Brazilian footballer Hulk was one of the most feared players during the peak of his career on the books of Porto and Zenit St. Petersburg, with his physicality and outrageously powerful shots earning him his legendary status in European football.
But the 35-year-old hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons in 2019 after separating from his first wife, Iran Angelo de Souza, before quickly moving on and marrying her niece, Camila Angelo, just over a year later.
Here is everything you need to know about Hulk's wife Camila, including who she is and how she got into a relationship with the Atletico Mineiro forward.
Who is Hulk’s wife?
Camila Angelo was born in Brazil in September 1989, who shares joint Brazilian-American nationality and is a professional model and more recently a social media influencer, who currently has 30.1k followers on Instagram. She is also the niece of Hulk’s ex-wife Iran Angelo de Souza, whom he separated from in July 2019.
Hulk has been married to Angelo since March 2020 after the pair began dating back in October 2019, following the Brazilian’s separation from his previous wife. Due to the family relations between the two women, it meant that Hulk and Angelo were already known to each other prior to their relationship.
However, the pair began dating whilst Hulk was living in China, playing for Shanghai SIPG, and the couple soon married within less than a year together, which was in part due to her needing a visa to stay in China with the Brazilian. The couple owns an apartment in Miami in the United States.
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Relationship with Hulk’s ex-wife
The news of Hulk’s relationship with Angelo obviously hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons, as she was the niece of his ex-wife and almost 20 years younger than her. The auntie and niece once had a strong relationship, but Iran no longer considers Angelo as a friend and said she had “cut her flesh like a knife” following her pregnancy announcement.
Following the news of Hulk’s relationship with Angelo in 2020, Iran said: "I gave everything to this girl since she came into the world. I sacrificed my dreams so many times to make her dreams come true. And here I am not talking only about material goods, because these are easy to give when you have money, but love, affection, attention, respect ... everything.
"She knew my weaknesses, insecurities, pains, fears, plans, and had my unconditional love. She ran my life, and for me everything she said was good, it was right, it was ethical. For me, she was perfect in everything and to her I gave the direction of my life. If I was wrong, my God, it was for loving and trusting too much."
Children
Hulk and Angelo announced that they would be having their first child together in September 2021, of which his wife recently gave birth to their daughter, Zaya, in April 2022 at a hospital in Miami near to where they currently live.
However, Hulk was already a father of three children from his previous marriage. After marrying Iran in 2007, they had two sons, Ian and Tiago, and a daughter, Alice. Hulk broke the news of his relationship with his ex-wife’s niece to his three children after voluntarily making it public.
Speaking of his former wife on an Instagram Live video, The former Brazil international said: "I started dating and in less than a month you got pregnant. Ian, Tiago and Alice with the blessing of God. My marriage didn't come out of love, out of passion, nothing, it was an accident that you got pregnant with Ian. And I took over."
