Henrique Pacheco de Lima (born 16 May 1985), simply known as Henrique, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Cruzeiro.

Club career

Born in

Londrina Londrina (, literally "Little London") is a city located in the north of the state of Paraná, South Region, Brazil, and is away from the state capital, Curitiba. It is the second largest city in the state and fourth largest in the southern regi ...

, Paraná, Henrique started his professional career at

Londrina Esporte Clube Londrina Esporte Clube, more commonly referred to as Londrina, is a Brazilian professional association football club in Londrina, Paraná which currently plays in Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, after being promoted from Sé ...

. He signed a professional contract with Londrina Junior Team on 1 September 2004, the affiliated club of

(later became an independent club). He was loaned back to Londrina in 2004 and in January 2005 after extended his contract with the junior team. He played once in

2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2004, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from April 23 to December 11, 2004. The competition had 24 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated ...

(on 25 September) and once in

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and left the club after the end of 2005

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. He was loaned to

Figueirense Figueirense Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Figueirense, is a Brazilian professional club based in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina founded on 12 June 1921. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian ...

. and the loan was renewed on 1 February 2006 and 6 June. He also renewed his contract with the junior team on the same day. In August 2007, he was transferred to

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club

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. He then loaned back to Cruzeiro for 2008 season, along with

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. In January 2009, the loan renewed. In the

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Final, Henrique scored the opening goal for Cruzeiro from over 18 yards out. However, Cruzeiro lost the game and the championship to

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. In January 2010, Cruzeiro bought him outright. He signed a new 5-year deal with the club. In March 2011, he got a call from

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to be part of the Brazilian soccer squad for the first time. On 3 January 2013, after two years playing for Santos, Henrique comes back to Cruzeiro.

Club Statistics

International career

Henrique was called up for the first time in 2011, by coach

, to friendly game against

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. He knew this when he was flying. On 19 January 2017, he came back to Brazilian Team being called up by coach Tite to friendly game against

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, six days later.Confira convocados para amistoso da Seleção Brasileira contra a Colômbia
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Honours

Club

;Cruzeiro *

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: 2017, 2018 ;Santos *

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;Fluminense *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henrique 1985 births Living people Footballers from Londrina Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Londrina Esporte Clube players Figueirense FC players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Santos FC players Fluminense FC players J1 League players Júbilo Iwata players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan