Matilde Fidalgo

Matilde Fidalgo
Personal information
Full name Matilde Mota Veiga Santiago Fidalgo
Date of birth (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Playing position Right-back
Club information
Current team
 SC Braga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2017 CF Benfica 63 (10)
2017–2018 Sporting CP 14 (1)
2018– SC Braga
National team
2011–2013 Portugal U19 24 (0)
2013– Portugal 38 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Matilde Fidalgo (born 15 May 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a right-back for SC Braga in the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino.

Career

Club

Fidalgo was born in 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 Benfica, Fidalgo won one national title in the 2015/2016 season[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 the next season she moved to the rival team SC Braga.[7]

International

Fidalgo debuted for Portugal U19 on February 22, 2011 in a win against Finland U19 for the 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying Round.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] She didn't play in any matches as her team was eliminated while still in the Group Stage.[11]

Personal life

Fidalgo is a cousin of Bernardo Silva.[12] Both were born in 1994, share the same great-grandparents, and play internationally for the Portugal national team.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "SPORTING CONTRATA MATILDE FIDALGO". Record. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Matilde Fidalgo assina pelo Sporting". Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Matilde Fidalgo". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "MATILDE FIDALGO É A MELHOR JOGADORA". Sindicato dos Jogadores. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Saiba quem são os vencedores das Quinas de Ouro 2018". Correio da Manhã. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Futebol feminino: o melhor onze de 2017". O Jogo. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "player profile". FPF.pt. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Portugal – Finlândia". Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Grécia – Portugal". Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "As eleitas para o Europeu". Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Matilde Fidalgo". Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Bernardo Silva e Matilde: primos à conversa na seleção". Bancada.pt. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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