| Chiquinho | |
| Full Name: | Francisco Leonel Lima Silva Machado[1] |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Santo Tirso, Portugal |
| Height: | 1.75 m |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Olympiacos |
| Clubnumber: | 22 |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2006 |
| Youthclubs1: | UDS Roriz |
| Youthyears2: | 2006–2007 |
| Youthclubs2: | Pasteleira |
| Youthyears3: | 2007–2008 |
| Youthclubs3: | Boavista |
| Youthyears4: | 2008–2009 |
| Youthclubs4: | Pasteleira |
| Youthyears5: | 2009–2014 |
| Youthclubs5: | Leixões |
| Years1: | 2014–2017 |
| Caps1: | 34 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Clubs2: | → Gondomar (loan) |
| Caps2: | 13 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs4: | → Académica (loan) |
| Caps4: | 37 |
| Goals4: | 9 |
| Years5: | 2018 |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2018 |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2018–2019 |
| Caps7: | 34 |
| Goals7: | 8 |
| Years8: | 2019–2024 |
| Caps8: | 77 |
| Goals8: | 5 |
| Years9: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs9: | → Braga (loan) |
| Caps9: | 9 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2022 |
| Clubs10: | → Giresunspor (loan) |
| Caps10: | 13 |
| Goals10: | 4 |
| Years11: | 2024– |
| Caps11: | 16 |
| Goals11: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 21:50, 17 August 2024 (UTC) |
Francisco Leonel Lima Silva Machado (born 19 July 1995), known as Chiquinho, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League Greece club Olympiacos.
Born in Santo Tirso, Porto District, Chiquinho finished his youth career with Leixões SC.[2] He made his senior debut on 30 July 2014, playing 62 minutes in a 3–0 home win against C.D. Santa Clara in the first round of the Taça da Liga.[3] His Segunda Liga bow occurred on 27 August in a 1–1 home draw with C.D. Tondela,[4] and his first league goal was only scored two years later in a 1–2 loss to FC Porto B also at the Estádio do Mar.[5]
In February 2017, Leixões accepted NK Lokomotiva's offer of €200,000, and Chiquinho signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the Croatian club.[6] His first match took place on 25 February, as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 First Football League home victory over NK Osijek.[7]
Chiquinho joined Académica de Coimbra in July 2017 on a one-year loan, with an option to make the move permanent,[8] which eventually befell[9] only for the player to move to S.L. Benfica on a five-year deal on 28 May 2018.[10] [2] He was subsequently sold to Moreirense FC, with Benfica retaining 50% of his economic rights.[11]
On 12 August 2018, Chiquinho made his debut in the Primeira Liga, featuring the entire 1–3 home defeat against Sporting CP.[12] He totalled ten goals in his only season in Moreira de Cónegos,[13] the first being the only in the third round of the Taça de Portugal to oust Associação Recreativa de São Martinho.[14]
Chiquinho returned to Benfica on 1 July 2019, signing a contract until 2024.[15] In his first official appearance, against Sporting CP in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira on 4 August, he completed a 5–0 rout after having replaced Gabriel in the 82nd minute.[16]
On 31 August 2021, Chiquinho was loaned to fellow top-tier side S.C. Braga without a buying option.[17] The following February, also on loan, he joined Giresunspor of the Turkish Süper Lig.[18]
Returned to the Estádio da Luz for the 2022–23 campaign, Chiquinho was initially deemed surplus to requirements.[19] However, after Enzo Fernández's departure to Chelsea in the winter transfer window, he became an important member of the Roger Schmidt-led squad,[20] [21] contributing 25 games and one goal to the league champions.[22] [23]
On 20 January 2024, Chiquinho joined Super League Greece club Olympiacos FC.[24] [25] He scored his first goal on 11 April, in a 3–2 home win over Fenerbahçe S.K. in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League.[26]
| Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Leixões | 2014–15 | Liga Portugal 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | LigaPro | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 5 | |||||
| Gondomar (loan) | 2015–16 | Campeonato de Portugal | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Lokomotiva | 2016–17 | Prva HNL | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Académica (loan) | 2017–18 | LigaPro | 37 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 9 | |||
| Moreirense | 2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 10 | |||
| Benfica | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 3 | |
| 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | — | 44 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 77 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 126 | 9 | |||
| Braga (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Giresunspor (loan) | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | ||||
| Career Total | 223 | 31 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 294 | 38 | |||
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