Tsiquinios is officially at Olympiakos

His transcript Chikinio formalized by Olympic. The red and whites have announced the signing of the Portuguese midfielder, who is eighteen, and comes from Benfica to provide midfield solutions for the team.

THE Olympic had agreed from now on for him Chikiniowhose contract expired in the summer, however the Piraeus managed, as Costas Nikolakopoulos had pointed out, to make him theirs from now on.

“I am very happy to be here. Certainly the presence of the Portuguese at Olympiakos is important and will help me a lot in my adaptation. I will give everything to help the team achieve its goals”the footballer had said yesterday upon his arrival in Eleftherios Venizelos.

The announcement in detail:

PAE Olympiacos announces the acquisition of Portuguese midfielder Francisco Leonel Lima Silva Masado or Cicinho as he is known.

He was born on 19 July 1995 in the town of Santo Tirso, near Porto, and spent most of his youth in the youth ranks of Leiçoes, with whose first team he made his debut in 2014.

In the summer of 2015 he was loaned to Gondomar and in February 2017 he was acquired by Croatian side Lokomotiva. In July of the same year, Coimbra proceeded to loan him and in January 2018, his purchase option was activated by the Portuguese club. In May 2018, Cicinho signed a five-year contract with Benfica, who in turn, after giving him to Moreirense (38 appearances, ten goals, eight assists), made him theirs again in July 2019 with a new five-year contract.

In the summer of 2021 he was acquired on loan from Braga and in February 2022 from the Turkish Giresunspor, to become a key member of Benfica in the 2022-2023 season. With her jersey, she made a total of 126 appearances (28 in the Champions League and Europa League), scored nine goals and provided eleven assists, while winning a Championship and two Super Cups.

This year he has 17 appearances, of which nine in the Championship and five in the Champions League.

Tsikinios, welcome to Olympiakos.