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Hélio (footballer)

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Souza and the second or paternal family name is Gonçalves.
Hélio
艾里奧
Hélio with Kitchee in 2023
Personal information
Full name Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves
Date of birth (1986-01-31) 31 January 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
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)
2014–2025 Kitchee 121 (2)
2025– Eastern District 0 (0)
International career‡
2016– Hong Kong 38 (1)
Managerial career
2025– Eastern District (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024

Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves (born 31 January 1986), simply 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 Eastern District. He is also the assistant coach of the club. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Hong Kong national team.

Club career

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Early career

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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

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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

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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.[1] The injury left him out of action for 9 months until he returned on 16 December 2018 as a late substitute against Hoi King.[2]

On 25 May 2025, it was confirmed that Hélio would leave the club after 11 years.[3]

Eastern District

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International career

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Born in Brazil, Hélio acquired his HKSAR passport on 31 October 2015 and is eligible to represent Hong Kong on the international level.[4]

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.[5]

Career Statistics

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Club

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As of 22 May 2021[6]

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

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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.
List of international goals scored by Hélio
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

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Club

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Citizen

Kitchee

References

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  1. ^ "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)
  2. ^ "下半場入5粒！傑志分組賽開齋". on.cc. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018. (in Chinese)
  3. ^ 港超聯 約滿離傑志 艾里奧：仲想踢多一季！ on.cc 25 May 2025
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Hong Kong - Hélio Gonçalves - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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