| 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.
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.
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]
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]
CF Benfica
2009–10
2014–15, 2015–16
2015
Sporting CP
2017–18
2017
SC Braga
Manchester City
Benfica
2019–20, 2020–21