Matilde Fidalgo Explained

Matilde Fidalgo
Fullname:Matilde Mota Veiga Santiago Fidalgo
Birth Date:1994 5, df=yes
Birth Place:São Domingos de Benfica, Portugal
Height:1.59 m
Position:Defender
Currentclub:Famalicão
Clubnumber:5
Years1:2009–2017
Clubs1:CF Benfica
Caps1:55
Goals1:5
Years2:2017–2018
Clubs2:Sporting CP
Caps2:17
Goals2:1
Years3:2018–2019
Clubs3:SC Braga
Caps3:16
Goals3:0
Years4:2018
Clubs4:SC Braga B
Caps4:1
Goals4:0
Years5:2019–2020
Clubs5:Manchester City
Caps5:2
Goals5:0
Years6:2020–2021
Clubs6:Benfica
Caps6:23
Goals6:1
Years7:2021–2023
Clubs7:Betis
Caps7:19
Goals7:0
Years8:2023–
Clubs8:Famalicão
Caps8:16
Goals8:0
Nationalteam1:Portugal U19
Nationalyears1:2011–2013
Nationalcaps1:24
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalteam2:Portugal
Nationalyears2:2013–
Nationalcaps2:48
Nationalgoals2:0
Pcupdate:21 June 2024
Ntupdate:21 June 2024

Matilde Mota Veiga Santiago Fidalgo (born 15 May 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a centre-back for Famalicão and the Portugal women's national team.

Fidalgo made her senior debut for Portugal in September 2013 and represented her country at UEFA Women's Euro 2017.

Career

Club

Fidalgo was born in São Domingos de Benfica, Lisbon and from a young age has played football. In 2009, Fidalgo started her career at CF Benfica in the Portuguese League. She played for the Lisbon club until June 2017 when she moved to Sporting CP.[1] [2] With CF Benfica, Fidalgo won two national titles in the 2014–15, 2015–16 seasons[3] and was elected "Best Player" for the 2015/2016 season by the "Sindicato dos Jogadores Profissionais de Futebol (SJPF)". She also captained the team for several seasons.[4] In March 2018, Fidalgo won the "Quinas de Ouro" award as one of the "11 Best Players in the Women's League". The award is given by the Portuguese Football Federation.[5] [6] In 2018 she moved to the rival team SC Braga,[7] with whom she won the Portuguese League title – Braga's first championship win. On 30 May 2019, it was announced that Fidalgo was signed to Women's Super League team Manchester City.[8] Fidalgo moved to S.L Benfica on 4 August 2020, after only making two league appearances and becoming third-choice behind Janine Beckie and even Georgia Stanway, who was not a natural right-back.

International

On February 22, 2011, Fidalgo debuted for Portugal U19 in a win against Finland U19 for the 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying Round.[9] She also represented Portugal at the qualifying stages of the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. On September 26, 2013, Fidalgo debuted for the Portuguese Senior Team in a win against Greece, a 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification's match.[10] Since then, she represented Portugal in several international competitions including the qualifying stages for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. On July 6, 2017, Fidalgo was called by coach Francisco Neto to represent Portugal at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, the first time the Portuguese team reached the final stage of a big international tournament.[11] She didn't play in any matches as her team was eliminated while still in the Group Stage.[12]

Personal life

Fidalgo is a cousin of Bernardo Silva. Both were born in 1994, share the same great-grandparents, play internationally for the Portugal national team and once both played their club football at Manchester City.[13]

Honours

CF Benfica

2014–15, 2015–16

2009–10

2014–15, 2015–16

2015

Sporting CP

2017–18

2017–18

2017

SC Braga

2018–19

Manchester City

2019–20

Benfica

2020–21, 2021–22

2019–20, 2020–21

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SPORTING CONTRATA MATILDE FIDALGO. Record. 16 April 2018. 17 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105645/http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-feminino/detalhe/sporting-contrata-matilde-fidalgo.html. live.
  2. Web site: Matilde Fidalgo assina pelo Sporting. Diário de Notícias. 16 April 2018. 17 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417191935/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/matilde-fidalgo-assina-pelo-sporting-8597754.html. live.
  3. Web site: Matilde Fidalgo. Soccerway. 16 April 2018. 17 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417191818/https://us.soccerway.com/players/matilde--fidalgo/183692/. live.
  4. Web site: MATILDE FIDALGO É A MELHOR JOGADORA. Sindicato dos Jogadores. 16 April 2018. 17 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105649/http://sjogadores.pt/index.php?pt=gabinetejuridico&op=OP_SHOW_DETAIL&id=7951. live.
  5. Web site: Saiba quem são os vencedores das Quinas de Ouro 2018. Correio da Manhã. 16 April 2018. 17 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417115113/http://www.cmjornal.pt/desporto/futebol/detalhe/ronaldo-ja-chegou-a-gala-quinas-de-ouro. live.
  6. Web site: Futebol feminino: o melhor onze de 2017. O Jogo. 16 April 2018. 17 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417110010/https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/noticias/interior/futebol-feminino-o-melhor-onze-de-2017-9199457.html. live.
  7. Web site: player profile . FPF.pt . 21 September 2018 . 21 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180921191325/https://www.fpf.pt/Jogadores/Ficha-de-Jogador/playerId/653745 . live .
  8. Web site: Borges . Claudia . City sign Matilde Fidalgo . www.mancity.com . 24 November 2019 . en . 5 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191005114309/https://www.mancity.com/news/mcwfc/mcwfc-news/2019/may/man-city-matilde-fidalgo-signing . live .
  9. Web site: Portugal – Finlândia. Portuguese Football Federation. 16 April 2018. 17 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417113521/http://www.fpf.pt/pt/selecoes/futebol-feminino/selecao-sub-19/jogos/ficha-de-jogo/match/1042730. live.
  10. Web site: Grécia – Portugal. Portuguese Football Federation. 16 April 2018. 29 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240129032629/https://www.fpf.pt/pt/404-pagina-nao-encontrada. live.
  11. Web site: As eleitas para o Europeu. Portuguese Football Federation. 16 April 2018. 13 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413125547/http://www.fpf.pt/pt/News/Todas-as-not%C3%ADcias/Not%C3%ADcia/news/12593/contextid/416. live.
  12. Web site: Matilde Fidalgo. Portuguese Football Federation. 16 April 2018. 17 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417110656/http://www.fpf.pt/pt/Jogadores/Jogador/playerId/653745/contextId/416. live.
  13. Web site: Bernardo Silva e Matilde: primos à conversa na seleção. Bancada.pt. 10 June 2017. 16 April 2018. 1 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190601192301/https://bancada.pt/futebol/portugal/bernardo-silva-e-matilde-primos-a-conversa-na-selecao. live.