Héber Araujo dos Santos (born 10 August 1991), commonly known as Héber, is a Brazilian professional

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who played most recently as a forward for

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club Cangzhou Mighty Lions.

Club career

In June 2016, Héber switched teams within the Croatian league, joining

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from Slaven Belupo for a transfer fee of €450,000. He signed a three-year contract with the club with an option for a two-year extension. On 21 March 2019, Héber joined

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side

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. He was the team's leading scorer for the 2019 season with 15 goals. In a match against Toronto FC, Héber tore his ACL, ending his 2020 season. He was traded to

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on 29 December 2022 in exchange for $400,000 in General Allocation Money, with potential for a further $150,000 should certain conditions be met. Héber made his debut for the club in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup and later scored in his first MLS match on 26 February against the

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. He was released from the team at the end of the season. On 29 February 2024, Héber joined

club Cangzhou Mighty Lions.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Alashkert *

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: 2015–16 New York City FC *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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Individual *Armenian Premier League Top Scorer: 2015–16 * SN Yellow Shirt Award: 2017–18

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heber Araujo dos Santos 1991 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Armenian Premier League players Croatian Football League players Major League Soccer players Chinese Super League players Figueirense FC players Avaí FC players FC Alashkert players NK Slaven Belupo players HNK Rijeka players New York City FC players Seattle Sounders FC players Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China Footballers from Rondônia 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen