Additionally, he played in eight foreign countries, providing a key role in Red Star's Serbian SuperLiga conquest in 2016.

On 22 March 2012, he scored to open their 2–2 draw with S.C. Braga at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos in the semi-finals of the Taça da Liga, eventually won in a penalty shootout.

[10] On his debut thirteen days later, he replaced Kirill Kombarov at the hour-mark and scored a consolation in a 3–1 defeat at FC Spartak Moscow.

[11] In a season troubled by the death of his partner Edina Carvalho from cancer in January 2015, Hugo Vieira did not find the net again until the penultimate game, when his two penalties helped to a 3–1 win over FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast at the Eduard Streltsov Stadium.

[20] He made his debut in the J1 League as a late substitute on 25 February, scoring the equaliser in a 3–2 home defeat of Urawa Red Diamonds in the season opener.

[21] In his first year in the Far East, his team came runners-up in the Emperor's Cup, with him finishing a hat-trick at the end of extra time to best Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–2 in the fourth round on 20 September.

[25] On 31 October 2019, Hugo Vieira finally made the first of only two appearances for the side from Sivas, coming on in the 59th minute for Abdou Razack Traoré and scoring the last goal of a 6–0 win away to Başkent Akademi FK in the fourth round of the domestic cup.