| Chay | |
| Fullname: | Chayene Medeiros Oliveira Santos |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Maceió, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.77m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Guarani (on loan from Botafogo) |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Youthclubs1: | Bela Vista |
| Youthyears2: | 2008–2009 |
| Youthclubs2: | Bonsucesso |
| Years1: | 2008 |
| Clubs1: | Canto do Rio |
| Caps1: | 13 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2009 |
| Clubs2: | Songkhla |
| Years3: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs3: | Muangthong United |
| Years4: | 2010 |
| Clubs4: | → Buriram (loan) |
| Years5: | 2011 |
| Clubs5: | → Songkhla (loan) |
| Caps5: | ? |
| Goals5: | 17 |
| Years6: | 2012 |
| Clubs6: | Esan United |
| Years7: | 2013 |
| Clubs7: | Kedah FA |
| Years8: | 2017 |
| Clubs8: | Bela Vista |
| Caps8: | 6 |
| Goals8: | 4 |
| Years9: | 2018 |
| Clubs9: | Mogi Mirim |
| Caps9: | 9 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2018 |
| Caps10: | 18 |
| Goals10: | 6 |
| Years11: | 2019 |
| Clubs11: | Rio Branco-AC |
| Caps11: | 10 |
| Goals11: | 6 |
| Years12: | 2019 |
| Caps12: | 19 |
| Goals12: | 3 |
| Years13: | 2020–2021 |
| Caps13: | 36 |
| Goals13: | 10 |
| Years14: | 2021 |
| Clubs14: | → Botafogo (loan) |
| Caps14: | 18 |
| Goals14: | 8 |
| Years15: | 2021– |
| Clubs15: | Botafogo |
| Caps15: | 30 |
| Goals15: | 0 |
| Years16: | 2022 |
| Clubs16: | → Cruzeiro (loan) |
| Caps16: | 6 |
| Goals16: | 0 |
| Years17: | 2023 |
| Clubs17: | → Ceará (loan) |
| Caps17: | 28 |
| Goals17: | 2 |
| Years18: | 2024– |
| Clubs18: | → Guarani (loan) |
| Caps18: | 5 |
| Goals18: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 18:48, 15 February 2024 (UTC) |
Chayene Medeiros Oliveira Santos (born 29 September 1990), commonly known as Chay, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Guarani, on loan from Botafogo.
Named after the character from the Sergio Leone spaghetti western Once Upon a Time in the West, Chay was born in Maceió, Alagoas, and moved to Niterói, Rio de Janeiro at the age of 4. Upon arriving at the new city, he started a treatment for a number of allergies, and started in futsal after a recommendation from a doctor.[1]
Chay began his senior career with Canto do Rio in 2008, playing in the Campeonato Carioca Série C,[2] before joining Bonsucesso, where he featured mainly for the under-20 side. He then moved abroad to Thailand in 2009, where he notably scored 17 goals in the 2011 Thai Division 1 League for Songkhla.
In 2013, Chay switched to Malaysia and signed for Kedah FA; back to Brazil during a holiday period, he was hit by a stray bullet.[1] Allegedly "unsettled" at the club,[3] he returned to his home country and started to play seven-a-side football, featuring for the likes of Fluminense, Flamengo and Botafogo. In 2018, he was called up to the Brazil seven-a-side national team, winning the Copa América de Seleções and being named the best seven-a-side player in South America.[1]
Chay also returned to association football in 2017, with Bela Vista.[4] On 15 January 2018, he moved to Mogi Mirim,[5] but left the club after nine goalles appearances and signed for on 22 May.[6]
On 16 January 2019, Chay was announced as new signing of Rio Branco-AC.[7] He returned to the Rio de Janeiro state on 23 April, after agreeing to a contract with America-RJ.[8]
Chay moved to Portuguesa-RJ for the 2020 season,[9] being a regular starter in the club's Campeonato Carioca and Série D campaigns. He was a spotlight in the 2021 Carioca after scoring five times in only thirteen matches.[10]
On 25 May 2021, Chay was announced at Série B side Botafogo,[11] on loan until the end of the year. On 31 August, after scoring eight goals, he signed a permanent deal with the club until 2024; Portuguesa retained 50% of his economic rights.[12]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Canto do Rio | 2008 | Carioca Série C | — | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||||
| Bela Vista | 2017[13] | Carioca Série B2 | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | |||||
| Mogi Mirim | 2018 | Paulista A3 | — | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 2018[14] [15] | Carioca Série B1 | — | 18 | 6 | — | — | 5[16] | 2 | 23 | 8 | |||||
| Rio Branco-AC | 2019[17] | Série D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 6 | |||
| America-RJ | 2019 | Carioca Série B1 | — | 19 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||||
| Portuguesa-RJ | 2020 | Série D | 8 | 1 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||||
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | — | — | — | 13 | 5 | ||||||
| Subtotal | 8 | 1 | 28 | 9 | — | — | — | 36 | 10 | ||||||
| Botafogo | 2021 | Série B | 31 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 31 | 8 | |||||
| 2022 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Subtotal | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 8 | |||||
| Career total | 39 | 9 | 103 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 148 | 41 | |||