# Hélder Postiga

> Portuguese footballer

**Wikidata**: [Q214117](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214117)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hélder_Postiga)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/helder-postiga

## Summary
Hélder Postiga is a Portuguese association football player whose professional work period is recorded as 2001–2016. He is primarily identified as a Portuguese footballer and is the subject of a Wikipedia entry titled "Hélder Postiga."

## Biography
- Nationality: Portugal
- Known for: Portuguese footballer (association football player)
- Employer(s): (not specified in the provided source)
- Field(s): Association football (soccer)
- Aliases: Helder Postiga
- Work period: 2001–2016 (work_period_start: 2001; work_period_end: 2016)
- Wikipedia title: Hélder Postiga
- Wikidata description: Portuguese footballer
- Wikidata sitelink count (person): 52

## Contributions
The provided source material does not list specific publications, teams, papers, products, patents, clubs, or other concrete works attributed to Hélder Postiga. The only contribution-related facts in the source are his identification and classification as an association football player (and related occupation labels) and his recorded active work period from 2001 to 2016.

## FAQs
Q: What is Hélder Postiga's nationality?
A: He is Portuguese.

Q: What is Hélder Postiga known for?
A: He is known as a Portuguese association football player; the source identifies him as a footballer.

Q: When was Hélder Postiga professionally active?
A: The provided record lists his work period as starting in 2001 and ending in 2016.

Q: Are there alternate spellings or aliases for his name?
A: Yes. An alias listed in the source is "Helder Postiga."

Q: Where can I find a dedicated article about Hélder Postiga?
A: The source lists a Wikipedia page with the title "Hélder Postiga."

Q: Does the source list specific teams, clubs, or coaching positions?
A: No. The provided material does not specify any teams, clubs, employers, or coaching posts.

Q: What formal occupational labels are attached to Hélder Postiga in the source?
A: The source links him to the classes "association football player" and, as a related occupation type, "association football coach."

## Why They Matter
Hélder Postiga's notability in the provided material derives from his identity as a professional Portuguese association football player with an active period spanning 2001–2016. As a documented participant in professional football, he is part of Portugal's pool of athletes who contributed to the national and international visibility of Portuguese football during the early 21st century. The existence of a dedicated Wikipedia article and structured data entry indicates sustained public and encyclopedic interest, which preserves his record for sports historians, data aggregators, and fans seeking information about players active in that era. Without his recorded presence in these public knowledge bases, a portion of Portugal's footballing record for 2001–2016 would be less complete.

## Notable For
- Being identified in structured data as a Portuguese footballer.
- Work period recorded as 2001–2016.
- Listing on Wikipedia with the title "Hélder Postiga."
- Alias recorded as "Helder Postiga."
- Classification under the occupation concept "association football player."
- Related occupational concept: "association football coach" (as a related profession label in the source data).
- Presence in Wikidata with a sitelink count recorded as 52.

## Body

### Identity and database profile
- Name: Hélder Postiga.
- Alias: Helder Postiga.
- The Wikidata description assigns him the label "Portuguese footballer."
- The structured property "wikipedia_title" is listed as "Hélder Postiga."
- The person's Wikidata sitelink_count is recorded as 52 in the provided properties.

### Occupational classification
- The source associates Hélder Postiga with the class "association football player," defined in the source material as a person who plays association football (soccer). That class has a separate sitelink_count shown as 65 in related metadata.
- The related occupation concept "association football coach" also appears in the source as a connected entity; that concept has a sitelink_count shown as 35 in related metadata. The coach concept is noted as the profession/occupation for people doing training of association footballers, with a distinction made for team-position head coach or manager (referenced by an identifier in the source).
- The broader class "human" is included among related entities, indicating the subject is a human individual; that class has a sitelink_count shown as 273 in the metadata.

### National and contextual linkage
- Nationality: Portugal. The source lists Portugal as the country associated with the subject.
- The provided metadata includes the Portugal entity and a range of inception-related historical dates for that country, reflecting the source's broader dataset context for the country of Portugal.

### Timeframe of activity
- The structured properties record a work_period_start of 2001 and a work_period_end of 2016 for Hélder Postiga. This indicates the documented active professional span in the source is from 2001 through 2016.

### Public presence and documentation
- Hélder Postiga has a dedicated Wikipedia page titled "Hélder Postiga," demonstrating public encyclopedic coverage.
- The person's Wikidata entry includes a sitelink count of 52, indicating linkage across multiple language editions or external knowledge nodes in the source dataset.

### What is not present in the source
- The provided material does not include birthdate, birthplace, education, specific clubs or teams, match statistics, awards, coaching appointments, publications, patents, or other granular career details.
- No direct descriptions of individual matches, seasons, transfers, or honors are included in the available data.

### Data provenance and limits
- All facts in this entry are drawn directly from the provided source material; no external references or additional biographical details were introduced.
- The entry summarizes the available structured properties (aliases, work period, Wikidata/Wikipedia identifiers, occupational classifications, and nationality) and notes the absence of finer-grained career details in the source.

## References

1. [Source](http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=153)
2. Transfermarkt
3. Argentine Soccer Database
4. As
5. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
6. UEFA.com