PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Hélder Guedes
Personal information
Full name	Hélder Tiago Pinto Moura Guedes
Date of birth	7 May 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Penafiel, Portugal
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1995–2006	Penafiel
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2015	Penafiel
2008–2009	→ Paços Ferreira (loan)
2015–2018	Rio Ave
2018	Al Dhafra
2019–2020	Vitória Setúbal
2020–2021	Chaves
Total
International career
2007	Portugal U20
2008	Portugal U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hélder Tiago Pinto Moura Guedes (born 7 May 1987) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played 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 of the Primeira Liga, but his input during the season consisted of one match (30 minutes).^[2]

Guedes scored eight goals in 38 games in 2013–14, as Penafiel returned to the top division after a lengthy absence.^[3] He repeated the feat 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[3]

Vitória Setúbal

Guedes joined Vitória F.C. on a two-year deal in the summer of 2019, after half a season in the UAE Pro-League with Al Dhafra FC.^[6]^[7]

International career

Guedes represented Portugal at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[8]^[9]^[10] He won the first of his two caps at under-21 level on 5 February 2008, playing 15 minutes and being booked in the 2–1 win over Scotland in the Vale do Tejo International Tournament.^[11]

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 (along with 12 others) at the age of 34 following an incident where the Meia Culpa night club was set on fire, the arson being orchestrated by the owner of a rival establishment.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Honours

Portugal U20

Torneio Internacional da Madeira: 2007
Torneio Campos Verdes: 2007

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hélder Guedes" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ "Leixões mantém liderança" [Leixões stay on top] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 2 November 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b Maia, Vítor (12 March 2018). "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. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
^ "Guedes assina por 3 anos" [Guedes signs for 3 years] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
^ Marques, David (15 August 2015). "Belenenses-Rio Ave, 3–3 (destaques)" [Belenenses-Rio Ave, 3–3 (highlights)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ "Guedes e a rescisão com o Al-Dhafra: "Disseram que a culpa era dos estrangeiros"" [Guedes and termination at Al-Dhafra: "They said that foreigners were to blame"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 16 November 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
^ "Guedes é reforço do Vitória de Setúbal" [Guedes is an addition for Vitória de Setúbal]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 24 June 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^ "Sub-20: Antunes e filho de emigrantes nos pré-convocados para o Mundial" [Under-20: Antunes and son of immigrants in World Cup pre-selection] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Portugal derrotado mas vai aos oitavos" [Portugal reach last-16 in spite of loss]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 July 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Sub-20: Portugal fora do Mundial ao perder com o Chile (0–1)" [Under-20: Portugal out of World Cup after losing to Chile (0–1)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 13 July 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ Travassos, Nuno (5 February 2008). "Torneio Vale do Tejo: Portugal vence Escócia e está na final" [Vale do Tejo Tournament: Portugal beat Scotland and are in the final] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "A hora de Guedes revelar o seu valor" [Time for Guedes to show his worth]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 January 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
^ Sales Dias, Pedro (19 December 2014). "Juiz decide libertar um dos condenados pelas mortes do Meia Culpa 17 anos depois" [Judge decides to release one of the guilty of the Meia Culpa deaths 17 years later]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
^ Lopes Pereira, Ricardo (7 July 2019). "Guedes recorda pai que faleceu na "matança" do 'Meia Culpa'" [Guedes remembers father who died in the 'Meia Culpa' "slaughter"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 October 2020.