# Hélio (footballer)

Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves (born 31 January 1986), commonly known as Hélio (Portuguese:; Chinese: 艾里奧, Cantonese:), is a professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.
Born in Brazil, Hélio acquired his HKSAR passport on 31 October 2015 and is eligible to represent Hong Kong on the international level.

## Club career
### Early career

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

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

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

## International career

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.

## Career Statistics
### Club

As of 22 May 2021
| Club | Season | League | League | Senior Shield | Senior Shield | League Cup | League Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Citizen | 2008–09 | ? | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | 3 |
| Citizen | 2009–10 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 0 |
| Citizen | 2010–11 | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 2 |
| Citizen | 2011–12 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| Citizen | 2012–13 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | 25 | 2 |
| Citizen | 2013–14 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 1 |
| Kitchee | 2014–15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 0 |
| Kitchee | 2015–16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| Kitchee | 2016–17 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Kitchee | 2017–18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Kitchee | 2018–19 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Kitchee | 2019–20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 0 |
| Kitchee | 2020–21 | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 0 |
| | Total | 159 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 216 | 14 |

### International

    As of matches played 11 June 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Hong Kong | 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 2017 | 10 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 2023 | 7 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 38 | 1 |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 3 June 2016 | Thuwunna Stadium, Myanmar | Vietnam | 2–2 | 2016 AYA Bank Cup |
| 1 | 6 June 2016 | Thuwunna Stadium, Myanmar | Myanmar | 0–3 | 2016 AYA Bank Cup |
| 3 | 1 September 2016 | Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong | Cambodia | 4–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 11 October 2016 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Singapore | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 9 November 2016 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Chinese Taipei | 4–2 | EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2 |
| 6 | 12 November 2016 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | North Korea | 0–1 | EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2 |
| 7 | 23 March 2017 | King Abdullah II Stadium, Jordan | Jordan | 0–4 | Friendly |
| 8 | 28 March 2017 | Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon | Lebanon | 0–2 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 9 | 7 June 2017 | Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong | Jordan | 0–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 13 June 2017 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | North Korea | 1–1 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 11 | 31 August 2017 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore | Singapore | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 12 | 5 September 2017 | Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca City, Malaysia | Malaysia | 1–1 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 13 | 5 October 2017 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Laos | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 14 | 10 October 2017 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | Malaysia | 2–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 15 | 9 November 2017 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Bahrain | 0–2 | Friendly |
| 16 | 14 November 2017 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | Lebanon | 0–1 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 17 | 27 March 2018 | Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea | North Korea | 0–2 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 18 | 5 September 2019 | Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Cambodia | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 19 | 10 September 2019 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | Iran | 0–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 20 | 10 October 2019 | Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq | Iraq | 0–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 21 | 11 December 2019 | Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea | South Korea | 0–2 | 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| 22 | 19 December 2019 | Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea | China | 0–2 | 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| 23 | 3 June 2021 | Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain | Iran | 1–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 24 | 11 June 2021 | Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain | Iraq | 0–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 25 | 15 June 2021 | Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain | Bahrain | 0–4 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 26 | 21 September 2022 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Myanmar | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 27 | 24 September 2022 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | Myanmar | 0–0 | Friendly |
| 28 | 23 March 2023 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Singapore | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 29 | 15 June 2023 | Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam | Vietnam | 0–1 | Friendly |
| 30 | 7 September 2023 | National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Cambodia | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 31 | 11 September 2023 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | Brunei | 10–0 | Friendly |
| 32 | 12 October 2023 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | Bhutan | 4–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round |
| 33 | 17 October 2023 | Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan | Bhutan | 0–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round |
| 34 | 21 November 2023 | Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan | Turkmenistan | 2–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round |
| 35 | 1 January 2024 | Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | China | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 36 | 21 March 2024 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | Uzbekistan | 0–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round |
| 37 | 6 June 2024 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | Iran | 2–4 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round |
| 38 | 11 June 2024 | Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan | 0–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round |
    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
### Club

Citizen
* Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2010–11
Kitchee
* Hong Kong Premier League: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23
* Hong Kong FA Cup: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23
* Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2023–24
* Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2017–18, 2019–20
* Hong Kong League Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16
* Hong Kong Community Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18
* AFC Cup Play-off: 2015–16