Hélio (footballer)

Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves (born 31 January 1986), commonly known as Hélio, 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, which means he is eligible to represent Hong Kong on the international level.

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.

Club
As of 22 May 2021

International

 * Scores and results list Hong Kong's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hélio goal.

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