Hélder Lopes

Las Palmas On 31 May 2016, Lopes agreed to a two-year contract with La Liga club UD Las Palmas. His competitive debut took place on 1 October, as he started and played 69 minutes in a 2–2 draw at CA Osasuna.

AEK Athens On 21 June 2017, the free agent Lopes signed a two-year deal at AEK Athens FC. He made his official debut on 2 August, in a 1–0 away defeat against PFC CSKA Moscow in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

Lopes scored his first goal for the team on 6 January 2018, in a 4–1 victory over against Panetolikos F.C. after an assist from Masoud Shojaei. He appeared in 31 matches in all competitions in his first season, helping the club to win its first Super League Greece since 1994.

On 29 September 2018, in an away fixture against OFI Crete FC, Lopes suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury. On 8 January 2019, he agreed to a contract extension until the summer of 2022.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva In August 2021, Lopes joined Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. of the Israeli Premier League. In his first season, the team won the State Cup, with him scoring the decisive strike in the penalty shootout after a 2–2 final draw with Maccabi Haifa FC. On 16 July, they lifted the Super Cup, with him also on target as they won on the same method against the same adversary; in between the two honours, the option of a second year on his contract was exercised.

Later career Lopes returned to Portugal on 4 August 2026, with the 37-year-old agreeing to a one-year contract at Liga Portugal 2 side Académica de Coimbra.

Personal life Lopes' twin brother, Tiago, was also a footballer and a defender.

Career statistics

Honours AEK Athens Super League Greece: 2017–18 Israel State Cup: 2021–22, 2024–25 Israel Super Cup: 2022, 2025