Hélder José Castro Ferreira (born 5 April 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. as a left winger.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hélder José Castro Ferreira[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-04-05) 5 April 1997 (age 25)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Fafe, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Anorthosis | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Fafe | ||
| 2007–2008 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| 2008–2009 | Benfica | ||
| 2009–2010 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| 2010–2011 | Sandinenses | ||
| 2011–2012 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| 2012–2013 | Sandinenses | ||
| 2013–2016 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Vitória Guimarães B | 79 | (7) |
| 2017–2019 | Vitória Guimarães | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Paços Ferreira | 97 | (9) |
| 2022– | Anorthosis | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2014–2015 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2016 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Portugal U20 | 7 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 28 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Ferreira was born in Fafe, Braga District. He spent the better part of his first four seasons as a senior with Vitória de Guimarães' reserves in the LigaPro, making his league debut on 25 November 2015 in a 0–1 home loss against C.D. Feirense when he was still a junior.[2] He scored his first goal on 24 April 2016 to close a 3–3 draw at S.L. Benfica B,[3] adding a brace the following month in the 3–1 home victory over FC Porto B.[4]
Ferreira totalled 25 first-team appearances during his spell at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques. He scored his only goal on 11 December 2017, in a 1–0 Primeira Liga home defeat of Feirense.[5]
On 27 June 2019, Ferreira signed a three-year contract with newly-promoted F.C. Paços de Ferreira.[6] He netted four times from 33 appearances in the 2020–21 campaign, as the club finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League.[7]
On 21 July 2022, Ferreira joined Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. of the Cypriot First Division on a two-year deal.[8]
Ferreira represented Portugal at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea,[9] scoring against Zambia (2–1 group-stage loss) in an eventual quarter-final exit.[10][11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2015–16 | LigaPro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2016–17 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| Total | 79 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 7 | ||
| Vitória Guimarães | 2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| Paços Ferreira | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2021–22 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Total | 97 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 9 | ||
| Anorthosis | 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 190 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 17 | ||
Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. – current squad | |
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