Hélder Barbosa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hélder Jorge Leal Rodrigues Barbosa | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Paredes, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| 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) | 25 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | → Trofense (loan) | 28 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2010–2014 | Braga | 66 | (12) |
| 2013–2014 | → Almería (loan) | 28 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | AEK Athens | 56 | (14) |
| 2016–2017 | Al-Wasl | 13 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Portugal U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Portugal U17 | 37 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Portugal U19 | 17 | (7) |
| 2006 | Portugal U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Portugal U21 | 13 | (1) |
| 2009 | Portugal U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012– | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2012 |
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Hélder Jorge Leal Rodrigues Barbosa (born 25 May 1987 in Paredes) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left winger.
A product of FC Porto's youth ranks, Barbosa made his Primeira Liga 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 club Académica de Coimbra, but was recalled by Porto in mid-January 2008 to make up for the loss of Tarik Sektioui, who was selected by Morocco for 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.
Barbosa was again loaned for the following campaign, now to Vitória de Setúbal. He scored his first goal for the Sadinos on 31 August 2009, but in a 1–8 loss at Benfica.
On 2 July 2010, after helping Setúbal avoid top level relegation, Barbosa was definitely released by Porto, signing a three-year contract with S.C. Braga. 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.
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