# Hélder Ferreira (footballer, born 1997)

Hélder José Castro Ferreira (born 5 April 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Armenian club Noah as a right winger.

## Club career
### Vitória Guimarães

Ferreira was born in Fafe, Braga District. He spent the better part of his first four seasons as a senior with Vitória de Guimarães' reserves in the LigaPro, making his league debut on 25 November 2015 in a 0–1 home loss against C.D. Feirense when he was still a junior. He scored his first goal on 24 April 2016 to close a 3–3 draw at S.L. Benfica B, adding a brace the following month in the 3–1 home victory over FC Porto B.
Ferreira totalled 25 first-team appearances during his spell at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques. He scored his only goal on 11 December 2017, in a 1–0 Primeira Liga home defeat of Feirense.

### Paços Ferreira

On 27 June 2019, Ferreira signed a three-year contract with newly-promoted F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He netted four times from 33 appearances in the 2020–21 campaign, as the club finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League.

### Later career

On 21 July 2022, Ferreira joined Anorthosis Famagusta FC of the Cypriot First Division on a two-year deal. Two years later, he moved to the Armenian Premier League with FC Noah.

## International career

Ferreira represented Portugal at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea, scoring against Zambia (2–1 group-stage loss) in an eventual quarter-final exit.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 21 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2015–16 | LigaPro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 |
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2016–17 | LigaPro | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 39 | 2 |
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2017–18 | LigaPro | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 |
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2018–19 | LigaPro | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 2 |
| Vitória Guimarães B | Total | Total | 79 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 79 | 7 |
| Vitória Guimarães | 2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 |
| Vitória Guimarães | 2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Vitória Guimarães | Total | Total | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 |
| Paços Ferreira | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 37 | 3 |
| Paços Ferreira | 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 35 | 4 |
| Paços Ferreira | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 2 |
| Paços Ferreira | Total | Total | 97 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 111 | 9 |
| Anorthosis | 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 34 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 36 | 6 |
| Anorthosis | 2023–24 | Cypriot First Division | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 35 | 6 |
| Anorthosis | Total | Total | 67 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 12 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 257 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 286 | 29 |