Ricardo Matos (footballer, born 1979) explained

Ricardo Matos
Fullname:Ricardo Filipe Rodrigues Matos
Birth Date:15 February 1979
Birth Place:Santo Ildefonso, Portugal
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:1987–1990
Youthyears2:1990–1997
Youthclubs1:Boavista
Youthclubs2:Senhora da Hora
Years1:1997–1998
Years2:1998–1999
Years3:1999–2000
Years4:2000–2001
Years5:2001–2002
Years6:2002–2004
Years7:2004–2007
Years8:2007–2008
Years9:2008
Years10:2008–2009
Years11:2009–2012
Years12:2012–2013
Years13:2013–2014
Clubs1:Senhora da Hora
Clubs2:União Montemor
Clubs3:Sandinenses
Clubs6:Rio Tinto
Clubs11:Vitória Setúbal
Clubs12:Leixões
Clubs13:Porto B
Caps2:0
Caps3:3
Caps9:19
Caps10:7
Caps11:2
Caps12:1
Caps13:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Goals11:0
Goals12:0
Goals13:0

Ricardo Filipe Rodrigues Matos (born 15 February 1979) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club 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 G.D.R.C. Os Sandinenses, representing G.D. Ribeirão in 2007–08.

In the 2008–09 campaign, Matos was second-choice at Varzim S.C. in the Segunda Liga.[1] In the following summer, aged already 30, he signed for Primeira Liga side Vitória F.C. along with nine other players,[2] despite the club's precarious financial situation.[3]

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.[4] Vitória narrowly managed to avoid the drop.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/campeonato-de-portugal/v--setubal/detalhe/guarda-redes-matos-na-lista-de-azenha Guarda-redes Matos na lista de Azenha (Goalkeeper Matos in Azenha's list)
  2. http://www.portugoal.net/index.php/more-setubal-news/2462-vitoria-setubal-bring-in-10-new-faces Vitoria Setubal bring in 10 new faces
  3. http://www.portugoal.net/index.php/more-setubal-news/2269-azenha-face-to-face-with-setubal-crisis Azenha face-to-face with Setubal crisis
  4. https://www.ojogo.pt/arquivo/2010/05/interior/acende-se-tenue-luz-de-esperanca-em-belem-2572303.html Acende-se ténue luz de esperança em Belém (Dim light of hope lights up in Belém)