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]
Hélio with Citizen AA in 2010 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves | ||
Date of birth | (1986-01-31) 31 January 1986 (age 36) | ||
Place of birth | Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 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 | 111 | (10) |
2014– | Kitchee | 82 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2016– | Hong Kong | 26 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021 |
Hélio acquired his HKSAR passport on 31 October 2015, which means he is eligible to represent Hong Kong on the international level.[1]
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.
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.
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]
As of 22 May 2021[4]
Club | Season | League | Senior Shield | League Cup | FA Cup | AFC Cup | Total | ||||||
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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 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Hong Kong | 2016 | 6 | 0 |
2017 | 10 | 0 | |
2018 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 26 | 0 |
Kitchee SC – current squad | |
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