Hugo Siquet
Personal information
Full name Hugo Thierry Siquet[1]
Date of birth (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002[2]
Place of birth Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Cercle Brugge
(on loan from SC Freiburg)
Number 41
Youth career
2009–2020 Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Standard Liège 37 (0)
2022– SC Freiburg 3 (0)
2022– SC Freiburg II 6 (1)
2023– → Cercle Brugge (loan) 30 (2)
International career‡
2018–2019 Belgium U17 10 (1)
2019 Belgium U18 2 (0)
2021– Belgium U21 18 (0)
2023– Belgium 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:38, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Hugo Thierry Siquet (born 9 July 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge, on loan from Bundesliga club SC Freiburg, and the Belgium national team.

Club career

On 20 July 2020, Siquet signed his first professional contract with Standard Liège.[3] He made his professional debut with Standard Liège in a 3–1 UEFA Europa League loss to Lech Poznań on 5 November 2020.[4]

In early December 2021, it was announced that Siquet would join Bundesliga club SC Freiburg for the second half of the 2021–22 season. Standard Liège was reportedly paid €4.5 million as transfer fee.[5]

On 14 January 2023, Siquet joined Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season, with an option for the 2023–24 season.[6]

International career

In September 2023, Siquet received his first call-up to the Belgium senior national team by head coach Domenico Tedesco, for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Azerbaijan and Estonia.[7][8]

Personal life

Hugo is the nephew of former footballer Thierry Siquet.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Player profile".
  2. 1 2 "Hugo Thierry Siquet | Playerprofile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Le Standard prolonge à nouveau un jeune de l'Académie". Walfoot.be. 10 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Lech Poznań vs. Standard Liège - 5 November 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ "Winter-Neuzugang: SC Freiburg verpflichtet Hugo Siquet". kicker (in German). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "HUGO SIQUET JOINS CERCLE BRUGGE!". Cercle Brugge. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "DE SELECTIE VAN TEDESCO TEGEN AZERBEIDZJAN EN ESTLAND". Royal Belgian Football Association (in Flemish). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Lambert, Pierre (1 September 2023). "Sélection Diables rouges : Tedesco appelle Hugo Siquet ; Trossard et Onana de retour". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Enchanté with Hugo Siquet". Royal Belgian FA. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.


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