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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henrique Hilário Meireles Alves Sampaio[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-10-21)21 October 1975 (age 49)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | São Pedro da Cova, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | England (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1994 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Naval | 27 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Académica | 33 | (0) |
| 1996–2004 | Porto | 40 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | →Estrela Amadora (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Porto B | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | →Varzim (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2003 | →Académica (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | →Nacional (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Nacional | 40 | (0) |
| 2006–2014 | Chelsea | 20 | (0) |
| Total | 242 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Portugal U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Portugal U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2000 | Portugal B | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Henrique Hilário Meireles Alves Sampaio (born 21 October 1975), known asHilário, is a Portuguesefootball coach and formerplayer who played as agoalkeeper. He is the goalkeeping coach of theEngland national team.
He spent most of his professional career withPorto and Chelsea, mainly as a backup. He appeared in 160Primeira Liga matches over nine seasons.
Hilário was born inSão Pedro da Cova,Porto District.[3] After emerging throughPorto's youth system, he left and began playing professionally withNaval andAcadémica de Coimbra – respectively in theSegunda Divisão andSegunda Divisão de Honra.[4][5]
Hilário returned to Porto for the1996–97 season, afterVítor Baía's departure toBarcelona, appearing in 18 matches as the club won thePrimeira Divisão championship for the third successive season. He soon would be deemed surplus to requirements however (Baía also returned from Spain in January 1999), beingloaned four times during his spell while also being demoted tothe reserves.[6][7][8][4]
Released by Porto in summer 2004, Hilário signed withNacional on a permanent basis.[8] He played 29 matches in hisfirst year, but lost his place after the arrival of SwissDiego Benaglio.[9]
Hilário signed forChelsea on 1 June 2006, joining former Porto bossJosé Mourinho, the two having coincided there for a brief period in the 2003–04 pre-season. He was originally signed as third choice behindPetr Čech andCarlo Cudicini,[10] but was handed a run in the first team after they both sustained injuries in a game againstReading on 14 October 2006.[11] He made his debut on 18 October against Barcelona atStamford Bridge, keeping aclean sheet in a 1–0 win.[12] HisPremier League debut came three days later, in a 2–1 home victory overPortsmouth.[13]
Hilário's run in the side saw him make a total of 18 appearances duringthe season, not conceding any goals in eight of those – he also saved apenalty in a game away toSheffield United.[14] Čech's return to fitness in February 2007 saw him lose his place in the team, and was an unusedsubstitute in theFootball League Cup final win overArsenal.[15]
At the start of the2007–08 campaign, Hilário found himself again third choice to both Čech and Cudicini, but made a substitute appearance againstBlackburn Rovers atEwood Park after Čech suffered a hip injury.[16] He went on to start againstNewcastle United andFulham as his team won both matches 2–1.[17][18] On 8 April 2008, he came from the bench againstFenerbahce (due to an injury to Cudicini) in the second leg of thequarter-finals of theUEFA Champions League (2–0 home win, 3–2 on aggregate).[19]
Cudicini left forTottenham Hotspur in January 2009, leaving Hilário as second choice and promotingRhys Taylor to the first team.[20] Hilário made his first start of2008–09 on 7 February after an injury to Čech, in a 0–0 draw at home toHull City.[21] He was also an unused substitute during Chelsea's2009 FA Cup final defeat ofEverton.[22]
On 26 September 2009, when Čech wasred carded againstWigan Athletic after a tackle onHugo Rodallega, Hilário came on forFlorent Malouda and conceded two goals in a 3–1 away loss.[23] Due to Čech's suspension, he was in the starting line-up for the game againstLiverpool at home on 4 October, and performed well, keeping a clean sheet.[24]
Hilário made his first appearance of 2010 after coming off the bench for an injured Čech in the second half of Chelsea's 2–1 loss atInter Milan in the first leg of theChampions League round of 16, conceding no goals in about 30 minutes.[25] He added another in the Premier League, this time againstManchester City, conceding braces fromCraig Bellamy andCarlos Tevez in their first home defeat of the2009–10 season (4–2),[26] although his side eventually won the championship.[27]
In June 2011, Hilário signed a new one-year contract with Chelsea.[28] Following the appointment of countrymanAndré Villas-Boas asmanager[29] and the knee injury suffered by Čech in pre-season, he was propelled to the starting line-up overRoss Turnbull, appearing in two games and conceding twice in as many home wins.[30][31]
Hilário was due to be released at the end of2012–13 as his contract expired.[32] On 1 August, however, following the return of his compatriot Mourinho as manager, he agreed to a new one-year deal with the club.[33] He eventually left at the end ofthe season,[34] before retiring from playing in August at the age of 38.[35]
Hilário received his first call-up forPortugal in November 2009, at the age of 34, as backup toEduardo for the2010 FIFA World Cupqualifying matches againstBosnia and Herzegovina,[36][37] a role for whichBeto,Daniel Fernandes,José Moreira andRui Patrício were also tried.[38][39] After being an unused substitute on that match he made his debut in the next game, coming on for Eduardo athalf-time of the 2–0friendly win overChina on 3 March 2010.[40]
Hilário returned to Chelsea on 22 July 2016, being appointed assistant goalkeepingcoach by the newly appointed managerAntonio Conte.[41] He was promoted to the position of goalkeeping coach underMaurizio Sarri in August 2018.[42]
On 20 November 2024, Hilário became goalkeeper coach of theEngland national team, underThomas Tuchel who he worked with at Chelsea; the former had spent 18 years at the club as both a player and coach.[43][44]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Naval | 1994–95[45] | Segunda Divisão B | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Académica | 1995–96[45] | Segunda Divisão de Honra | 33 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Porto | 1996–97[45] | Primeira Divisão | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 1997–98[45] | Primeira Divisão | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000[45] | Primeira Liga | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 6[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | |||
| Estrela Amadora (loan) | 1998–99[45] | Primeira Divisão | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Porto B | 1999–2000[45] | Segunda Divisão B | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2002–03[45] | Segunda Divisão B | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Varzim (loan) | 2001–02[45] | Primeira Liga | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| Académica (loan) | 2002–03[45] | Primeira Liga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Nacional (loan) | 2003–04[45] | Primeira Liga | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Nacional | 2004–05[45] | Primeira Liga | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06[45] | Primeira Liga | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 46 | 0 | ||||
| Chelsea | 2006–07[46] | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2007–08[47] | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[48] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10[49] | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2010–11[50] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011–12[51] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[52] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14[53] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 242 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 291 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal[54] | 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
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