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 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 (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

. In 2019 he signed with neighbouring

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

, 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 Casa Pia A.C. 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. His first goal came later that month, when he closed the 2–1 home win over C.S. Marítimo.

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 Leander Dendoncker late into a 1–0 home loss against

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in the round of 32 of the

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. His

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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 assist on 10 March, setting up Rúben Neves 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. In summer 2023, he joined

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side Stoke City on loan for the season. However, he was recalled after only playing four matches, and shortly after moved to F.C. Famalicão in his country's top division also on loan. On 30 August 2024, Chiquinho moved to

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club

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on a one-year loan deal.

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 *

: 2020–21

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiquinho 2000 births Living people Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Black Portuguese sportspeople 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Cascais Men's association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Sporting CP footballers C.D. Tondela players G.D. Estoril Praia players F.C. Famalicão players Premier League players English Football League players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players La Liga players RCD Mallorca players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain