Ricardo Matos (footballer, born 1979)

Ricardo Filipe Rodrigues Matos (born 15 February 1979) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Ricardo Matos
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Filipe Rodrigues Matos
Date of birth (1979-02-15) 15 February 1979
Place of birth Santo Ildefonso, Portugal
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1987–1990 Boavista
1990–1997 Senhora da Hora
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Senhora da Hora
1998–1999 União Montemor 0 (0)
1999–2000 Dragões Sandinenses 3 (0)
2000–2001 Limianos
2001–2002 Serzedelo
2002–2004 Rio Tinto
2004–2007 Tirsense
2007–2008 Famalicão
2008 Ribeirão 19 (0)
2008–2009 Varzim 7 (0)
2009–2012 Vitória Setúbal 2 (0)
2012–2013 Leixões 1 (0)
2013–2014 Porto B 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Born in Santo Ildefonso (Porto), Matos competed in the Portuguese fourth division for the better part of his career, having two spells in the third: in the 1999–2000 season he played with Grupo Desportivo Recreativo e Cultural Dragões Sandinenses, representing G.D. Ribeirão in 2008.

In the 2008–09 campaign, Matos was second-choice with Varzim S.C. in the second level. In the following summer, aged already 30, he signed for Primeira Liga side Vitória F.C. along with nine other players,[1] despite the club's precarious financial situation.[2]

Matos acted as backup in his first season in Setúbal, making his first official appearance on 8 May 2010 in a 1–2 home defeat against already relegated C.F. Os Belenenses.[3] Vitória narrowly managed to avoid the drop.

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References
  1. Vitoria Setubal bring in 10 new faces; PortuGOAL, 3 July 2009
  2. Azenha face-to-face with Setubal crisis; PortuGOAL, 24 June 2009
  3. Acende-se ténue luz de esperança em Belém (Dim light of hope lights up in Belém); O Jogo, 9 May 2010 (in Portuguese)
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