Chiquinho
Personal information
Full name Francisco Jorge Tavares Oliveira[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-05) 5 February 2000[1]
Place of birth Cascais, Portugal
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Famalicão
(on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Number 10
Youth career
2008–2009 AFD Torre
2009–2019 Sporting CP
2017–2018 → Estoril (loan)
2018–2019 → Tondela (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Estoril 36 (4)
2022– Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 (0)
2023 → Stoke City (loan) 3 (0)
2023– → Famalicão (loan) 11 (2)
International career
2019 Portugal U20 4 (0)
2021 Portugal U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:33, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Francisco Jorge Tavares Oliveira (born 5 February 2000), known as Chiquinho, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Primeira Liga club F.C. Famalicão on loan from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Club career

Estoril

Born in Cascais, Lisbon District,[2] Chiquinho spent nearly one decade at the youth system of local Sporting CP. In 2019 he signed with neighbouring G.D. Estoril Praia,[3] making his Liga Portugal 2 debut on 18 January 2020 in a 1–0 home win against Académica de Coimbra where he came on as a 60th-minute substitute.[4][3] He scored his first goal as a professional the following month, in the 4–1 victory over Casa Pia A.C. also at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota.[5]

In the 2020–21 season, Chiquinho played 13 games to help the club return to the Primeira Liga as champions.[6] He made his first appearance in the competition on 7 August 2021, starting a 2–0 away defeat of F.C. Arouca.[7] His first goal came later that month, when he closed the 2–1 home win over C.S. Marítimo.[8]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 17 January 2022, Chiquinho joined Wolverhampton Wanderers on a three-and-a-half year contract,[9] for a reported fee of £2.9 million that could potentially rise to £4.2 million with add-ons.[10] He made his debut on 5 February, which coincidentally was his 22nd birthday, replacing Leander Dendoncker late into a 1–0 home loss against Norwich City in the round of 32 of the FA Cup.[11] His Premier League bow took place five days later, against Arsenal and again off the bench, in another defeat at Molineux Stadium by that scoreline.[12] He claimed his first assist on 10 March, setting up Rúben Neves for the fourth goal in the 4–0 home rout of Watford.[13]

Chiquinho suffered a serious knee injury in a pre-season friendly with Burnley in July 2022.[14] In summer 2023, he joined EFL Championship side Stoke City on loan for the season.[15] However, he was recalled after only playing four matches,[16] and shortly after moved to F.C. Famalicão in his country's top division also on loan.[17]

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 Cyprus in the 2023 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 January 2024[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Estoril 2019–20 Liga Portugal 2 810000—81
2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 1301110—151
2021–22 Primeira Liga 1533120—204
Total 364423000436
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2021–22 Premier League 8010——90
2022–23 Premier League 000000—00
2023–24 Premier League 000000—00
Total 8010000090
Stoke City (loan) 2023–24 EFL Championship 300010—40
Famalicão (loan) 2023–24 Primeira Liga 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
Career total 586524000678

    Honours

    Estoril

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "Chiquinho" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
    2. ↑ Gouveia Pereira, Miguel (9 October 2021). "O apanha-bolas que se tornou profissional e brilha com a camisola do Estoril" [The ballboy who became a professional and shines with Estoril's jersey]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
    3. 1 2 Travassos, Nuno (2 March 2021). "Chiquinho, o "mágico" da Liga Revelação" [Chiquinho, the "magician" of the Revelation League] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
    4. ↑ "Estoril-Académica, 1–0: Estudantes [sic] quebram jejum de vitórias e batem estudantes nos descontos" [Estoril-Académica, 1–0: Canaries break winning fast and beat students in injury time]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 January 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
    5. ↑ "Estoril-Casa Pia, 4–1: Estoril goleia e já espreita os lugares de subida" [Estoril-Casa Pia, 4–1: Estoril thrash and are already looking promotion spots directly in the face]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 February 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
    6. 1 2 "Futebol | Época 2020/2021: O ano do "Mágico"" [Football | 2020/2021 season: The year of the "Wizard"] (in Portuguese). Cascais.pt. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
    7. ↑ Almeida Santos, Rui (7 August 2021). "Arouca-Estoril, 0–2 (crónica)" [Arouca-Estoril, 0–2 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
    8. ↑ "Estoril continua em grande, vence Marítimo e salta para o topo da Liga" [Estoril still on fire, beating Marítimo to climb atop of the League]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 27 August 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
    9. ↑ "Promising winger Chiquinho signs for Wolves". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
    10. ↑ Romano, Fabrizio (17 January 2022). "Wolves agree deal to sign winger Chiquinho from Estoril for £2.9m". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
    11. ↑ Hafez, Shamoon (5 February 2022). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Norwich City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
    12. ↑ Begley, Emlyn (10 February 2022). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
    13. ↑ Stone, Simon (10 March 2022). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–0 Watford: Early goals heap misery on Roy Hodgson's side". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
    14. ↑ "Chiquinho: Wolves winger suffers serious knee injury in friendly". BBC Sport. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
    15. ↑ "Chiquinho checks in with the Potters". Stoke City F.C. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
    16. ↑ Judah, Nathan (31 August 2023). "Chiquinho set for Portugal loan after Stoke recall". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
    17. ↑ "Oficial: Chiquinho está de volta a Portugal para reforçar o Famalicão" [Official: Chiquinho returns to Portugal to bolster Famalicão]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
    18. ↑ "Portugal embalado pela magia de Vitinha e a eficácia de Ramos" [Portugal propelled by Vitinha magic and Ramos efficiency]. Público (in Portuguese). 12 November 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
    19. ↑ Chiquinho at Soccerway
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