Hélio Sousa

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Hélio Sousa
Personal information
Full name Hélio Filipe Dias de Sousa
Date of birth (1969-08-12) 12 August 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Setúbal, Portugal
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Portugal (youth)
Youth career
1980–1981 Brejos Azeitão
1981–1987 Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–2005 Vitória Setúbal 424 (20)
International career
1989 Portugal U20 6 (0)
1990–1992 Portugal U21 19 (0)
1994 Portugal 1 (0)
Managerial career
2005–2007 Vitória Setúbal
2008–2009 Covilhã
2010– Portugal (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hélio Filipe Dias de Sousa (born 12 August 1969) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current coach.

Playing career

Known by his first name in his playing days, Hélio was born in Setúbal and played his entire career with hometown club Vitória Futebol Clube. Being team captain from an early age, he first appeared with the main squad during the 1987–88 season, and went on to experience promotions and relegations alike throughout 18 professional campaigns, being an undisputed starter in ten of those (three in the second division).

Hélio retired at almost 36, after helping Vitória to the 2005 Portuguese Cup in a 2–1 final win against S.L. Benfica,[1] having played 424 league games – club best – and scoring 20 goals. Internationally, he was part of Portugal's squad at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was won in Saudi Arabia;[2] in 1994, he gained one cap for the full side.

Coaching career

After retiring, Sousa moved into management. Beginning with his only professional club,[3] he moved in 2008–09 to S.C. Covilhã,[4] helping it retain its second level status.[5]

In August 2010, Hélio took the reins of the national team's under-18s. He was in charge of several youth categories at the Portuguese Football Federation in the following years.[6][7][8][9]

Honours

Player

Vitória Setúbal
Portugal

Manager

Vitória Setúbal
Portugal U17

See also

References

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