| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Alves da Silva Neto | ||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Recife, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2018 | Sport Recife | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Sport Recife | 94 | (5) |
| 2024 | → Novorizontino | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 06:48, 29 November 2020 (UTC) | |||
Francisco Alves da Silva Neto (born 14 September 1998), commonly known as Chico, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Born in Recife, Pernambuco, Chico joined Sport Recife's youth setup in 2014, aged 15. [1] He made his first team debut on 4 April 2017, starting in a 2–2 Campeonato Pernambucano home draw against Salgueiro. [2]
Chico was promoted to the main squad for the 2019 season, but suffered a knee injury in January which kept him out for most of the season. [3] He still renewed his contract until 2022 in February, [1] and only played for the under-23 side after his return.
Definitely promoted to the first team ahead of the 2020 season, Chico made his Série A debut on 23 August, coming on as a half-time substitute for Sander in a 0–1 home loss against São Paulo. [4]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sport Recife | 2017 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Série A | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||