Ricardo Matos (footballer, born 1979)

Ricardo Matos

Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Filipe Rodrigues Matos
Date of birth	(1979-02-15) 15 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Santo Ildefonso, Portugal
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
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	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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club 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 G.D.R.C. Os Sandinenses, representing G.D. Ribeirão in 2007–08.

In the 2008–09 campaign, Matos was second-choice at Varzim S.C. in the Segunda Liga.[1] In the following summer, aged already 30, he signed for Primeira Liga side Vitória F.C. along with nine other players,[2] despite the club's precarious financial situation.[3]

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.[4] Vitória narrowly managed to avoid the drop.

References

1. Guarda-redes Matos na lista de Azenha (Goalkeeper Matos in Azenha's list); Record, 22 June 2009 (in Portuguese)
2. Vitoria Setubal bring in 10 new faces; PortuGOAL, 3 July 2009
3. Azenha face-to-face with Setubal crisis; PortuGOAL, 24 June 2009
4. Acende-se ténue luz de esperança em Belém (Dim light of hope lights up in Belém); O Jogo, 9 May 2010 (in Portuguese)

External links

• Ricardo Matos at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Ricardo Matos at Soccerway