Carlos Chaínho

Carlos Chaínho

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Narciso Chaínho
Date of birth	July 10, 1974 (1974-07-10) (age 37)
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Carcavelos
	Casa Pia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1994	Casa Pia	–	(–)
1994–1998	Estrela Amadora	56	(3)
1998–2001	FC Porto	73	(4)
2001–2002	Zaragoza	20	(1)
2002–2003	Panathinaikos	6	(0)
2003–2005	Marítimo	63	(2)
2005–2007	Nacional	57	(2)
2007–2008	Alki Larnaca	30	(2)
2009	Shahin Bushehr
National team
1995	Portugal U21	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Carlos Narciso Chaínho (born 10 July 1974 in Luanda, Portuguese Empire) is a retired Portuguese footballer of Angolan descent who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

After having played for modest clubs in the Lisbon area while growing up, Chaínho started playing professionally with C.F. Estrela da Amadora, moving in 1998 to first division giants F.C. Porto. His best season at the northerners was in 1999–2000, when he started in 25 of the 28 league matches he appeared in (scoring twice), but his team lost the championship to Sporting Clube de Portugal.

In 2001, Chaínho had his first overseas experience, playing in Spain with Real Zaragoza and travelling to Greece the next season to work with Fernando Santos (a coach he knew well from his Porto days) at Panathinaikos FC.^[1]

After a very poor season - the club failed to win any silverware and he only appeared six times in the league - Chaínho returned to Portugal in 2003, playing four seasons 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.

After one season in Larnaca, Chaínho spent the first half of 2008–09 as a free agent, signing in February 2009 with Iran's Shahin Bushehr FC. He retired in the summer, having amassed Portuguese first division totals of 299 games and 14 goals.

International career

Chaínho represented Portugal at under-21 level. In 2006, he received a call-up from the Angola national football team, but FIFA confirmed that he was not eligible to represent teams other than Portugal.^[2]

Honours

• Porto:
  • Portuguese League: 1998–99
  • Portuguese Cup: 1999–2000, 2000–01
  • Portuguese Supercup: 1998, 1999; Runner-up 2000

References

1. ^ Old ties take Chaínho to Athens
2. ^ Angola plea to FIFA

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• BDFutbol profile

Persondata
Name	Chainho, Carlos
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	10 July 1974
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Date of death
Place of death