Hélder Barbosa

Hélder Jorge Leal Rodrigues Barbosa (born 25 May 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Turkish club Hatayspor.

Hélder Barbosa
Personal information
Full name Hélder Jorge Leal Rodrigues Barbosa
Date of birth (1987-05-25) 25 May 1987
Place of birth Paredes, Portugal
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Hatayspor
Number 77
Youth career
1995–1998 Paredes
1998–2005 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Porto B 20 (6)
2006–2010 Porto 5 (0)
2006–2008 → Académica (loan) 23 (4)
2008–2009 → Trofense (loan) 28 (1)
2009–2010 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 26 (2)
2010–2014 Braga 66 (12)
2013–2014 → Almería (loan) 28 (1)
2014–2016 AEK Athens 56 (14)
2016–2017 Al-Wasl 13 (0)
2017–2019 Akhisar Belediyespor 46 (4)
2019– Hatayspor 26 (2)
National team
2003 Portugal U16 4 (0)
2002–2004 Portugal U17 37 (3)
2004–2005 Portugal U18 5 (0)
2005–2006 Portugal U19 17 (7)
2006 Portugal U20 1 (0)
2006–2008 Portugal U21 13 (1)
2009 Portugal U23 1 (0)
2012 Portugal 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2020

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 148 matches and 19 goals, mainly for Braga (three seasons) and Académica (two). He also played for teams in Spain, Greece, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.

All youth levels comprised, Barbosa won 77 caps for Portugal. He made his senior debut in 2012.

Club career

Porto

Barbosa was born in Paredes, Porto District. A product of FC Porto's youth academy, he 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.[1]

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.[2] 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[3]– 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.[4] He scored his first goal for the Sadinos on 31 August 2009, but in a 1–8 loss at Benfica.[5]

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.[6] 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 F.C.[7] and two at Birmingham City in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, in another 3–1 success.[8] The following 14 February, he was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 0–2 home loss against Beşiktaş J.K. for the Europa League round-of-32, after diving in the penalty area.[9]

On 28 August 2013, Barbosa was loaned to La Liga side UD Almería.[10] He netted his first goal for the Andalusians on 11 January 2014, but in a 1–6 away defeat to Athletic Bilbao.[11]

AEK Athens

On 31 July 2014, Barbosa signed a three-year deal with AEK Athens F.C. on a free transfer.[12] He scored five goals in 26 appearances in his debut season, helping the club return to the Superleague Greece after a two-year absence.

Later years

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.[13] The following summer, he moved to the Süper Lig with Akhisar Belediyespor after agreeing to a two-year deal;[14] on 10 May 2018, both he and countryman Miguel Lopes scored as the latter club beat Fenerbahçe S.K. 3–2 in the final of the Turkish Cup, for its first-ever major trophy.[15]

Barbosa continued in Turkey in the 2019–20 season, signing with Hatayspor of the TFF First League.[16]

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.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on 4 March 2018[18]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Porto 2005–06 1000000010
Total 1000000010
Académica (loan) 2006–07 7200000072
2007–08 162101000182
Total 234101000254
Porto 2007–08 4020000060
Total 4020000060
Trofense (loan) 2008–09 281102000311
Total 281102000311
Setúbal (loan) 2009–10 262200000282
Total 242200000262
Braga 2010–11 17410208[lower-alpha 1]0284
2011–12 29610419[lower-alpha 2]44311
2012–13 20210206[lower-alpha 3]0292
Total 6612308123410017
Almería (loan) 2013–14 281300000311
Total 281300000311
AEK Athens 2014–15 265710000336
2015–16 309400000349
2016–17 0000002[lower-alpha 2]020
Total 561411100206915
Al-Wasl 2016–17 130006100191
Total 130006100191
Akhisarspor 2017–18 130510000181
Total 130510000181
Career total 2583428217225432842
  1. Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, Three in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Porto

Braga

AEK Athens

Akhisarspor

References
  1. "Boavista falha presença na Taça UEFA" [Boavista miss out on UEFA Cup] (in Portuguese). TSF. 6 May 2006. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. "Hélder Barbosa com lugar marcado na equipa dos dragões" [Hélder Barbosa has a spot in dragons' team] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. "Trofense-Benfica, 2–0 (crónica)" [Trofense-Benfica, 2–0 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. "F.C. Porto: Hélder Barbosa emprestado ao V. Setúbal" [F.C. Porto: Hélder Barbosa loaned to V. Setúbal] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. "Benfica goleia V. Setúbal" [Benfica rout V. Setúbal] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  6. Barbosa becomes ninth Braga signing; UEFA, 4 July 2010
  7. Braga beats Gil Vicente 3–1 in Portugal; Sports Illustrated, 11 September 2011
  8. Braga's Barbosa brings down Birmingham; UEFA, 15 September 2011
  9. Besiktas stunner in Braga; FIFA, 14 February 2012
  10. Sp. Braga: Hélder Barbosa renova e é cedido ao Almería (Sp. Braga: Hélder Barbosa renews and is loaned to Almería) Archived 27 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Mais Futebol, 28 August 2013 (in Portuguese)
  11. "El Athletic reencuentra su mejor fútbol" [Athletic rediscover best football]. Marca (in Spanish). 11 January 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  12. "Παίκτης της ΑΕΚ ο Helder Barbosa" [Hélder Barbosa an AEK player] (in Greek). AEK Athens. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  13. Ανακοίνωσε Μπαρμπόζα η Αλ Βασλ [Barbosa announced at Al-Wasl] (in Greek). Sport 24. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  14. "OFICIAL: Hélder Barbosa assina pelo Akhisar" [OFFICIAL: Hélder Barbosa signs for Akhisar] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  15. "Soccer-Akhisarspor upset Fenerbahce to win Turkish Cup". Reuters. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  16. "HELDER BARBOSA ve IDIR OUALI HATAYSPOR'UMUZDA" [Hélder Barbosa and Idir Ouali to Hatayspor] (in Turkish). Hatayspor. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  17. "Gabon 2–2 Portugal: Seleccao pay the penalty for defensive indiscipline". Goal. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  18. "Hélder Barbosa". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
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