Henrique Almeida

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Henrique Almeida Caixeta Nascentes (born 27 May 1991), known as Henrique Almeida, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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Henrique Almeida
Personal information
Full name Henrique Almeida Caixeta Nascentes
Date of birth (1991-05-27) 27 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Brasília, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2006–2007 Atlético Paranaense
2007–2009 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 São Paulo 30 (4)
2010Vitória (loan) 17 (4)
2012Granada (loan) 6 (0)
2012Sport Recife (loan) 16 (4)
2013–2015 Botafogo 34 (4)
2014Bahia (loan) 25 (2)
2015Coritiba (loan) 20 (12)
2016–2019 Grêmio 27 (2)
2017Coritiba (loan) 45 (12)
2018Giresunspor (loan) 12 (4)
2018Belenenses SAD (loan) 15 (5)
2019Chapecoense (loan) 12 (3)
2020 Goiás 4 (0)
2021 Chapecoense 10 (0)
2022–2023 América Mineiro 45 (9)
2023–2024 Vila Nova 57 (9)
2025 Portuguesa 8 (0)
International career
2011 Brazil U20 16 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:12, 21 February 2025 (UTC)
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Club career

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Born in Brasília, Federal District, Henrique Almeida began his career as a goalkeeper in futsal, but later moved to a forward position when transitioning to the fields.[1] He joined São Paulo's youth setup from Atlético Paranaense.[2]

After impressing in the 2009 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, Henrique Almeida made his first team debut on 8 March of that year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Aislan in a 2–0 Campeonato Paulista away loss to Mogi Mirim.[3] Rarely used, he only scored his first goal on 18 February 2010, netting his side's third in a 3–1 home win over Grêmio Barueri.[4]

On 19 July 2010, Henrique Almeida was presented at Vitória on loan for the remainder of the year.[5] He scored his first goals for the side on 15 August, netting a brace in a 4–2 home win over Santos, and despite scoring a further two goals, suffered team relegation.

Back to São Paulo, Henrique Almeida spent several months away on international duty, later declaring he would leave the club in August as he was "out of contract".[6] However, he returned to the club shortly after, as his contract was running until 2013.[7]

On 17 January 2012, it was announced São Paulo had agreed a fee to sell Henrique Almeida to English club QPR, subject to a work permit.[8] Six days later, however, news broke of the collapse of the deal due to the work permit not being granted to the player,[9] and he moved to La Liga side Granada on loan on 31 January.[10]

On 25 May 2012, after featuring rarely at Granada, Henrique Almeida joined Sport Recife also in a temporary deal.[11] The following 2 January, he signed a four-year contract with Botafogo, after the club bought 50% of his economic rights.[12]

In April 2014, Henrique Almeida was loaned to Bahia until the end of the year.[13] Back to Fogão for the 2015 season, he only featured in five matches before moving out to Coritiba also in a temporary deal.[14]

Henrique Almeida scored a career-best 12 goals in only 20 matches for Coxa, before joining Grêmio on a four-year contract on 3 February 2016.[15] After only three goals in the year, he returned to Coritiba on 17 January 2017, also on loan.[16]

On 28 January 2018, after suffering relegation, Henrique Almeida moved to Turkish side Giresunspor on a six-month loan deal.[17] Another loans to Portuguese club Belenenses SAD[18] and Chapecoense[19] followed, being also relegated with the latter.

Henrique Almeida signed for Goiás on 6 January 2020,[20] playing in four matches before suffering an Achilles tendon injury. On 20 August 2021, he returned to Chape on a short-term deal,[21] again suffering relegation.

On 19 January 2022, Henrique Almeida was announced at América Mineiro.[22] He renewed his link for a further year on 19 October,[23] but left in July 2023 to join Vila Nova.[24]

On 3 January 2025, Henrique Almeida was announced at Portuguesa.[25]

International career

Henrique Almeida represented Brazil at under-20 level in the 2011 South American Youth Championship and the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. At the latter tournament, he scored Brazil's 200th goal in the competition,[26] being also awarded the Golden Ball and the Golden Shoe.[27]

Career statistics

As of 21 February 2025[28]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league[a] National cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
São Paulo 2009 Série A 301040
2010 00710071
2011 1217210203
Total 1511531000314
Vitória (loan) 2010 Série A 174174
Granada (loan) 2011–12 La Liga 6060
Sport Recife (loan) 2012 Série A 164164
Botafogo 2013 Série A 1306040230
2014 00134005[c]1185
2015 Série B 10103050
Total 1402047051465
Bahia (loan) 2014 Série A 252313[d]1314
Coritiba (loan) 2014 Série A 20122012
Grêmio 2016 Série A 171101104[c]11[e]0333
Coritiba (loan) 2017 Série A 327135204712
Giresunspor (loan) 2017–18 TFF First League 12420144
Belenenses SAD (loan) 2018–19 Primeira Liga 155103[f]0195
Chapecoense (loan) 2019 Série A 123123
Goiás 2020 Série A 00400040
Chapecoense 2021 Série A 100100
América Mineiro 2022 Série A 28682405[c]0458
2023 4051101[d]0111
Total 3261335060569
Villa Nova 2023 Série B 151151
2024 3261026[g]0488
Total 47710260639
Portuguesa 2025 Série D 00800080
Career Total 29056931822118310043378
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Honours

Botafogo

Grêmio

Brazil U20

Individual

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