Chay (footballer)

Chayene Medeiros Oliveira Santos (born 29 September 1990), commonly known as Chay, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Ceará, on loan from Botafogo.

Chay
Personal information
Full name Chayene Medeiros Oliveira Santos
Date of birth (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990
Place of birth Maceió, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Ceará
(on loan from Botafogo)
Number 14
Youth career
Bela Vista
2008–2009 Bonsucesso
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Canto do Rio 13 (2)
2009 Songkhla
2010–2011 Muangthong United
2010Buriram (loan)
2011Songkhla (loan) ? (17)
2012 Esan United
2013 Kedah FA
2017 Bela Vista 6 (4)
2018 Mogi Mirim 9 (0)
2018 São Gonçalo EC 18 (6)
2019 Rio Branco-AC 10 (6)
2019 America-RJ 19 (3)
2020–2021 Portuguesa-RJ 36 (10)
2021Botafogo (loan) 18 (8)
2021– Botafogo 32 (0)
2022Cruzeiro (loan) 6 (0)
2023–Ceará (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:46, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Early life

Named after the character from the Sergio Leone spaghetti western Once Upon a Time in the West, Chay was born in Maceió, Alagoas, and moved to Niterói, Rio de Janeiro at the age of 4. Upon arriving at the new city, he started a treatment for a number of allergies, and started in futsal after a recommendation from a doctor.[1]

Club career

Chay began his senior career with Canto do Rio in 2008, playing in the Campeonato Carioca Série C,[2] before joining Bonsucesso, where he featured mainly for the under-20 side. He then moved abroad to Thailand in 2009, where he notably scored 17 goals in the 2011 Thai Division 1 League for Songkhla.

In 2013, Chay switched to Malaysia and signed for Kedah FA; back to Brazil during a holiday period, he was hit by a stray bullet.[1] Allegedly "unsettled" at the club,[3] he returned to his home country and started to play seven-a-side football, featuring for the likes of Fluminense, Flamengo and Botafogo. In 2018, he was called up to the Brazil seven-a-side national team, winning the Copa América de Seleções and being named the best seven-a-side player in South America.[1]

Chay also returned to association football in 2017, with Bela Vista.[4] On 15 January 2018, he moved to Mogi Mirim,[5] but left the club after nine goalles appearances and signed for São Gonçalo EC on 22 May.[6]

On 16 January 2019, Chay was announced as new signing of Rio Branco-AC.[7] He returned to the Rio de Janeiro state on 23 April, after agreeing to a contract with America-RJ.[8]

Chay moved to Portuguesa-RJ for the 2020 season,[9] being a regular starter in the club's Campeonato Carioca and Série D campaigns. He was a spotlight in the 2021 Carioca after scoring five times in only thirteen matches.[10]

On 25 May 2021, Chay was announced at Série B side Botafogo,[11] on loan until the end of the year. On 31 August, after scoring eight goals, he signed a permanent deal with the club until 2024; Portuguesa retained 50% of his economic rights.[12]

Career statistics

As of 16 February 2022[13]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Canto do Rio 2008 Carioca Série C 132132
Bela Vista 2017[14] Carioca Série B2 6464
Mogi Mirim 2018 Paulista A3 9090
São Gonçalo EC 2018[15][16] Carioca Série B1 1865[lower-alpha 1]2238
Rio Branco-AC 2019[17] Série D 0010610116
America-RJ 2019 Carioca Série B1 1931[lower-alpha 1]0203
Portuguesa-RJ 2020 Série D 81154235
2021 00135135
Subtotal 812893610
Botafogo 2021 Série B 318318
2022 Série A 00000000
Subtotal 3180000318
Career total 3991033010006214841
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Rio

Honours

Botafogo
Cruzeiro
Ceará

References

  1. "A jornada de Chay" [The pathway of Chay] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. "Destaque no Fut7 por clubes cariocas migra para o campo e mira sucesso" [Spotlight in the Fut7 for carioca clubs migrates to the fields and aims success] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. "Chayene Santos unsettled at Kedah". Goal. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. "Ele já brilhou no Fut-7 do Botafogo e hoje é destaque da Portuguesa-RJ" [He already shone at Botafogo's Fut-7 and today is the spotlight of Portuguesa-RJ] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. "Paulista A3: Mogi Mirim contrata destaque do Fut 7 pelos grandes do Rio" [Paulista A3: Mogi Mirim sign spotlight of the Fut 7 for the big teams of Rio] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  6. "Melhor jogador da América no Fut7 migra para o campo e acerta com o São Gonçalo" [Best player of America in the Fut7 migrates to the fields and signs with São Gonçalo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. "Rio Branco-AC anuncia meia-atacante eleito melhor jogador da América no Fut7 em 2018" [Rio Branco-AC announce attacking midfielder elected as the best player of America in the Fut7 in 2018] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  8. "Meia-atacante Chayene é o novo reforço para o restante da temporada" [Attacking midfielder Chayene is the new addition for the remainder of the season] (in Brazilian Portuguese). America FC. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  9. "Chayene deixa o America e é o novo reforço da Portuguesa para 2020" [Chayene leaves America and is the new addition of Portuguesa for 2020] (in Brazilian Portuguese). FutRio. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  10. "Destaque do Carioca, campeão do mundo e melhor da América no fut-7: conheça Chay, chegando no Botafogo" [Spotlight of the Carioca, champion of the world and best of America in the fut-7: know Chay, arriving at Botafogo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  11. "Chay é alvinegro" [Chay is white-and-black] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Botafogo FR. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  12. "Botafogo anuncia permanência de Chay, que assina contrato até 2024: "Espero conseguir o acesso"" [Botafogo announce permanence of Chay, who signs contract until 2025: "I hope to achieve promotion"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  13. Chay at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  14. "BELA VISTA FUTEBOL CLUBE – CAMPEONATO ESTADUAL DA SÉRIE " B " DE PROFISSIONAIS 2017" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  15. "SÃO GONÇALO ESPORTE CLUBE – CAMPEONATO ESTADUAL DA SÉRIE " B " DE PROFISSIONAIS 2018" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  16. "SÃO GONÇALO ESPORTE CLUBE – COPA RIO DE PROFISSIONAIS 2018" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  17. "Artilharia Profissional 2019" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação de Futebol do Estado do Acre. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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