Hélio Miguel Júnior (born 27 January 1997), known as Neneca, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a goalkeeper for

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club Santa Clara, on loan from Cascavel.

Club career

Neneca is a youth product of Londrina and started training with their senior team in 2021, before being promoted formally in 2022. He made his senior and professional debut with Londrina in a 2–1

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system ...

loss to

Atlético Goianiense Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

on 8 May 2023. In March 2024, he moved to Cascavel in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. On 31 July 2024, he joined the Portuguese club Santa Clara on loan for a season as they returned to the

Personal life

Neneca is the son of the former footballer, also nicknamed

Neneca Neneca is a common nickname in Brazil, and may refer to: * Hélio Miguel (1947–2015), Brazilian football goalkeeper * Anderson Soares da Silva (born 1980), Brazilian football goalkeeper * Alessandra Januário dos Santos (born 1988), Brazilian vol ...

, who died in 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neneca 2003 births Living people Footballers from Londrina Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Londrina Esporte Clube players FC Cascavel players C.D. Santa Clara players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Campeonato Paranaense players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriates in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal