Héverton Durães Coutinho Alves, (born 28 October 1985), commonly known as Héverton, is a Brazilian former professional

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er who played as a

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Career

Héverton was born in

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, Brazil. His career started in 1999 with Guarani, he stayed with the club until 2004 when he left to join Turkish club Ankaragücü. He made 7 league appearances for Ankaragücü and scored one goal before returning to Brazil to sign for União Barbarense. Next came a move to Ponte Preta, before Héverton joined

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in 2007 where he played nine times. In 2008, he signed for Vitória but made just two appearances before leaving. Following his departure from Vitória, he completed a transfer to Portuguesa. Héverton's seventh club was his most successful move to date as he made 68 appearances and scored 24 goals in the space of five years. His best season for Portuguesa came in 2010, he began it by scoring 11 times in the club's

2010 Campeonato Paulista The 2010 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 109th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Santos were crowned champions after a 5–5 tie on aggregate score against Santo André ...

campaign and continued his fine form into the following Série B season where he scored 12 goals in 32 matches. 2011 also started well for Héverton as he scored three goals in six

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games, this preceded a loan move to

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. He scored once in five Paulista matches for Atlético Paranaense before returning to Portuguesa. Shortly after returning to Portuguesa, Héverton was again on his way out on loan as he agreed to join Korean club

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on loan until June 2012. He made his

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debut on 16 July 2011 in a match against Jeju United where he also opened the scoring in the 19th minute, the match ended 2–2. He went on to make 12 appearances in total for Seongnam whilst scoring an impressive six goals from midfield. Seongnam finished the season in 10th but qualified for the

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as winners of the 2011 Korean FA Cup. In the club's 2012 Champions League run, Héverton scored twice (both against

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) in five appearances as Seongnam qualified for the

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before getting eliminated by Bunyodkor. He made seven further appearances in all competitions for Seongnam before going back to his parent club Portuguesa. Back with Portuguesa, he made 15 appearances and scored once to end the year with Portuguesa. 29 appearances (including one in the

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) and 2 goals followed for the club in the 2013 season as the club won the 2013 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 before Héverton left to join Paysandu where he made 18 appearances and scored 4 goals during 2014. In 2015, Héverton joined

. He played three matches in the 2015 Copa Verde and two in the 2015 Copa do Brasil before departing and subsequently joining

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in 2016. He participated in three games before being released in April 2016.

Honours

Seongnam *

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Portuguesa *

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: 2013

References

External links

PELE.NETPortuguesa squad
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heverton 1985 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Brasília Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Süper Lig players K League 1 players Guarani FC players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Club Athletico Paranaense players Paysandu Sport Club players MKE Ankaragücü footballers Seongnam FC players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen