a competition best). Zenit On 3 September 2012, Hulk completed a transfer of €40 million for FC Porto, nevertheless some say it was €60million, to Russian Premier League club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, reuniting with former Porto teammate Bruno Alves. This transfer fee caused a lot of debate and a great stir since Mitrofanov, General director from Zenit denied publicly. Russian media R-Sport even claimed that Mitrofanov had shown the media the sales contract and the fee on the contract was €40 million and not €60 million. However Porto also confirmed in its unaudited quarterly report in Q1 2012–13, that, the club did not pay for third parties ownership (15%), agent fee nor solidarity contribution (5%), which all normally included in the transfer fee as in the case of Falcao. He scored his first goal for his new club in only his second league game, against FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, finding the net with a trademark shot from outside the box in a 2–2 away draw. In the second half of September, media speculation reported that teammates Igor Denisov and Aleksandr Kerzhakov were unsatisfied with Hulk's wage, and that they demanded renegotiation of their contracts. As a result, they were sent to the youth squad. Denisov replied in an interview with Sport Express, stating that his stand-off with club management was over "the proper organisation of the team. And respect for the Russian players which Zenit has always relied upon."; a few days after the feud, Hulk scored and assisted in a 2–1 win against FC Baltika Kaliningrad for the fifth round of the Russian Cup. A few weeks later, Hulk scored his first Champions League in his Zenit's goal and provided assist in a 3–2 loss against A.C. Milan in Matchday Two Group stage. After falling out with coach Luciano Spalletti, Hulk declared that he was seeking to leave the club in January, however FIFA regulations ban players from playing for more than two clubs in a season, forcing Hulk to stay in Russia at least until June 2013.; eventually, Hulk revealed he made amends with the club's management and things have been resolved. In a 3–1 loss against Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in the friendly match, Hulk suffered a head injury after felling under a challenge and connecting his head with a Shakhtar defender's studs in second half. He was then taken to a local Dubai hospital Following the club's finished third in the Champions League Group Stage, which the club entered in the Europa League, Hulk scored a goal in each leg, to put English side Liverpool out of the Europa League in round of 32 by away goals despite losing 3–1 in the second leg. While at Zenit, Hulk's goalscoring form has been slowed down, having made fifteen appearance and scoring four times. On 4 May 2013, Hulk scored his first hat-trick of his Zenit's career and assisted a goal, in a 4–0 win over league strugglers Alania Vladikavkaz. International career Hulk made his debut for Brazil on 14 November 2009 in a friendly match against England in Doha, as the Seleção managed a 1–0 victory. On 26 May 2012, he scored his first two international goals in a 3–1 win against Denmark at the Imtech Arena, in Hamburg, Germany. On 9 June 2012, in a friendly with Argentina, Hulk scored in a 3–4 loss. In July he was named as one of three overaged players for Mano Menezes's Brazilian squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and he appeared in all the games but one during the tournament, netting in the 1–2 final loss against Mexico. In June 2013, Hulk represented Brazil at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. He played in every match as the team's starting right-winger, including the final, where Brazil beat world champions Spain to win its forth Confederations Cup title.

Frederico Chaves Guedes, better known by his nickname Fred (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈfʁɛd(ʒ)i]; born in Teofilo Otoni), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as astriker for Brazilian side Fluminense and the Brazil national team. Fred scored the fastest goal in professional football history while playing for América Mineiro, against Vila Nova during a Copa São Paulo de Juniores match. The goal was scored 3.17 seconds after the match started. Fred spent four seasons at América-MG, before he left for city rival Cruzeiro in mid of 2004 season. As Feyenoord had an agreement with América, the Dutch club got Magrão from Cruzeiro,and retained 10% economic rights on Fred, and Fred himself held 15%. After scoring 41 goals in 43 games for Cruzeiro in 2005 season, Fred was signed by defending Ligue 1 champions Lyon for €15 million. (which €3million of them was received by Fred, 5% as solidarity contribution, €1.4M to Lyon's agent and €510,913 as Brazil tax). Feyenoord then claimed Cruzeiro 10% of the transfer fee, as the club alleged the fee was €1.5 million instead of €933,908.70 in Cruzeiro viewpoint.[2] The Dutch club sued to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and won. LyonFred was the second highest goal scorer in 2005–06 Ligue 1 season, and won his first crown with Lyon. Although he missed two months in 2006–07 season,Fred still scored 11 goals in 20 games, became the team top scorer of the champions. But in 2007–08 season, Fred was injured during the training section of Copa América 2007. Fred made his come back in October 2007, but with the competition of thenew signing of Milan Baroš and youth product Karim Benzema, Fred had limited first team opportunities. Fred played 15 games out of possible 20 for Lyon in 2008–09 season. He played the last match for Lyon on 10 January 2009 after he requested to leave the club in December 2008. On 26 February 2009 he was released from his contract with the French club. FluminenseAfter being released from Lyon and refusing to return from Brazil, Fred signed a pre-contract with Brazilian club Fluminense, and consequently agreed to a five-year deal. He scored twice on his debut on 15 March 2009, as Fluminense beat Macaé 3–1. Later in July 2011, he went on to break the record for most goals in Brasileiro when he score a brace against Esporte Clube Bahia taking his tally to 44 goals. He broke a record previously held by Magno Alves. On 11 November 2012, Fred scored 2 goals in a 3–2 win over Palmeiras clinching the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A for Fluminense. Fred made his debut on 27 April 2005 as a late substitute in a friendly match against Guatemala Fred scored his first goal on 12 November 2005 in a friendly match against United Arab Emirates. He went on to score 2 goals as Brazil won 8–0. Although he didn't play in any qualifying match, Fred was named in the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad as a striker. His first World Cup goal was the second in a 2–0 victory againstAustralia on 18 June 2006, when he tapped in a shot from Robinho which had rebounded off the inside of Mark Schwarzer's near post in the 90th minute. He also scored a last gasp equaliser against Paraguay in the Copa América. It was a 2–2 draw. He was recalled to the international side in early 2013 by returning manager,Luiz Felipe Scolari, scoring in an international friendly game against England that February. He then went on to score for Brazil on 2 June 2013 the first MaracanãStadium goal after its renovation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. On 22 June 2013, Fred scored twice against Italy in the 2013 Confederations Cup in a 2–4 win. On June 26, 2013, he scored a goal against Uruguay.Fred capped his successful Confederations Cup campaign by scoring twice against Spain in the competition's final to help Brazil to a 3–0 victory. He was the joint top scorer of the tournament with 5 goals. Fred was honored with the trophy Silver Shoe.

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