Hélder Guedes

Hélder Guedes
Personal information
Full name Hélder Tiago Pinto Moura Guedes
Date of birth (1987-05-07) 7 May 1987
Place of birth Penafiel, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Al Dhafra
Number 7
Youth career
1995–2006 Penafiel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2015 Penafiel 190 (27)
2008–2009 → Paços Ferreira (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2018 Rio Ave 89 (24)
2018– Al Dhafra 0 (0)
National team
2007 Portugal U20 12 (2)
2008 Portugal U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2018

Hélder Tiago Pinto Moura Guedes (born 7 May 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Emirati club Al Dhafra FC as a forward.

Club career

Penafiel

Born in Penafiel, Guedes played most of his career with hometown's F.C. Penafiel, mostly in the Segunda Liga. In 2008–09 he was loaned to F.C. Paços de Ferreira in the Primeira Liga, but his input during the season consisted of one match (30 minutes).[1]

Guedes scored eight goals in 38 games in 2013–14, as Penafiel returned to the top division after a lengthy absence. He repeated the feat in the following campaign (in seven appearances less), with the club being immediately relegated.

Rio Ave

On 29 June 2015, Guedes signed a three-year contract with Rio Ave FC.[2] He scored on his competitive debut for his new team, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute in a 3–3 away draw against C.F. Os Belenenses on 15 August.[3]

Guedes netted ten times in 2017–18, helping to a sixth-place finish and qualification for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[4]

Personal life

Guedes' father, José, was also a footballer and a forward. In an 11-year career, he amassed top division totals of 63 matches and eight goals in representation of four teams. He died on 16 April 1997 at the age of 34, when his son was nine years old.

References

  1. ↑ "Leixões mantém liderança" [Leixões stay on top] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 2 November 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Guedes assina por 3 anos" [Guedes signs for 3 years] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Belenenses-Rio Ave, 3–3 (destaques)" [Belenenses-Rio Ave, 3–3 (highlights)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rio Ave: Guedes superou a dezena de golos pela primeira vez na carreira" [Rio Ave: Guedes surpassed double digits in goals for the first time in career] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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