Nickname
He is called 'Hulk' because his father was a huge fan of Lou Ferrigno. (guardian.co.uk, 01 Jun 2012)
Hobbies
Watching other sports like Formula 1, basketball and volleyball. (footy-boots.com, 15 Mar 2012)
Occupation
Athlete
Club name
FC Porto, Porto, POR
Coach
Mano Menezes [national], Vito Pereira [club] (huffingtonpost.com, 15 Feb 2012, metro.co.uk, 21 Feb 2012)
Position and style
Forward (mirror.co.uk, 04 Jun 2012)
Debut
2009 [senior] for Brazil, against England, Friendly Match (Doha) (mirrorfootball.co.uk, 01 Feb 2012)
Additional information
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning the Portuguese championship with Porto in 2010/11 without losing a game. (footy-boots.com, 15 Mar 2012)
Most influential person in career
His father. (footy-boots.com, 15 Mar 2012)
Awards
He was made Porto captain in 2011. (bbc.co.uk, 15 Feb 2012)
General
SUSPENSION
He was caught brawling with Benfica stewards on CCTV after Porto were defeated by their rivals in December 2009 and subsequently banned for four months by the league's disciplinary board. This was reduced to only four games in March 2010 following a successful appeal but he had already missed 18 matches by that point. (bbc.co.uk, 15 Feb 2012)
TRAGEDY
During a family party in 2010 his niece was left unattended for a moment and fell into the swimming pool and drowned. He was not present at the get-together but was given time to return home by Porto to be with his family and has since celebrated goals by looking up to the heavens. (guardian.co.uk, 01 Jun 2012)
