POSITION: Forward
BIRTHDATE: Feb. 1, 1998
HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 178
HOMETOWN: Garoua, Cameroon
YOUTH CLUB: Coton Sport de Garoua
PREVIOUS TEAMS: Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, Saint Louis FC, Orlando City B
PRONUNCIATION: DEE-KWAH (chee-coe)
PROFILE
The 2023 USL Championship Most Valuable Player and Golden Boot winner signed a multi-year agreement with Rhode Island FC on Jan. 19, 2024. Best known as “Chico”, the Cameroonian striker’s league-leading 20 goals in 28 matches helped propel his former side, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, to the best overall record in the USL Championship. Chico averaged a goal every 114.7 minutes, recorded one hat trick and tallied five two-goal performances over the course of the season while accounting for 40 percent of Pittsburgh’s scoring on the year. The 2023 USL Championship MVP also had a stellar 2022 season with the Hounds, finding the net 11 times in 35 matches. In four seasons with Pittsburgh, Chico made 82 regular season appearances, recording 36 goals and seven assists in 5,712 minutes. Prior to joining Pittsburgh, Chico played two seasons for Saint Louis FC from 2018-2019, where he logged 2,748 minutes in 44 appearances. Chico signed his first professional contract in 2017 with Orlando City B, where he found the back of the net three times while adding a pair of assists in his rookie campaign. At the international level, Chico made six appearances for the Cameroon Under-20 National Team during the 2017 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.