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 professional football player who plays as a centre back for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.[1]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Souza and the second or paternal family name is Gonçalves.
Hélio
Hélio with Citizen AA in 2010
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 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team 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 111 (10)
2014– Kitchee 82 (1)
International career‡
2016– Hong Kong 27 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022

Born in Brazil, 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 in the summer transfer window of 2014.

Kitchee

He has played a total of 82 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]

Career Statistics

Club

As of 22 May 2021[4]

Club Season League Senior Shield League Cup FA Cup AFC Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Citizen 2008–09 ? 3 - - - - ? 3
2009–10 16 0 - - - - 16 0
2010–11 13 2 - - 1 0 - 14 2
2011–12 17 2 - 2 0 1 0 6 1 26 3
2012–13 16 2 7 0 - 2 0 - 25 2
2013–14 19 1 1 0 - 2 0 - 22 1
Kitchee 2014–15 10 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 - 15 0
2015–16 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 - 10 0
2016–17 19 1 3 0 - 4 1 2 0 28 2
2017–18 8 0 1 0 - - 4 0 13 0
2018–19 8 0 1 0 - 3 1 7 0 19 1
2019–20 12 0 0 0 - 1 0 - 13 0
2020–21 15 0 - - - - 15 0
Total 159 11 15 0 6 0 17 2 19 1 216 14

International
As of matches played 24 September 2022
National teamYearAppsGoals
Hong Kong 201660
2017100
201810
201950
202000
202130
202220
Total270

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 September 2023Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong Brunei3–010–0Friendly

Honours

Citizen

Kitchee

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)
  4. "Hong Kong - Hélio Gonçalves - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
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