Henrique Almeida Caixeta Nascentes (born 27 May 1991), known as Henrique Almeida, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for América Mineiro.

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

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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

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. 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

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, 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 transferbut 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 ith QPRand 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

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. 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

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, and will play for '' Fogão'' until 2016. On February 3, 2016, Henrique joined Grêmio on a four-year contract.

Honours

;Botafogo * Campeonato Carioca:

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: 2011 Individual * FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball: 2011 * FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Shoe: 2011

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Almeida, Henrique 1991 births Living people Footballers from Brasília Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players São Paulo FC players Esporte Clube Vitória players Sport Club do Recife players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Esporte Clube Bahia players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Goiás Esporte Clube players La Liga players Granada CF footballers Giresunspor footballers TFF First League players Belenenses SAD players Primeira Liga players Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Brazil youth international footballers Brazil under-20 international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey Pan American Games competitors for Brazil