Marco Matias (footballer)

Marco Matias
Personal information
Full name Marco André da Silva Lopes Matias[1]
Date of birth (1989-05-10) 10 May 1989[2]
Place of birth Barreiro, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sheffield Wednesday
Number 19
Youth career
1998–2001 Barreirense
2001–2008 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Sporting CP 0 (0)
2008–2009 → Varzim (loan) 12 (0)
2009 → Fátima (loan) 7 (2)
2010 → Real Massamá (loan) 15 (0)
2010–2014 Vitória Guimarães 42 (6)
2010–2012 → Freamunde (loan) 43 (7)
2012–2013 Vitória Guimarães B 8 (2)
2014–2015 Nacional 33 (17)
2015– Sheffield Wednesday 36 (5)
National team
2007 Portugal U18 4 (1)
2007–2008 Portugal U19 13 (1)
2009 Portugal U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:13, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Marco André da Silva Lopes Matias (born 10 May 1989) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for English club Sheffield Wednesday as a forward.

Club career

Born in Barreiro, Setúbal District, Matias finished his youth career at Sporting Clube de Portugal.[3][4] He never represented the first team officially as a senior, being consecutively loaned to Varzim SC,[5] C.D. Fátima[6] and Real SC, with all the clubs but the third competing in the Segunda Liga.[7]

Matias signed with Vitória S.C. in the summer of 2010, being immediately loaned to S.C. Freamunde in the second level for two years.[8] He subsequently returned to Guimarães, making his debut in the Primeira Liga on 19 August 2012 by coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute in a 0–0 home draw against Sporting,[9] and finished his first season with 20 scoreless appearances.

Matias scored his first goal in the Portuguese top flight on 31 August 2013, but in a 1–4 home loss to Vitória de Setúbal.[10] On 19 July 2014 he joined fellow league side C.D. Nacional,[11] netting 21 times from 42 competitive games to help the Madeirans to the seventh position.[12][13][14]

In July 2015, Matias signed a four-year deal with Championship club Sheffield Wednesday.[15] His first goal came in his fourth league appearance on 22 August, the 1–1 draw against Leeds United – a volley from 18 yards that flew in off the underside of the bar.[16][17]

International career

Matias won five caps for the Portugal under-21 team. His first came on 11 July 2009, as he played the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 loss against Cape Verde for the Lusophony Games.[18]

Honours

Vitória Guimarães

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Released and Retained List 2017–18" (PDF). English Football League. p. 37. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Marco Matias". 11v11. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sub-19: Benfica e Sporting dominam convocatória" [Under-19: Benfica and Sporting rule callup]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 August 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Juniores: Benfica e FC Porto goleiam" [Juniors: Benfica and FC Porto rout]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 February 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Regresso a pensar nos lugares cimeiros" [Return thinking about top part of the table]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 July 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cinco reforços confirmados" [Five additions confirmed]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 June 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Sami fecha contratações" [Sami completes signings]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Os primeiros reforços" [The first additions]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Liga: Guimarães 0–0 Sporting, dommage!" [League: Guimarães 0–0 Sporting, a pity!] (in French). Planète Sporting. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "V. Guimarães-V. Setúbal, 1–4: Quando a felicidade protege os audazes" [V. Guimarães-V. Setúbal, 1–4: When happiness protects the bold]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 September 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Marco Matias novidade na apresentação do plantel" [Marco Matias a novelty in presentation of squad]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 19 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Nacional-Gil Vicente, 3–2: São Matias disfarçou jogo de pouco acerto" [Nacional-Gil Vicente, 3–2: Saint Matias masked game of little efficiency]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Boavista-Nacional, 0–1: Um Marco neste jogo do futebol à antiga" [Boavista-Nacional, 0–1: A Mark ("Marco" in English) in this game of old-school football]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "Lucas João e Marco Matias na reformulação do Dragão" [Lucas João and Marco Matias in revamped Dragon] (in Portuguese). Relvado. 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Marco Matias signs for Sheffield Wednesday". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  16. ↑ Phil Cartwright (22 August 2015). "Leeds United 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Report: Wood clinches derby draw". Leeds United F.C. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "Dois treinos antes do Cardiff" [Two trainings before Cardiff]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 July 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  19. ↑ "Guimarães claim famous cup win". PortuGOAL. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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