hugo began his football career when he was six years old and played at the cedac (centre de diffusion et d'action culturelle), a local cultural centre based in the neighborhood of cimiez, nice. the centre offered a variety of activities, which included football. lloris played at a variety of positions at the centre, such as in the attack, before switching to the goalkeeper position after coaches noticed that he possessed (to have) impressive goalkeeping qualities, such as ball-handling and catching skills.