Hélder Postiga

Hélder Postiga was born on August 2 1982 in Vila do Conde near Oporto.

Source Lazio Wiki

He started playing football with Varzim before moving to the Porto youth teams and playing with the B team. He debuted in the Portuguese first tier in 2001 becoming a first eleven player under José Mourinho. After winning the title in 2003 he signed for Tottenham but his year in the premiership was a huge disappointment. Having been centre forward of the Portuguese champions, a lot was expected but he only managed 2 goals in 24 appearances. The Daily Mail in 2009 placed him in 31st place as the worst strikers to have played in the Premier League.

In the summer of 2004 he went back to Porto scoring three goals, all in the last games of the season, in 34 appearances. After another unsuccessful half season, he was loaned to Saint Etienne in January 2006 where he scored a couple of goals in 17 appearances. Back at Porto for the 2006-07 season he played more regularly and scored more goals, 11 in 31 games. For the following season he rarely played and in January 2008 he was loaned to Panathinaikos. In June he left Porto and joined Sporting Lisbon where he played for three years with 111 appearances and 18 goals. In 2011 he moved to Real Zaragoza and did rather well with a personal record number of goals in 2012-13 which however did not allow the club to stay in the first tier. He then signed for Valencia but after six months was loaned to Lazio.

In Rome he got injured on his first day of training and it took a couple of months to see him play. In the end he made just five appearances, and we can safely say his performances were far from being even decent.

He then played a year for Deportivo La Coruña before a surprise move. In 2015 he signed for Atletico Kolkata in the Indian Super League but got injured in his first match and never played again that season. Back in Portugal in February 2016, he signed for Rio Ave and helped them reach a qualification to the Europa League. In August he went back to Kolkata, got injured in his second game, but returned and helped the club win the league title.

In his long career Postiga won quite a lot of titles: the Portuguese league twice with Porto (2002-03 and 2006-07), a national cup with Porto (2002-03), three Super Cups (Porto 2004 and 2006, Sporting Lisbon 2008), a UEFA Cup (Porto 2002-03) and an Intercontinental Cup (2004) plus an Indian Super League.

He also had a long career playing for Portugal, 71 caps with 27 goals. He played in the 2004 Euros where Portugal lost the final to Greece, the 2006 World Cup where they reached the semi-finals, Euro 2012 again losing in the semis and the World Cup of 2014.

Lazio Career

Season	Total Serie A Appearances
2013-14	5

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