Hélio Roque

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Hélio Roque
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Roque playing for Nea Salamina in 2013
Personal information
Full name Hélio José Lopes Roque[1]
Date of birth (1985-07-20) 20 July 1985 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Huambo, Angola[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Oriental
Youth career
1996–2001 Arrentela
2001–2002 Amora
2002–2004 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Benfica B 10 (4)
2005–2007 Benfica 3 (0)
2006 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 11 (0)
2006–2007 → Olivais Moscavide (loan) 27 (4)
2007–2012 AEL Limassol 93 (15)
2011–2012 → Nea Salamina (loan) 28 (4)
2012–2014 Nea Salamina 57 (12)
2015–2016 Benfica Luanda 21 (5)
2017 Libolo 6 (0)
2017 Nea Salamina 8 (0)
2018–2020 Olímpico Montijo 50 (8)
2020– Oriental 9 (0)
National team
2004–2005 Portugal U20 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2021

Hélio José Lopes Roque (born 20 July 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Clube Oriental de Lisboa.

Club career[]

Born in Huambo, Angola to Portuguese settlers, Roque returned to his parents' country and started his football career at Atlético Clube Arrentela and Amora FC, moving at age 17 to S.L. Benfica. He played in the 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, a 1–0 win over Vitória de Setúbal on 13 August, in which he came on as a 68th-minute substitute for Geovanni.[2]

In the following months, he went on loan twice: in January 2006 he made his Primeira Liga debut with Vitória de Setúbal,[3] and spent the entire 2006–07 season with Lisbon neighbours C.D. Olivais e Moscavide of the second division,[4] being released the ensuing summer.

Subsequently, Roque joined Cypriot team AEL Limassol. After a rather poor debut campaign with the club, his form improved and he began appearing regularly in its starting XI;[5] in spite of being naturally right-footed, he featured mainly on the left wing.

In 2009–10, an injury meant Roque only resumed training in late January 2010. In the 2011 off-season, due to the fact AEL had too many foreign players, he was loaned to fellow First Division side Nea Salamis Famagusta FC, and the move was made permanent for the 2012–13 season.

From 2015, Hélio played in the Girabola of his birth country, with S.L. Benfica (Luanda)[6] and C.R.D. Libolo.[7] before a brief return to Nea Salamina.

In August 2018, Hélio returned to Portugal after 11 years away, signing for third-tier Clube Olímpico do Montijo.[8] He then played for Clube Oriental de Lisboa.[9]

Honours[]

Benfica

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Hélio Roque" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "BENFICA - V. SETÚBAL, 1–0 (Nuno Gomes 52)". Record (in Portuguese). 13 August 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Hélio Roque emprestado ao V. Setúbal" [Hélio Roque loaned to V. Setúbal]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 December 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Dois leões e uma águia no reino de Moscavide" [Two lions and one eagle in kingdom of Moscavide]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 August 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Hélio Roque faz "hat-trick"" [Hélio Roque scores hat-trick]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 March 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  6. ^ Santos, Pedro (10 July 2015). "Hélio Roque marca no triunfo do Benfica de Luanda" [Hélio Roque scores in Benfica de Luanda's triumph] (in Portuguese). Relvado. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Gomito troca Benfica de Luanda pelo Recreativo do Libolo" [Gomito swaps Benfica de Luanda for Recreativo do Libolo] (in Portuguese). Rede Angola. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  8. ^ "OFICIAL: ex-Benfica volta a Portugal 11 anos depois" [OFFICIAL: ex-Benfica player returns to Portugal 11 years later] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Poucas mexidas para o jogo da Taça de Portugal" [Few changes for the Taça de Portugal game]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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