José Carlos Chaves Innecken (born 3 September 1958) is a retired Costa Rican football player who played for Alajuelense.
After spending a year at a high school in Ohio and some time in the youth teams of Saprissa, Chaves joined Alajuelense in 1980[1] and moved abroad to play for Inter Bratislava in the Czechoslovak First League during the 1990-91 and 1991-92 seasons.
[2] He was one of the eldest members of the national team squad, that played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy.
[4] The left-sided defender or defensive midfielder played his final international game on 27 March 1994 against Norway.
After retiring as a player, Chaves became assistant coach at Alajuelense and then sporting director at Herediano.