Hélio (footballer)

Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves (born 31 January 1986), commonly known as Hélio (Portuguese: [ˈɛlju]; Chinese: 艾里奧, Cantonese: [ŋàːi le̬i (ŋ)ōu]), is a Brazilian-born Hong Kong professional football player who plays as a centre back for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.[1]

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Souza and the second or paternal family name is Gonçalves.
Hélio
Personal information
Full name Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves
Date of birth (1986-01-31) 31 January 1986
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Kitchee
Number 5
Youth career
2002–2006 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Ceará 0 (0)
2007 Olímpia 20 (2)
2008–2014 Citizen 118 (10)
2014– Kitchee 53 (1)
National team‡
2016– Hong Kong 23 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2020

Hélio acquired his HKSAR passport on 31 October 2015, which means he is eligible to represent Hong Kong on the international level.[1]

Club career

Early career

He was transferred from Sántos B to Ceará SC for an unknown fee in the January transfer window of the 2006–07 season, and was then transferred to Olímpia SP for an unknown fee in the January transfer window of the next season without playing a single game for Ceará. He played 20 games for Olímpia, scoring 2 goals. He was then sold to Citizen in Hong Kong in the summer transfer window 6 months later for an unknown fee.

Citizen

He played a total of 118 league games for Citizen, scoring 10 goals in his 6-year stay at the club. He won the HKFA Senior Challenge Shield once with the club. He left the club for Kitchee SC in the summer transfer window of 2014.

Kitchee

He has played a total of 48 league games for Kitchee thus far, scoring a single goal, and has won the HKPL and the HKFA League Cup twice with the team, and has won the Season play-offs and Senior Challenge Shield once with Kitchee. He also completed the treble with the team in the 2016–17 season.

On 27 March 2018, Hélio suffered an injury in a crucial Asian Cup qualifier against North Korea and was substituted in the 11th minute.[2] The injury left him out of action for nine months until he returned on 16 December as a late substitute against Hoi King.[3]

Honours

Club
Citizen
Kitchee

Career statistics

International
As of matches played 18 December 2019.
National teamYearAppsGoals
Hong Kong 201660
2017100
201810
201960
Total230

References
  1. "Paulinho and Hélio acquired the HKSAR passports". Kitchee Football Team (in Chinese). 31 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. "港足教練廖俊輝失望但滿意香港精神 葉鴻輝嘆高空波對抗輸晒". Ming Pao. Retrieved 27 March 2018. (in Chinese)
  3. "下半場入5粒！傑志分組賽開齋". on.cc. Retrieved 16 December 2018. (in Chinese)


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