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Carlos Chaínho
Personal information
Full name Carlos Narciso Chaínho
Date of birth (1974-07-10) 10 July 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1987–1990 Carcavelos
1990–1993 Casa Pia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Casa Pia
1994–1998 Estrela Amadora 109 (5)
1998–2001 Porto 73 (5)
2001–2002 Zaragoza 20 (1)
2002–2003 Panathinaikos 6 (0)
2003–2005 Marítimo 62 (2)
2005–2007 Nacional 55 (2)
2007–2008 Alki Larnaca 30 (2)
2009 Shahin Bushehr
Total 355 (17)
International career
1994–1995 Portugal U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Narciso Chaínho (born 10 July 1974) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Chaínho was born in Luanda, Portuguese Angola. After having played for modest clubs in the Lisbon area while growing up, Chaínho started professionally at C.F. Estrela da Amadora, moving in 1998 to the Primeira Liga with FC Porto. His best individual season at the latter side was in 1999–2000 when he started in 25 of the 28 league matches he appeared in and scored twice, but they lost the championship to Sporting CP.

In 2001, Chaínho had his first overseas experience, in Spain with Real Zaragoza, travelling to Greece in summer 2002 to work with Fernando Santos (a coach he knew well from his Estrela and Porto days) at Panathinaikos FC. After a very poor season overall – the team failed to win any silverware and he only appeared six times in the Super League – he returned to Portugal in 2003, playing four years in Madeira, two with C.S. Marítimo and two more with C.D. Nacional; the latter released him in July 2007, and the 33-year-old subsequently signed for Alki Larnaca FC of Cyprus.

Chaínho spent the first half of the 2008–09 campaign as a free agent, joining Iran's Shahin Bushehr F.C. in February 2009. He retired shortly after, having amassed Portuguese top-flight totals of 299 games and 14 goals.

International career

Chaínho appeared for Portugal at under-21 level. In 2006, he received a call-up from the Angola national team, but FIFA confirmed that he was not eligible to represent countries other than the former, due to the regulation at that time.

Honours

Porto

References

  1. ^ Simões de Abreu, Alexandra (29 October 2017). "Chainho: "Sempre me safei. Em miúdo, ia à Feira da Ladra regatear e vender coisas das minhas vizinhas que precisavam de dinheiro"" [Chainho: "I always made ends meet. As a kid, I would go to the Flea Market to sell things from my neighbours that needed money"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. "Old ties take Chaínho to Athens". UEFA. 5 August 2002. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  3. "Angola plea to Fifa". BBC Sport. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2007.

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