Henrique (footballer, born 1993)

Henrique
Personal information
Full name Henrique Roberto Rafael
Date of birth (1993-08-23) 23 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Brazil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger / Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sampaio Corrêa
Youth career
2009 Grêmio
2010 Internacional
2011–2013 Atlético Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Atlético Mineiro 3 (0)
2014 → Ipatinga (loan) 3 (0)
2014–2015 → XV de Piracicaba (loan) 8 (0)
2015 → Paraná (loan) 28 (5)
2016 → Bahia (loan) 8 (0)
2016 → Paraná (loan) 16 (1)
2017 → Novorizontino (loan) 9 (1)
2017–2018 → CSKA Sofia (loan) 22 (4)
2018–2021 CSKA Sofia 47 (3)
2021–2022 Marítimo 26 (2)
2022–2023 CSKA 1948 11 (1)
2023– Sampaio Corrêa 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2023

Henrique Roberto Rafael (born 23 August 1993) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sampaio Corrêa.

Club career

Born in Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Henrique was an Atlético Mineiro youth graduate, also training with the main squad in 2012.[1] In 2014, he was loaned to Ipatinga, and made his senior debut on 2 August 2014 by starting in a 2–3 Série D home loss against Globo.

On 4 September 2014, Henrique joined XV de Piracicaba on loan until the end of the year.[2] On 30 December, despite struggling with injuries, he renewed his contract for a further six months.[3]

On 30 April 2015, Henrique signed for Paraná on loan until December.[4] On 8 May he made his professional debut, starting and scoring the game's only in a home success against Ceará for the Série B championship.[5]

Henrique finished the campaign with five goals and six assists in 28 appearances, being included in Galo's first team squad in the following year after his loan expired.[6]

CSKA Sofia

On 17 June 2017, Henrique joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia on a season-long loan deal.[7] He made 22 league appearances during his spell with the club and signed for CSKA permanently on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 7 June 2018.[8]

Marítimo

In June 2021, Henrique signed a contract with Primeira Liga club Marítimo.[9]

CSKA 1948

In June 2022, Henrique was heavily linked with returning to Bulgaria, but this time with CSKA 1948, managed by Lyuboslav Penev, with whom he worked in CSKA Sofia. On 29 June 2022 he officially signed a contract with the team.[10]

Career statistics

As of 19 May 2021[11]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ipatinga 2014 Série D 3 0 — — — — 3 0
XV de Piracicaba 2014 Paulista — — — — 6[a] 1 6 1
2015 — 8 0 — — — 8 0
Subtotal — 8 0 — — 6 1 14 1
Paraná 2015 Série B 28 5 — — — — 28 5
Atlético Mineiro 2016 Série A — 2 0 — 0 0 1[b] 0 3 0
Bahia 2016 Série B 3 0 3 0 2 0 — 2[c] 0 10 0
Paraná 2016 Série B 16 1 — — — — 16 1
Novorizontino 2017 Paulista — 9 1 — — — 9 1
CSKA Sofia 2017–18 First League 22 4 — 3 0 — — 25 4
2018–19 14 1 — 3 0 2 0 — 19 1
2019–20 11 0 — 4 0 0 0 — 15 0
2020–21 22 2 — 5 1 8 0 — 35 3
Subtotal 69 7 — 15 1 10 0 — 94 8
Marítimo 2021–22 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 119 13 24 1 17 1 10 0 10 1 179 16
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste

Honours

CSKA Sofia

References

  1. ^ "Cuca observa categoria de base do Atlético-MG e reivindica dois jogadores do sub-20 para 2013" [Cuca scouts Atlético-MG's youth setup and claims two under-20 players for 2013] (in Portuguese). BOL. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ^ "XV apresenta últimos dois reforços" [XV presents the two last additions] (in Portuguese). XV de Piracicaba's official website. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Paulistão: XV de Piracicaba assina novo contrato com Henrique, do América-MG [sic]" [Paulistão: XV de Piracicaba sign new contract with Henrique, from América-MG] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Henrique, ex-Atlético-MG, é o sexto reforço do Paraná Clube" [Henrique, ex-Atlético-MG, is the sixth addition of Paraná Clube] (in Portuguese). Paraná Online. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Com gol de letra, Paraná vence o Ceará na estreia da Série B" [With backheel goal, Paraná defeats Ceará in Série B's debut] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Destaque do Paraná, atacante deve ser aproveitado pelo Atlético-MG em 2016" [Paraná's spotlight, forward may be used by Atlético-MG in 2016] (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Първо ново попълнение в ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 17 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Енрике остава в ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 7 June 2018.
  9. ^ Agência Lusa (12 June 2021). "Marítimo oficializa reforço Henrique" (in Portuguese). dnoticias.pt. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  10. ^ Енрике Рафаел официално е футболист на ЦСКА | ЦСКА 1948 | Честният път към върха | cska1948.bg
  11. ^ Henrique at Soccerway