Hélder Cristóvão

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Hélder
Personal information
Full name	Hélder Marino Rodrigues Cristóvão
Date of birth	March 21, 1971 (1971-03-21) (age 37)
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1992 1992-1996 1997-2002 1999-2000 2002-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006	Estoril-Praia S.L. Benfica Deportivo de La Coruña →Newcastle United (loan) S.L. Benfica Paris Saint-Germain Larissa Career	0081 0(5) 0125 0(9) 0067 0(1) 0008 0(1) 0041 0(2) 0016 0(1) 0009 0(0) 0347 (19)
National team
1992-2001	Portugal	0035 0(3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Hélder Marino Rodrigues Cristóvão, better known as Hélder (born Luanda, March 21, 1971) is a retired Portuguese footballer of Angolan descent, who played as a central-defender.

He first attracted attention as a GD Estoril-Praia player, moving to Benfica in 1992/93, where he stayed until 1996/97. He moved to Deportivo de La Coruña the same season. In the 1999/2000 season, he moved on-loan to Newcastle United, making 12 appearances and scoring one goal before returning to Deportivo. He returned to Benfica at the end of his career, where he played until 2003/2004, joining Paris Saint-Germain FC the following season. He played his last season for Larissa in 2005/2006, making 9 appearances and he retired at the end of the season.

He won the Portuguese Liga with Benfica in the season of 1993/94 and the Cup of Portugal in 1993, 1996 and 2004. As a Deportivo La Coruña player, he also won the Spanish La Liga, in 1999/2000.

He appeared 35 times for the Portugal National Football Team, scoring 3 goals. His first game was on 12 February 1992, a 2-0 win over the Netherlands, in a friendly match, and his last game a 0-4 loss to France, in Paris, on April 25, 2001, in another friendly match. He played at the Euro 1996 finals.

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v • d • e Portugal squad - UEFA Euro 1996 1 V. Baia • 2 Secretário • 3 Paulinho Santos • 4 Oceano • 5 F. Couto • 6 Tavares • 7 Paneira • 8 J. Pinto • 9 Sá Pinto • 10 Rui Costa • 11 Cadete • 12 Alfredo • 13 Dimas • 14 P. Barbosa • 15 Domingos • 16 Hélder • 17 Porfírio • 18 Folha • 19 P. Sousa • 20 Figo • 21 P. Madeira • 22 R. Correia • Coach: A. Oliveira