Ricardo Matos (footballer, born 1979)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Filipe Rodrigues Matos | ||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1979 | ||
| 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 | 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) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ricardo Filipe Rodrigues Matos (born 15 February 1979) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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.
References
- ^ Vitoria Setubal bring in 10 new faces; PortuGOAL, 3 July 2009
- ^ Azenha face-to-face with Setubal crisis; PortuGOAL, 24 June 2009
- ^ 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
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Primeira Liga players
- LigaPro players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- G.D. Serzedelo players
- F.C. Tirsense players
- F.C. Famalicão players
- G.D. Ribeirão players
- Varzim S.C. players
- Vitória F.C. players
- Leixões S.C. players
- FC Porto B players