Hélio (footballer)

Hélio
Personal information
Full name	Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves
Date of birth	31 January 1986 (age 35)
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
2006–2007	Ceará
2007	Olímpia
2008–2014	Citizen
2014–	Kitchee
National team‡
2016–	Hong Kong
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2021

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 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
Club	Season	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