Sténio

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Matos and the second or paternal family name is Dos Santos.
Sténio
Sténio with Cherno More in 2015
Personal information
Full name Sténio Nivaldo Matos dos Santos
Date of birth (1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Mindelo, Cape Verde
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sacavenense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Académica do Mindelo ? (?)
2009–2010 CS Mindelense ? (?)
2010–2014 Feirense 85 (2)
2014–2016 Cherno More 56 (7)
2016 Botev Plovdiv 16 (1)
2017 Politehnica Iași 3 (0)
2017 Dacia Chișinău 11 (0)
2018 Ventspils 11 (2)
2019–2020 União de Santarém 15 (2)
2021– Sacavenense 4 (2)
International career‡
2012– Cape Verde 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 March 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 March 2016

Sténio Nivaldo Matos dos Santos (born 6 May 1988), commonly known as Sténio, is a Cape Verde international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sacavenense.

Career

Born in Mindelo, Sténio started his career at hometown club Académica do Mindelo. In 2009, he joined the other club in the town CS Mindelense.

On 1 July 2014, Sténio joined Cherno More Varna in Bulgaria on a two-year contract.[1] On 30 May 2015, Sténio was sent off with a second yellow card after 38 minutes in the 2015 Bulgarian Cup Final against Levski Sofia, but his team managed to prevail after extra time despite its numerical disadvantage.

In July 2016, he signed a one-year contract with Botev Plovdiv.[2] He was released in December.[3]

Sténio left FK Ventspils after one year, at the end of 2018.[4]

International career

Sténio received his first call-up to the Cape Verde squad in May 2012, for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone on 2 June. He made his debut in the match, playing from the start in central midfield.[citation needed]

In January 2013, Sténio was named in Cape Verde's squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, but did not feature in any of the four games Cape Verde played.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 December 2016

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
2010–11 Feirense Segunda Liga 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
2011–12 Primeira Liga 22 0 0 0 2 0 — 24 0
2012–13 Segunda Liga 28 1 1 0 4 2 — 33 3
2013–14 31 1 1 0 1 1 — 33 2
Bulgaria League Bulgarian Cup --- Europe Total
2014–15 Cherno More A Group 28 5 7 2 — — 35 7
2015–16 28 2 1 0 — 2 0 31 2
2016–17 Botev Plovdiv First League 16 1 1 0 — — 17 1
Career total 157 10 11 2 7 3 2 0 177 15

Honours

Club

Cherno More

References

  1. ^ "Черно море подписа със Стенио" (in Bulgarian). sportvox.net. 1 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Ботев" (Пловдив) привлече Стенио дос Сантос" (in Bulgarian). bta.bg. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Ботев се разделя със Стенио" (in Bulgarian). botevplovdiv.bg. 29 December 2016.
  4. ^ FK VENTSPILS TRANSFĒRU JAUNUMI, fkventspils.lv, 7 December 2018