Esmael Goncalves, fondly known as Isma, spent his youth career with Boavista in Portugal and OGC Nice in France. He went on to make his senior team bow for the latter in 2011. The former Portugal U-17 international then signed for Rio Ave in the Portuguese top-flight. His time there included loan moves to St. Mirren (Scotland), Veria (Greece), APOEL Nicosia and Anorthosis Famagusta (both Cyprus). Isma won the 2012-13 Scottish League Cup with St. Mirren. After stints in Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Iran and Japan, he joined Chennaiyin FC ahead of the 2020-21 season. Though his performance left a lot to be desired.
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