Henrique Almeida

Henrique Almeida
Personal information
Full name Henrique Almeida Caixeta Nascentes
Date of birth (1991-05-27) May 27, 1991
Place of birth Brasília, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Grêmio
Number 91
Youth career
2007 Atlético Paranaense
2007–2009 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 São Paulo 14 (1)
2010Vitória (loan) 17 (4)
2012Granada (loan) 6 (0)
2012Sport (loan) 15 (4)
2013–2015 Botafogo 14 (0)
2014Bahia (loan) 25 (2)
2015Coritiba (loan) 20 (12)
2016– Grêmio 0 (0)
National team
2011 Brazil U20 16 (9)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 15, 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 13, 2012

Henrique Almeida Caixeta Nascentes, known as Henrique Almeida or simply Henrique (born May 27, 1991 in Brasília), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Grêmio.

Career

He arrived on the scene at the Tricolor Paulista in São Paulo Youth Championship 2009, where he was top scorer and best player in the club. In February 2009, Henrique made his debut against Mogi Mirim, in the 2-0 loss, playing the last few minutes. It wasn't until a year later, in 2010, that he scored his first goal for São Paulo in the win over Gremio Barueri in the Paulista Championship.

In 2010, with first team opportunities hard to come by, he was loaned to Esporte Clube Vitória. He scored his first two goals for the red and black on August 15, 2010, in the 4-2 win over Santos. At the end of the season he returned to his parent club, following Esporte Clube Vitória's relegation to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

On August 1, 2011 he scored the 200th goal in the history of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. On August 17, 2011, he scored two vital goals during the closing minutes of the Brazil-Mexico U-20 World Cup Semi-Final match, guiding his team into the Final. His stellar performances in the tournament would be recognised by him winning the FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball and FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Shoe awards, for highest scorer and most valuable player.

On January 17, 2012, it was announced São Paulo had agreed a fee to sell Henrique to English club QPR, subject to a work permit. However, on January 23, 2012, news broke of the collapse of the deal due to the work permit not being granted to the player. Although the deal seemed like it had fallen through, São Paulo vice-president Joao Lopez claimed "It was said that he was denied [a transfer] but this is not true, the FA would only authorise the deal if it was permanent." He went on to say, "the FA did not agree with the deal that was going on, so we will now meet again [with QPR] and try to come to an agreement." It now remains to be seen whether QPR will make a permanent bid for Henrique, who is valued around £6 million.

At the end of January 2012, shortly before the end of the winter transfer window, Henrique and his club agreed a deal with Spanish Liga BBVA side Granada CF. The terms of the deal were a €500,000 fee for a loan contract until June 2013, with Granada retaining an option to buy the player for €6,000,000 at any time.

On January 2, 2013, Henrique had 50% of his rights bought for Botafogo, and will play for Fogão until 2016.[1]

On February 3, 2016, Henrique joined Grêmio on a four-year contract.[2]

Career statistics

International goals

Under–20

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. January 23, 2011 Estadio 25 de Noviembre, Moquegua, Peru  Bolivia 1–0 1-1 2011 South American Youth Championship
2. January 25, 2011 Estadio Jorge Basadre, Tacna, Peru  Ecuador 1–0 1-0 2011 South American Youth Championship
3. August 1, 2011 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Austria 1–0 3-0 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
4. August 4, 2011 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Panama 1–0 4-0 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
5. August 10, 2011 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Saudi Arabia 1–0 3-0 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
6. August 17, 2011 Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira, Colombia  Mexico 1–0 2-0 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
7. August 17, 2011 Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira, Colombia  Mexico 2–0 2-0 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
8. October 19, 2011 Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan, Mexico  Argentina 1–0 1-1 2011 Pan American Games
9. October 23, 2011 Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan, Mexico  Costa Rica 1–2 1-3 2011 Pan American Games

Honours

Club

Botafogo

National Team

Individual

References

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