Helton Arruda

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Helton
Personal information
Helton with Porto in 2013
Full name	Helton da Silva Arruda
Date of birth	(1978-05-18) 18 May 1978
Place of birth	São Gonçalo, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Porto
Number	1
Youth career
1997	Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1998–2002	Vasco da Gama	52	(0)
2002–2005	União Leiria	67	(0)
2005–	Porto	201	(0)
National team
2000	Brazil U23	6	(0)
2006–2007	Brazil	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 20 May 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Helton da Silva Arruda (born 18 May 1978), simply Helton, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for F.C. Porto in the Portuguese first division, as a goalkeeper.

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 União de Leiria. He made his official debut on 9 March 2003 in a 3–1 home win against Académica de Coimbra for the season's domestic cup, and backedup Paulo Costinha in his first season.

At the end of 2004–05, after being first-choice during his last two seasons, Helton signed with F.C. 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 Porto a goal and away defeat, on 15 January 2006 (1–2).

Initial criticism for what was seen as excessively harsh treatment meted out to the popular Baía by the coach was soon dissipated as a string of assured performances proved Helton was worthy of the number one spot. He celebrated his first year at the club with the domestic double (league and cup).

Helton continued to be an undisputed starter for Porto in the subsequent seasons, as the club 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 for Porto 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;^[1] following the departure of Lucho González for Olympique de Marseille in the 2009 summer, he was also appointed team captain.

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 Brazil was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Cameroon.

Helton received his first callup to the main national 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.

Honours

Club

Vasco

Porto

UEFA Europa League: 2010–11
Portuguese League: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
Portuguese Cup: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Portuguese Supercup: 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
UEFA Super Cup: Runner-up 2011
Portuguese League Cup: Runner-up 2012–13

Country

Copa América: 2007

Individual

Portuguese League: Goalkeeper of the Year 2010–11, 2012-13

Club statistics


Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	App	Goals Against	App	Goals Against	App	Goals Against	App	Goals Against
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

Last update: 3 January 2014

References

↑ Falcao heads Porto to Europa League glory; UEFA.com, 18 May 2011

External links

Helton at footballzz.co.uk
Stats at ForaDeJogo
PortuGOAL profile
Helton at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e F.C. Porto – current squad

1 Helton 2 Danilo 4 Maicon 5 Fucile 7 Quaresma 8 Josué 9 Jackson 10 Quintero 11 Ghilas 13 Reyes 16 Herrera 17 Varela 19 Licá 20 C. Eduardo 21 Ricardo 22 Mangala 23 Abdoulaye 24 Fabiano 25 Fernando 26 Alex Sandro 28 Kelvin 30 Otamendi 35 Defour 41 Kadú Manager: Fonseca

v t e Brazil men's football squad – 2000 Summer Olympics

1 Helton 2 Baiano 3 Bilica 4 Álvaro 5 Marcos Paulo 6 Fábio Aurélio 7 Ronaldinho 8 Fabiano 9 Edu 10 Alex 11 Geovanni 12 Roger 13 André Luís 14 Lúcio 15 Mozart 16 Athirson 17 Lucas 18 Fábio Costa Coach: Luxemburgo

v t e Brazil squad – 2007 Copa América Winners (8th Title)

1 Helton 2 Maicon 3 Alex 4 Juan 5 Mineiro 6 Gilberto 7 Elano 8 Gilberto Silva (c) 9 Vágner Love 10 Diego 11 Robinho 12 Doni 13 Daniel Alves 14 Alex Silva 15 Naldo 16 Kléber 17 Josué 18 Fernando 19 Júlio Baptista 20 Anderson 21 Afonso Alves 22 Fred Coach: Dunga

Persondata
Name	Helton Arruda
Alternative names	Helton
Short description	Brazilian footballer
Date of birth	18 May 1978
Place of birth	São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death

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