Hélio (footballer)
 Hélio with Hong Kong in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | 101 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016– | Hong Kong | 38 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 | |||
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 footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.[1]
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
Hélio transferred from Sántos B to Ceará at the beginning of the 2006–07 season. Then, he joined Olímpia at the beginning of the 2007–08 season without playing a single game for Ceará. He played 20 games for Olímpia, scoring 2 goals. After that, he joined Hong Kong First Division League club Citizen in the winter transfer window 6 months later.
Citizen
Hélio played a total of 111 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 after playing for Hong Kong in an AFC Asian Cup qualifier against North Korea and was substituted in the 11th minute.[2] The injury left him out of action for 9 months until he returned on 16 December 2018 as a late substitute against Hoi King.[3]
International career
On 3 June 2016, Hélio made his international debut for Hong Kong in a 2016 AYA Bank Cup match against Vietnam.
On 26 December 2023, Hélio was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[4]
Career Statistics
Club
As of 22 May 2021[5]
| 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 11 June 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Hong Kong's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hélio goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11 September 2023 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong |  Brunei |
3–0 | 10–0 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
Citizen
Kitchee
- Hong Kong Premier League: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23
- Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2017–18, 2019–20
- Hong Kong League Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16
- Hong Kong Community Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18
- AFC Cup Play-off: 2015–16
References
- ^ a b "Paulinho and Hélio acquired the HKSAR passports". Kitchee Football Team (in Chinese). 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "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)
- ^ "下半場入5粒！傑志分組賽開齋". on.cc. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018. (in Chinese)
- ^ "中國香港代表隊 – 決選名單" [Hong Kong, China Team – Finalists]. Hong Kong Football Association (in Chinese). 26 December 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Hong Kong - Hélio Gonçalves - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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