Hélder Barbosa

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Hélder Barbosa
Personal information
Full name Hélder Jorge Leal Rodrigues Barbosa
Date of birth (1987-05-25) 25 May 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Paredes, Portugal
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Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
AEK Athens
Number 7
Youth career
1995–1998 Paredes
1998–2005 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Porto B 20 (6)
2006–2010 Porto 5 (0)
2006–2008 Académica (loan) 23 (4)
2008–2009 Trofense (loan) 28 (3)
2009–2010 Vitória Setúbal (loan) 26 (5)
2010–2014 Braga 74 (14)
2013–2014 Almería (loan) 28 (2)
2014– AEK Athens 42 (11)
International career
2005–2006 Portugal U19 17 (7)
2006 Portugal U20 1 (0)
2006–2008 Portugal U21 13 (1)
2012– Portugal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:03, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2012

Hélder Jorge Leal Rodrigues Barbosa (born 25 May 1987 in Paredes) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Greek club AEK Athens F.C. as a left winger.

Club career

Porto

A product of FC Porto's youth ranks, Barbosa made his first division debut in the last day of the 2005–06 season, with the northerners already crowned champions: he played the second half of a 1–1 away derby against Boavista FC, and was sent off in the last minute.

From 2006 to 2008 Barbosa was loaned to fellow league side Académica de Coimbra, but was recalled by Porto in mid-January 2008 to make up for the loss of Tarik Sektioui, who was called up by Morocco to the Africa Cup of Nations. He served another loan in 2008–09 to lowly newcomers C.D. Trofense, notably scoring against S.L. Benfica in an historic 2–0 home win – he only missed two league games during the season, but could not help prevent immediate relegation back.

For the following campaign 22-year-old Barbosa was again loaned, now to Vitória de Setúbal. He scored his first goal for the Sadinos on 31 August 2009, but in a heavy 1–8 loss at Benfica.

Braga

On 2 July 2010, after helping Setúbal avoid top level relegation, Barbosa was definitely released by Porto, signing a three-year deal with S.C. Braga.[1] Rarely used in the first months he began gaining more playing time after the January 2011 departure of Matheus, who left for a team in Ukraine, and contributed with four league goals in an eventual fourth-place finish.

In less than one month, starting on 25 August 2011, Barbosa scored in four consecutive games for Braga, including one goal in a 3–1 home win against Gil Vicente FC,[2] and two at Birmingham City for the season's UEFA Europa League, in another 3–1 success.[3]

On 14 February 2012 Barbosa was sent off for a second bookable offense in the 0–2 home loss against Beşiktaş JK, for the Europa League round-of-32, after diving in the penalty area.[4] On 28 August of the following year, he was loaned to La Liga side UD Almería.[5] He netted his first goal for the Andalusians on 11 January 2014, but in a 1–6 away defeat to Athletic Bilbao.[6]

AEK Athens

On 31 July 2014, Barbosa signed a three-year deal with AEK Athens F.C. on a free transfer.[7]

International career

Barbosa made his debut for Portugal on 14 November 2012 in a friendly with Gabon, playing the last 11 minutes of the 2–2 draw in Libreville after coming on as a substitute for Braga teammate Custódio.[8]

Honours

Porto
Braga
AEK Athens

References

  1. Barbosa becomes ninth Braga signing; UEFA.com, 4 July 2010
  2. Braga beats Gil Vicente 3–1 in Portugal; Sports Illustrated, 11 September 2011
  3. Braga's Barbosa brings down Birmingham; UEFA.com, 15 September 2011
  4. Besiktas stunner in Braga; FIFA.com, 14 February 2012
  5. Sp. Braga: Hélder Barbosa renova e é cedido ao Almería (Sp. Braga: Hélder Barbosa renews and is loaned to Almería); Mais Futebol, 28 August 2013 (Portuguese)
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