Ricardo Matos (footballer, born 1979)

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)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	None
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
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, correct as of 00:00, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Ricardo Filipe Rodrigues Matos (born 15 February 1979 in Santo Ildefonso (Porto)) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Football career

For the better part of his career Matos played in the Portuguese fourth division, 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 top flight side Vitória de Setúbal along with nine other players, despite the club's precarious financial situation.

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

External links

• Template:Zerozero profile
• Ricardo Matos at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Ricardo Matos at Soccerway