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.
![]() Chiquinho with Benfica in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Leonel Lima Silva Machado[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 19 July 1995||
Place of birth | Santo Tirso, Portugal[1] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Olympiacos | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2006 | UDS Roriz | ||
2006–2007 | Pasteleira | ||
2007–2008 | Boavista | ||
2008–2009 | Pasteleira | ||
2009–2014 | Leixões | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | Leixões | 34 | (4) |
2016 | → Gondomar (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Lokomotiva | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Académica (loan) | 37 | (9) |
2018 | Académica | 0 | (0) |
2018 | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Moreirense | 34 | (8) |
2019–2024 | Benfica | 77 | (5) |
2021–2022 | → Braga (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2022 | → Giresunspor (loan) | 13 | (4) |
2024– | Olympiacos | 17 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:30, 26 August 2024 (UTC) |
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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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[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 38 | 3 |
2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 44 | 2 | ||
2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 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[lower-alpha 5] | 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 |
- Includes Taça de Portugal, Croatian Cup and Turkish Cup
- Includes Taça da Liga
- Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Benfica
Olympiacos
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