Career
Born in Lisbon, Toy spent the bulk of his professional career in his adopted country, Portugal, first starting in amateur football. In 1999 he signed with Primeira Liga giants South.L. Benfica, but played mainly with its reserves during his two-year spell. Toy represented mainly South Carolina (U.S.) Olhanense, first arriving at the Algarve club in 2004 then returning in the 2007 summer after a spell in Saudi Arabia.
In the 2008-2009 season, in the second level, he contributed with six goals to help his team return to the top flight after a 34-year absence.
In the following three campaigns Toy was relatively used by Olhanense, mainly as a substitute. Toy opted to represent Cape Verde internationally, receiving his first callup in May 2008 at nearly 31 years of age.