Helder Barbosa

Helder Jorge Leal Rodrigues Barbosa (born 25 May 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Greek club Panetolikos.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 148 matches and 19 goals, mainly for Braga (three seasons) and Academica (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.

From 2006 to 2008, Barbosa was loaned to fellow league club Academica 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.

Barbosa was again loaned for the following campaign, now to Vitoria de Setubal. 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 Setubal avoid top-flight relegation, Barbosa was 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 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 victory over Gil Vicente F.C. and

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