Hulk was born in a large (7 children) family Jovan Souza and Maria Socorro Sousa up. He spent his childhood in the area Jose Piñeiro city of Campina Grande. From an early age he began to work as the only boy in the family, which included six sisters, Nayarit, Zhessiku, Angelica, Zhilvaniyu, Corrine and Nield [4]: Hulk helped his parents, holding meat tent on the market. However, most Zhivanildu this occupation was not to his liking. According to another version, his family sells cars [5]. Like many Brazilians, Hulk loved football, and at age 12 he went to the nursery team "Ze to Egita" [6].
Zhivanildu Vieira de Souza, better known as Hulk (so nicknamed by his father as a child for being lo