Hélio Roque
 Roque playing for Nea Salamina in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hélio José Lopes Roque | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Huambo, Angola | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2001 | Arrentela | ||
| 2001–2002 | Amora | ||
| 2002–2004 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2006 | Benfica B | ||
| 2005–2007 | Benfica | 3 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Olivais Moscavide (loan) | 27 | (3) |
| 2007–2012 | AEL Limassol | 93 | (15) |
| 2011–2012 | → Nea Salamina (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2012–2014 | Nea Salamina | 57 | (12) |
| National team | |||
| 2005 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Hélio José Lopes Roque (born 20 July 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Huambo, Angola to Portuguese settlers, Roque returned to his parents' country and started his football career at Atlético Clube Arrentela and Amora FC, moving at age 17 to S.L. Benfica and having no impact whatsoever with its first team.
In the following months, two loans befell: in January 2006 he made his first division debuts with Vitória de Setúbal, and spent the entire 2006–07 season with Lisbon neighbours C.D. Olivais e Moscavide in the second level,[1] being released in the ensuing summer.
Subsequently, Roque joined Cypriot team AEL Limassol. After a rather poor debut campaign with the club, his form improved and he began appearing regularly in its starting XI; in spite of being naturally right-footed, he featured mainly on the left wing.
In 2009–10, an injury meant Roque only resumed training in late January 2010. In the 2011 summer, due to the fact AEL had too many foreign players, he was loaned to fellow First Division side Nea Salamis Famagusta FC, and the move was made permanent for the 2012–13 season.
Honours
- Benfica
References
- ↑ "Dois leões e uma águia no reino de Moscavide" [Dois lions and one eagle in kingdom of Moscavide] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 August 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Hélio Roque profile at ForaDeJogo
- Hélio Roque profile at Soccerway