Hélio Roque

Hélio José Lopes Roque (born 20 July 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Clube Olímpico do Montijo.

Hélio Roque
Roque playing for Nea Salamina in 2013
Personal information
Full name Hélio José Lopes Roque[1]
Date of birth (1985-07-20) 20 July 1985[1]
Place of birth Huambo, Angola[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Olímpico Montijo
Youth career
1996–2001 Arrentela
2001–2002 Amora
2002–2004 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Benfica B 10 (4)
2005–2007 Benfica 3 (0)
2006 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 11 (0)
2006–2007 → Olivais Moscavide (loan) 27 (4)
2007–2012 AEL Limassol 93 (15)
2011–2012 → Nea Salamina (loan) 28 (4)
2012–2014 Nea Salamina 57 (12)
2015–2016 Benfica Luanda 21 (5)
2017 Libolo 6 (0)
2017 Nea Salamina 8 (0)
2018– Olímpico Montijo 50 (8)
National team
2004–2005 Portugal U20 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020

Club career

Born in Huambo, Angola to Portuguese settlers, Roque returned to his parents' country and started his football career at Atlético Clube Arrentela and Amora FC, moving at age 17 to S.L. Benfica and having no impact whatsoever with their first team.

In the following months, two loans befell: in January 2006 he made his Primeira Liga debut with Vitória de Setúbal,[2] and spent the entire 2006–07 season with Lisbon neighbours C.D. Olivais e Moscavide of the second division,[3] being released the ensuing summer.

Subsequently, Roque joined Cypriot team AEL Limassol. After a rather poor debut campaign with the club, his form improved and he began appearing regularly in its starting XI;[4] in spite of being naturally right-footed, he featured mainly on the left wing.

In 2009–10, an injury meant Roque only resumed training in late January 2010. In the 2011 off-season, due to the fact AEL had too many foreign players, he was loaned to fellow First Division side Nea Salamis Famagusta FC, and the move was made permanent for the 2012–13 season.

Honours

Benfica

References
  1. "Hélio Roque" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. "Hélio Roque emprestado ao V. Setúbal" [Hélio Roque loaned to V. Setúbal]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 December 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. "Dois leões e uma águia no reino de Moscavide" [Two lions and one eagle in kingdom of Moscavide]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 August 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. "Hélio Roque faz "hat-trick"" [Hélio Roque scores hat-trick]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 March 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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