Vitor Hugo Franchescoli de Souza

Vitor Hugo came through the youth ranks at Santo André before making his senior debut there in 2010. Spells at Sport Recife, Ituano and América Mineiro followed, with a loan to Ceará along the way, before a move to Palmeiras in 2015. He won the Copa do Brasil that year, added the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2016, and after a spell in Italy returned to the club to lift the Copa Libertadores and Campeonato Paulista in 2020.

Fiorentina had paid €8 million for him in 2017, and Palmeiras brought him back for €5.5 million two years later.

The move to Trabzonspor in 2020. He was named Süper Lig Defender of the Season in his first campaign, then won the league title itself in 2021–22, along with two Turkish Super Cups.

A move to Bahia in 2023 was interrupted by a loan to Panathinaikos, where he won the Greek Cup, before he returned to Bahia and later moved on loan to Atlético Mineiro, a deal made permanent in January 2026. Vitor Hugo was called up to the Brazil squad in January 2017, though a senior cap for the national side never followed.