Hélder Joaquim Máximo Catalão, known as Hélder (born 1 May 1955) is a former Portuguese

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player. He played 17 seasons and 335 games in the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

for

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, Académico de Viseu,

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and Académica de Coimbra.

Club career

He made his

debut for Académica de Coimbra on 11 May 1975 in a game against

CUF Barreiro Grupo Desportivo Fabril is a Portuguese sports club established as Grupo Desportivo CUF do Barreiro (commonly known as CUF Barreiro), with CUF standing for the company Companhia União Fabril. A multisports club best known for its football secti ...

References

1955 births People from Abrantes Living people Portuguese men's footballers Académica de Coimbra (football) players Primeira Liga players Académico de Viseu F.C. players Liga Portugal 2 players S.C. Braga players S.C. Beira-Mar players C.D. Nacional players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Santarém District 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen {{Portugal-footy-goalkeeper-stub