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Fullname: | Fernando Paulo Matola |
Birth Date: | 9 August 1982 |
Death Place: | near Modjadjiskloof, South Africa |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1998–2002 |
Clubs1: | Costa do Sol |
Caps1: | 61 |
Goals1: | 5 |
Years2: | 2003–2007 |
Clubs2: | Black Leopards |
Caps2: | 128 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Totalcaps: | 189 |
Totalgoals: | 7 |
Nationalyears1: | 2002–2007 |
Nationalteam1: | Mozambique |
Nationalcaps1: | 15 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Fernando Paulo "Nando" Matola (9 August 1982 – 2 September 2007) was a Mozambican footballer who played as a defender. He represented two clubs in a nine-year career and earned 15 caps for his country.
Matola played for Costa do Sol in his homeland and Black Leopards in South Africa, both of which he captained.[1]
Matola was driving from Johannesburg to Maputo for an African Nations Cup qualifier against Tanzania when his car veered off the road and went up in flames.[2] He, his wife and their children were burnt beyond recognition and the bodies were discovered four days later in South Africa's mountainous Limpopo province.[3]