Hélder Manuel Teles Godinho (born 8 September 1977) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Covilhã Covilhã (), officially Covilhã City (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in the Centro, Portugal, Centro region, Portugal. The city proper had 33,691 inhabitants in 2021. The municipality population in 2021 was 46,455 in an area of . It is ...

, Godinho played in the lower leagues of Portuguese football until the age of 27, when he signed for

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese association football, football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of football in ...

of the second division in the 2004 off-season. During three of the five seasons with the club, he was first-choice. For 2009–10, Godinho joined

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side

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria (), commonly known as União de Leiria, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Leiria. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pe ...

, but was only a backup during his spell, appearing in just eight official matches. He returned to division two in the following campaign, signing with C.D. Aves. Godinho spent the 2011–12 season with FC Brașov in

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, playing second-fiddle to compatriot

Mário Felgueiras Mário Jorge Quintas Felgueiras (born 12 December 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently sporting director at Liga I club Universitatea Craiova. He started playing for Sporting, Portimone ...

and being released in June 2012.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Godinho, Helder 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Covilhã Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Oliveira do Hospital players Académico de Viseu F.C. players C.D. Feirense players U.D. Leiria players C.D. Aves players C.D. Santa Clara players U.D. Oliveirense players FC Brașov (1936) players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Footballers from Castelo Branco District