Francisco Jorge Tavares Oliveira (born 5 February 2000), known as Chiquinho, is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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Club career

Estoril

Born in

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, Chiquinho spent nearly one decade at the youth system of local

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

. In 2019 he signed with neighbouring

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coimb ...

, making his

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debut on 18 January 2020 in a 1–0 home win against Académica de Coimbra where he came on as a 60th-minute substitute. He scored his first goal as a professional the following month, in the 4–1 victory over

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also at the

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. In the 2020–21 season, Chiquinho played 13 games to help the club return to the

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as champions. He made his first appearance in the competition on 7 August 2021, starting a 2–0 away defeat of

F.C. Arouca Futebol Clube de Arouca () is a football club based in Arouca, Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,000-seat capacity. History Founde ...

. His first goal came later that month, when he closed the 2–1 home win over

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 17 January 2022, Chiquinho joined

on a three-and-a-half year contract, for a reported fee of £2.9 million that could potentially rise to £4.2 million with add-ons. He made his debut on 5 February, which coincidentally was his 22nd birthday, replacing

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late into a 1–0 home loss against

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in the

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of the

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. His

bow took place five days later, against

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and again off the bench, in another defeat at

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by that scoreline. He claimed his first

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on 10 March, setting up

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for the fourth goal in the 4–0 home rout of

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. Chiquinho suffered a serious knee injury in a pre-season friendly with

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in July 2022.

International career

Chiquinho made his Portugal under-21 debut on 12 November 2021, replacing Fábio Silva in the second half of the 1–0 win in

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in the 2023 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.

Career statistics

Honours

Estoril *

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National team data
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiquinho 2000 births Living people Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Sportspeople from Cascais Black Portuguese sportspeople Portuguese footballers Association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Sporting CP footballers C.D. Tondela players G.D. Estoril Praia players Premier League players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England