Carlos Filipe Fonseca Chaby (born 22 January 1994) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as an

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for Liga 1 club

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. Formed at

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

where he was only a

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, he played 14

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games for

Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply Belenenses, is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 19,856 ...

and

B-SAD B-SAD was a Portuguese football club currently based in Almada, founded on 30 June 2018 as an independent entity. An offshoot of Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, they played four seasons in the Primeira Liga, being relegated to the Liga Portugal ...

but spent the vast majority of his career in the second tier, where he made 172 appearances and scored 16 goals in service of seven clubs.

Club career

Born in

Setúbal Setúbal ( , , ; ), officially the City of Setúbal (), is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the entire municipality in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies withi ...

and of Mozambican descent, Chaby joined

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

's youth system at the age of 12, from local

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. On 1 December 2011, whilst still a junior, he remained an unused substitute in the 2–0 home win against

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in the group stage of the

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, alongside fellow youth graduates João Carlos and João Mário. He first appeared in the Segunda Liga with

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eight months later, starting and playing 61 minutes in a 1–0 loss at

U.D. Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portugal, Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football (soccer), football te ...

. On 20 January 2015, Chaby was loaned to

C.F. União Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União da Madeira, was a Portuguese association football, football club based in Funchal, Madeira, notable for its six season in the Portuguese top-flight Primeira Liga, between the 1989–90 Primeira D ...

of the second division until the end of the season, and he started in 14 of his appearances for the club as it achieved promotion to the

after more than two decades, scoring in a 3–1 away victory over

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on 1 March. On 30 August, he returned to

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until the end of the campaign, also on loan, but played just two cup games. In August 2016, Chaby was loaned again, to second-tier

S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã or Sp. Covilhã, is a Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the third-tier Liga 3 (Portugal), Liga 3. The club was founded on ...

alongside Cristian Ponde. He scored a career-best six goals in an eighth-place finish, including two on 23 April in a 4–0 win at

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. Chaby joined

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply Belenenses, is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 19,856 ...

in early June 2017, on a four-year contract. During his spell at the

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, he was often sidelined with injury problems; on 29 January 2018, he was

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at the end of a 1–1 home draw with

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for telling the

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to respect teams from outside the Big Three. Sporting reacquired Chaby in January 2019, and loaned him immediately to

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese professional sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its Association football, football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home g ...

in the second tier. More of the same in the ensuing off-season, as he signed with

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of the same league. Chaby left Portuguese football for the first time in 2022, joining

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of the

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. Halfway through the season, he returned to Belenenses in Liga 3. On 4 January 2025, Chaby joined Liga 1 club

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaby, Filipe 1994 births Living people Portuguese people of Mozambican descent 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Setúbal Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Liga 3 (Portugal) players Sporting CP footballers Sporting CP B players C.F. União players S.C. Covilhã players C.F. Os Belenenses players B-SAD players G.D. Estoril Praia players Académica de Coimbra (football) players C.D. Nacional players Azerbaijan Premier League players Sumgayit FK players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Semen Padang F.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia