Sónia Matias | |
Fullname: | Sónia Patricia Pereira Matias |
Birth Date: | 1983 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Loures, Portugal |
Height: | 169cm |
Position: | Defender |
Clubs1: | S.U. 1º de Dezembro |
Years2: | 2007–2010 |
Clubs2: | Prainsa Zaragoza |
Caps2: | 57 |
Goals2: | 9 |
Years3: | 2010–2014 |
Clubs3: | RCD Espanyol |
Caps3: | 105 |
Goals3: | 5 |
Nationalyears1: | 2005–2012 |
Nationalteam1: | Portugal |
Nationalcaps1: | 55 |
Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
Sónia Patricia Pereira Matias (born 17 May 1983) is a Portuguese former football defender who played for Prainsa Zaragoza and RCD Espanyol of Spain's Primera División.[1] She also played for SU 1º Dezembro in Portugal's Campeonato Nacional. With the Portugal national team[2] she won 55 caps between 2005 and 2012, scoring four goals.
She ended her playing career in summer 2014,[3] after Espanyol decided not to renew her contract.[4] She remained in Catalonia and in October 2014 she took a job as women's football co-ordinator at Molins de Rei CF.[5]