José Henrique da Silva Dourado (born 15 September 1989), known as Henrique Dourado, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Botafogo-PB.

Career Early career Born in São Paulo, Dourado made his senior debut with Guarulhos, in the 2008 Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão (state league fourth division). In the following year, he joined Lemense in the same category, and scored 14 goals in the 2009 Paulista Segunda Divisão.; Federação Paulista de Futebol

In 2010, Dourado signed a contract with União São João. In August 2011, he joined Santo André.Santo André se reforça para seguência da série C (Santo André is reinforced for the following of Série C) ; Santo André Futebol, 18 August 2011 He made his debut for the club on 21 August, against Joinville, and scored a goal almost a month later, against Brasil de Pelotas.

In September 2011, Dourado left Santo André and joined Cianorte.Reforços já treinam no Cianorte (Signings already trains in Cianorte) ; Leão do Norte, 23 September 2011 A year later, he joined Chapecoense.Chega o 16º atacante na temporada (Arrives the 16th striker) ; Futebol SC, 27 September 2012 He helped the team to promotion, scoring 5 goals in only 8 matches. In December 2012, he signed a contract with Mogi Mirim.Henrique chega para reforçar o ataque do Sapo (Henrique arrives to reinforce Sapo's attack) ; Mogi Mirim, 26 December 2012 He made his Sapo debut on 20 January 2013, against Ponte Preta. He scored his first goal on the 31st, against Corinthians. On 27 April, he scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 routing against Botafogo-SP.Com show no 2º tempo, Mogi Mirim massacra o Botafogo e pega o Santos (With 'show' at the second half, Mogi Mirim slays Botafogo and faces Santos); Globo Esporte, 27 April 2013

Santos On 21 May 2013, Dourado signed a one-year loan deal with Santos, with his rights being assigned to Mirassol. Five days later, he made Peixe - and Série A - debut, in a 0–0 draw against Flamengo.

Portuguesa On 9 September 2013, after only three league appearances for Santos, Dourado signed with Portuguesa.Portuguesa acerta a contratação do atacante Henrique, que estava no Santos (Portuguesa completes signing of forward Henrique, who was at Santos) ; FutNet, 9 September 2013 He scored three goals during the season, with Portuguesa being relegated despite finishing in 12th.

Palmeiras After being the topscorer of Lusa in 2014 Campeonato Paulista, Dourado joined Palmeiras on 28 April 2014, on loan until the end of the year.Palmeiras anuncia a contratação do atacante Henrique, ex-Portuguesa (Palmeiras announces signing of forward Henrique, former Portuguesa player); Globo Esporte, 28 April 2014 He was the club's top goalscorer with 16 goals (the second-best in the competition) as his side narrowly avoided relegation.

Cruzeiro and Vitória de Guimarães On 7 February 2015, Dourado was announced at Cruzeiro on loan until the end of the year. After scoring just once in six months, he moved to Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães for the 2015–16 season, where he scored 12 goals in 30 games.

Fluminense On 30 June 2016, Dourado returned to Brazil with Fluminense. The striker scored a penalty in normal time to help secure a 3–3 draw in the final of the 2017 Taça Guanabara, against bitter rivals Flamengo. Fluminense went on to win in the penalty shootout.

Playing for Fluminense, he was the top scorer of the 2017 Série A along with Jô (for Corinthians), both with 18 goals. In 2017, he was also the country's isolated top scorer amongst players of the top division, with 32 goals.

Flamengo On 1 February 2018, Flamengo announced Dourado's signing paying the sum of R$11million (around US$3.47 million and €2.79 million) to acquire 75% of his economic rights.

Henan Jianye On 1 March 2019, Dourado joined Chinese Super League club Henan Jianye. Two days later, in the opening game of the 2019 Chinese Super League season, Dourado scored his first goal for Henan in his debut in a 1–1 draw against Dalian Professional, then tragically broke his leg after a foul by Qin Sheng, effectively ended his season after just one game.

Return to Palmeiras (loan) On 24 July 2019, Dourado accepted his return to Palmeiras on a six-month loan deal.

Return from loan On 26 July 2020, Dourado made his comeback by scoring twice in a 4–3 defeat against Jiangsu Suning in the opening game of the 2020 Chinese Super League season.

On 21 August 2022, during a Chinese Super League game between Wuhan Yangtze River and Henan Songshan Longmen, Dourado deliberately knocked referee Ma Ning over after a heated quarrel between the two, and was subsequently sent off for violent conduct. The game finished 2–2. Five days later, the Chinese FA announced a 12-month suspension to Dourado, which was the severest penalty in the history of Chinese Super League. On 24 November 2022, as a result of the suspension, Dourado was released from Henan.

Cruzeiro return On 18 April 2023, Dourado was announced at Cruzeiro. On 1 August, after just 11 matches and one goal, he reached an agreement to terminate his contract.

Chapecoense return On 22 August 2023, Dourado returned to Chapecoense on a contract until the end of the year. He made 13 goalless appearances for Chape as they narrowly avoided relegation in the 2023 Série B.

Portuguesa return On 6 December 2023, Dourado returned to Portuguesa after nearly ten years.

Career statistics

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGuarulhos2008Paulista 2ª Divisão—223———223Lemense2009Paulista 2ª Divisão—2614———2614União São João2010Paulista A2—123——1332562011—174——60234Total—297——1934810Santo André2011Série C21————21Cianorte2011Série D20————20201275219———2814Total95219———3014Chapecoense2012Série C85————85Mogi Mirim2013Série C—208———208Santos2013Série A30—10——40Portuguesa2013Série A153————1532014Série B—147———147Total153147———2910Palmeiras2014Série A3316—62——3918Cruzeiro2015Série A5031—30—111Vitória de Guimarães B2015–16LigaPro21————21Vitória de Guimarães2015–16Primeira Liga2812——20—3012Fluminense2016Série A122—20——142201732181167474205932Total44201169474207334Flamengo2018Série A206835172—40122019003200000032Total2061155172004314Henan Jianye2019Chinese Super League11—00——112020168—10——1782021208—31——2392022135—00——135Total5022—41——5423Palmeiras (loan)2019Série A40————40Cruzeiro2023Série A111————111Chapecoense2023Série B130————130Portuguesa2024Paulista—111———111Career total2569215756238196213478159

Honours Individual Campeonato Brasileiro Série A top scorer: 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the year: 2017

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