José Henrique da Silva Dourado (born 15 September 1989), known as Henrique Dourado or simply Henrique, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Cruzeiro.

Career

Early career

Born in

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, Henrique made his senior debut with

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, in the 2008

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(state league fourth division). In the following year, he joined Lemense in the same category, and scored 14 goals in the 2009 Paulista Segunda Divisão. In 2010, Henrique signed a contract with

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. In August 2011, he joined

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. He made his debut for the club on 21 August, against

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, and scored a goal almost a month later, against

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. In September, Henrique left Santo André and joined

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. A year later, he joined Chapecoense. He helped the team to promotion, scoring 5 goals in only 8 matches. In December 2012, he signed a contract with

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. He made his ''Sapo'' debut on 20 January 2013, against Ponte Preta. He scored his first goal on the 31st, against

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. On 27 April, he scored a hat-trick in a 6-0 routing against

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Santos

On 21 May 2013, Henrique signed a one-year loan deal with Santos, with his rights being assigned to

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. Five days later, he made ''Peixe'' - and Série A - debut, in a 0-0 draw against

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Portuguesa

On 9 September 2013, after only three league appearances for Santos, Henrique signed with Portuguesa. He scored three goals during the season, with Portuguesa being relegated despite finishing in 12th.

Palmeiras

After being the topscorer of ''Lusa'' in

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, Henrique joined

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on 28 April 2014, on loan until the end of the year.

Cruzeiro / Vitória de Guimarães

A disappointing spell at Cruzeiro saw Henrique move to Portuguese club

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for the 2015/16 season, where he scored 12 goals in 30 games.

Fluminense

On 30 June 2016, Henrique returned to Brazil with Fluminense. The striker scored a penalty in normal time to help secure a 3-3 draw in the final of the 2017

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, against bitter rivals

. Fluminense went on to win in the penalty shootout. Playing for Fluminense, he was the top scorer of

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in 2017, along with

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(for Corinthians), both with 18 goals. In 2017, he was also the country's isolated top scorer amongst players of the top division, with 32 goals.

Flamengo

On 1 February 2018,

announced Dourado's signing paying the sum of R$11million (around

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3.47 million and

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2.79 million) to acquire 75% of his economic rights.

Henan Jianye

On 1 March 2019, Dourado joined

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club

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. Two days later, in the opening game of the

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season, Dourado scored his first goal for Henan in his debut in a 1-1 draw against Dalian Professional, then tragically broke his leg after a foul by Qin Sheng, effectively ended his season after just one game. On 26 July 2020, Dourado made his comeback by scoring twice in a 4-3 defeat against

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in the opening game of the

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season. On 21 August 2022, during a

game between

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and

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, Dourado deliberately knocked referee

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over after a heated quarrel between the two, and was subsequently sent off for violent conduct. The game finished 2-2. Five days later, the Chinese FA announced a 12-month suspension to Dourado, which was the severest penalty in the history of Chinese Super League. On 24 November 2022, as a result of the suspension, Dourado was released from Henan.

Return to Palmeiras (loan)

On 24 July 2019 he accepted his return to

on a 6 months loan deal.

Cruzeiro

On 18 April 2023, Dourado was announced at Cruzeiro.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Individual

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top scorer: 2017 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the year: 2017

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dourado, Henrique 1989 births Living people Brazilian footballers Footballers from São Paulo Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Chinese Super League players Clube Atlético Lemense players União São João Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Santo André players Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube players Santos FC players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Fluminense FC players CR Flamengo footballers Primeira Liga players Vitória S.C. players Henan F.C. players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in China