Helton Arruda
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Full name | Helton da Silva Arruda | ||
Date of birth | 18 May 1978 | ||
Place of birth | São Gonçalo, Brazil | ||
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Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
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Current team
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Porto | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1999 | Vasco Gama | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2002 | Vasco Gama | 52 | (0) |
2002–2005 | União Leiria | 67 | (0) |
2005– | Porto | 230 | (0) |
International career | |||
2000 | Brazil U23 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2015 |
Helton da Silva Arruda (born 18 May 1978), known simply as Helton, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club FC Porto as a goalkeeper.
After starting out at Vasco da Gama he went on to spend his professional career in Portugal, representing União de Leiria and Porto and winning 18 major titles for the latter.
Helton appeared for Brazil at the 2007 Copa América.
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Club career
Vasco
Born in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Helton emerged through CR Vasco da Gama's youth system. He first attracted attention after winning the Brazilian League and the Mercosur Cup with the club in 2000.
União de Leiria
In 2002, Helton's contract with Vasco expired and he signed with Portuguese club U.D. Leiria. He made his official debut on 9 March 2003 in a 3–1 home win against Académica de Coimbra for the domestic cup, and backed up Paulo Costinha in his first season.
At the end of the 2004–05 campaign, after being first-choice in his last two years, Helton signed with FC Porto.
Porto
It seemed that Helton was destined to spend a long time bench-warming, as Porto legend Vítor Baía barred his way into the first team. However, he got his chance sooner than expected when Dutch coach Co Adriaanse summarily dropped Baía after a mistake against C.F. Estrela da Amadora cost the team a goal and a 1–2 away defeat, on 15 January 2006.
After initial criticism, Helton gained the number one spot with several solid performances. He celebrated his first season at the club with the domestic double (league and cup).[1][2]
Helton continued to be an undisputed starter for Porto in the following years, as Porto won four consecutive league championships. In 2008–09's Portuguese Cup, however, he stayed on the bench as Nuno Espírito Santo was the starter for the eventual winners.
Helton was again first-choice in the following two seasons, appearing in 49 league games combined as his team won six major titles. On 18 May 2011 he celebrated his 33rd birthday by keeping a clean sheet in the UEFA Europa League final, in a 1–0 win against fellow league side S.C. Braga;[3] following the departure of Lucho González for Olympique de Marseille in the 2009 summer, he was also appointed team captain.[4]
Helton played 30 league contests in the 2012–13 campaign, for his seventh league conquest. On 16 March 2014, however, the 35-year-old suffered an Achilles tendon injury to his right leg during a 0–1 loss at Sporting Clube de Portugal, being sidelined for several months.[5]
On 17 February 2014, Helton was condemned to pay a €60,000 fine for beating two stewards at the Estádio da Luz, following a tunnel brawl during the 0–1 away league loss against S.L. Benfica on 20 December 2009.[6][7][8] After returning to action he played second-fiddle, to both Fabiano and Iker Casillas.[9]
International career
After competing at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, Helton was a member of the Brazilian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He appeared in all four matches, before the nation was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Cameroon.
Helton received his first callup to the main side in October 2006, starting in an unofficial exhibition game against Kuwait club Al Kuwait Kaifan on 7 October 2006. His official debut came on 15 November of the same year, starting in a friendly with Switzerland.
Helton was a member of the national squad who won the 2007 Copa América, although he did not play a single match in the whole tournament as he was second-choice to A.S. Roma's Doni.[10][11]
Honours
Club
- Vasco
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2000
- Copa Mercosur: 2000
- Taça Guanabara: 2000
- Taça Rio: 2001
- Campeonato Carioca: 1998
- Porto
- UEFA Europa League: 2010–11
- Primeira Liga: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
- Taça de Portugal: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- UEFA Super Cup: Runner-up 2011
- Taça da Liga: Runner-up 2012–13
Country
Individual
- Primeira Liga: Goalkeeper of the Year 2010–11, 2012–13
Club statistics
- As of 3 January 2014[12]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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App | Goals
Against |
App | Goals
Against |
App | Goals
Against |
App | Goals
Against |
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Vasco da Gama | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | |
2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 83 | ||
2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 70 | ||
2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 56 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 220 | ||||
União Leiria | 2002–03 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | |
2003–04 | 28 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 39 | ||
2004–05 | 30 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 35 | ||
Total | 67 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 79 | 85 | ||
Porto | 2005–06 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
2006–07 | 30 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 29 | ||
2007–08 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 20 | ||
2008–09 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 27 | ||
2009–10 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 29 | ||
2010–11 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 44 | 26 | ||
2011–12 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 33 | ||
2012–13 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 22 | ||
2013–14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 16 | ||
Total | 214 | 118 | 16 | 10 | 70 | 76 | 300 | 204 | ||
Career total | 333 | 199 | 18 | 12 | 80 | 85 | 609 | 509 |
References
- ↑ Helton em baía segura (Helton on a safe bay); Record, 20 February 2006 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Baía e mais 10 (Baía and 10 more); Record, 5 May 2006 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Falcao heads Porto to Europa League glory; UEFA.com, 18 May 2011
- ↑ Helton: a braçadeira como prémio em troca da baliza inviolada (Helton: armband the award in return for no goals allowed); Mais Futebol, 24 August 2010 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Helton vai ser operado e pára vários meses (Helton to undergo surgery and stop several months); Record, 17 March 2014 (Portuguese)
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External links
- Porto official profile (Portuguese)
- Helton at footballzz.co.uk
- Helton profile at ForaDeJogo
- Helton Arruda at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Helton – FIFA competition record
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro
- Brazilian people of African descent
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama players
- Primeira Liga players
- U.D. Leiria players
- FC Porto players
- Brazil youth international footballers
- Brazil under-20 international footballers
- Brazil international footballers
- 2007 Copa América players
- Copa América-winning players
- Olympic footballers of Brazil
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Brazilian expatriates in Portugal