Place of birth Paredes, Portugal Name Helder Barbosa Career start 2005 1995–1998 Paredes Weight 67 kg | Number 7 Height 1.72 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Full name Helder Jorge Leal Rodrigues Barbosa Date of birth (1987-05-25) 25 May 1987 (age 28) Current team AEK Athens F.C. (#7 / Midfielder, Forward) Similar People Cedric Barbosa, Macauley Chrisantus, Hugo Viana, Ruben Micael, Andre Simoes | ||
Hélder Jorge Leal Rodrigues Barbosa (born 25 May 1987 in Paredes) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left winger.
Contents
- Helder barbosa aek goals skills
- Porto
- Braga
- AEK Athens
- Al Wasl
- International career
- Club statistics
- Honours
- References
Helder barbosa aek goals skills
Porto
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.
Braga
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.
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, and two at Birmingham City for the season's UEFA Europa League, in another 3–1 success.
On 14 February 2012, Barbosa was sent off for a second bookable offense in the 0–2 home loss against Beşiktaş J.K. for the Europa League round-of-32, after diving in the penalty area. On 28 August of the following year, he was loaned to La Liga side UD Almería. He netted his first goal for the Andalusians on 11 January 2014, but in a 1–6 away defeat to Athletic Bilbao.
AEK Athens
On 31 July 2014, Barbosa signed a three-year deal with AEK Athens F.C. on a free transfer. He scored five goals in 26 appearances in his debut season, helping the club return to the Superleague Greece after a two-year absence.
Al Wasl
On 24 August 2016, Barbosa joined Al-Wasl F.C. from the UAE Arabian Gulf League on a three-year contract for a transfer fee of €750.000, earning €600.000 per year.
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.