Hélio Roque

Hélio Roque

Roque playing for Nea Salamina in 2013
Personal information
Full name Hélio José Lopes Roque
Date of birth (1985-07-20) 20 July 1985
Place of birth Huambo, Angola
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Benfica Luanda
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)
2015– Benfica Luanda 21 (5)
National team
2005 Portugal U20 5 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2016.


Hélio José Lopes Roque (born 20 July 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica (Luanda) 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 Primeira Liga debuts with Vitória de Setúbal, and spent the entire 2006–07 season with Lisbon neighbours C.D. Olivais e Moscavide in the second division,[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

  1. ↑ "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.
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