Vasco Matos

Vasco Miguel Lopes de Matos (born 10 October 1980) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a winger, and the current manager of Casa Pia AC.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Lopes and the second or paternal family name is Matos.
Vasco Matos
Personal information
Full name Vasco Miguel Lopes de Matos
Date of birth (1980-10-10) 10 October 1980
Place of birth Amadora, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1989–1993 Estrela Amadora
1993–1999 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Sporting B 33 (6)
1999–2000 → Lourinhanense (loan) 31 (2)
2001–2002 → Campomaiorense (loan) 15 (1)
2002–2003 Vitória Setúbal 5 (0)
2003–2004 Felgueiras 33 (0)
2004–2006 Olhanense 61 (0)
2006–2008 Beira-Mar 31 (5)
2008 Rapid Bucureşti 4 (0)
2008–2010 Portimonense 50 (2)
2010–2014 Aves 98 (9)
2014–2015 Benfica Castelo Branco 20 (0)
2015–2016 Vilafranquense 24 (0)
Total 405 (25)
National team
1996 Portugal U15 5 (0)
1997 Portugal U17 3 (0)
Teams managed
2017–2019 Vilafranquense
2019 Alverca
2020– Casa Pia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent most of his career in his country's second tier, making 272 appearances and scoring 14 goals for six clubs. In Primeira Liga, he played 21 games and scored three times for Vitória Setúbal and Beira-Mar.

Playing career

Born in Brandoa in Amadora, Lisbon District, Matos began playing at C.F. Estrela da Amadora at the age of eight before choosing Sporting CP over S.L. Benfica four years later. He never made a first-team appearance for the Lions, instead playing for farm team Sporting Clube Lourinhanense and the reserve team in the third division.[1]

In 2001, Matos was loaned to S.C. Campomaiorense of the second tier for his first professional experience, and the club's last season at that level. He left for Vitória de Setúbal where he would make his Primeira Liga debut in 2002–03, albeit in a relegated season; the following year he played in a cash-strapped F.C. Felgueiras team where he went for five months without pay.[1]

After representing S.C. Olhanense and S.C. Beira-Mar – the latter being relegated from the top-flight in 2006–07 – Matos had his only experience abroad in February 2008, with FC Rapid București in Romania's Liga I.[2] That 15 August, he returned to his country's second tier with Portimonense S.C. on a two-year deal.[3]

Matos played four seasons with C.D. Aves again in the second tier, and one each at third division Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco and U.D. Vilafranquense of the Lisbon FA's first district league before retiring in 2016.[4]

Managerial career

Matos assisted Filipe Coelho at Vilafranquense, and became manager of the third-tier team in December 2017 when the latter moved abroad.[5] He debuted on 10 December with a 2–0 win at G.D. Loures,[6] and finished the season as runners-up to C.D. Mafra before elimination in the play-off semi-finals by S.C. Farense (4–1 aggregate).[7]

On 6 March 2019, Matos was replaced in his job by Filipe Moreira.[8] Three months later, he was appointed at nearby F.C. Alverca in the same league.[9] On 17 October, he led the team to a 2–0 home win over Sporting in the third round of the Taça de Portugal, only the second time that they had been eliminated by a third-tier club.[10] He left by mutual consent on 27 December.[11]

Matos returned to the game on 5 July 2020 at Casa Pia AC, who had been kept in the second tier on a court decision.[12]

References
  1. Travassos, Nuno (15 October 2019). "Vasco Matos: «Vou ser muito melhor treinador do que jogador»" [Vasco Matos: "I will be a much better manager than I was as a player"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. "Mercado: Vasco Matos (Beira Mar) a caminho do Rapid Bucareste" [Transfer market: Vasco Matos (Beira Mar) heading to Rapid București] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 7 February 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. "Vasco Matos por duas épocas" [Vasco Matos for two seasons]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. "Vasco Matos reforça o Vilafranquense" [Vasco Matos bolsters Vilafranquense]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. "Vasco Matos e a estreia como treinador: «Sabem que é muito fácil lidar comigo mas a exigência é máxima»" [Vasco Matos and his managerial debut: "They know that it is very easy to get along with me but I demand the maximum"]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 December 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. "Vilafranquense vence na estreia do técnico Vasco Matos" [Vilafranquense win on manager Vasco Matos' debut]. O Mirante (in Portuguese). 13 December 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  7. "Vasco Matos: «Os nossos jogadores foram extraordinários»" [Vasco Matos: "Our players were extraordinary"]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 May 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  8. Talixa, Jorge (6 March 2019). "Filipe Moreira substitui Vasco Matos no Vilafranquense" [Filipe Moreira replaced Vasco Matos at Vilafranquense] (in Portuguese). Voz Ribatejana. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  9. Balsinha, Joel; Talixa, Jorge (13 June 2019). "Vasco Matos é o novo treinador do Alverca" [Vasco Matos is the new manager of Alverca] (in Portuguese). Voz Ribatejana. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  10. Vaz, Rafael (17 October 2019). "Vasco Matos: «É a vitória mais importante na minha curta carreira»" [Vasco Matos: "It's the most important victory in my short career"] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  11. Talhadas, Marco (27 December 2019). "Alverca anuncia a saída de Vasco Matos do comando técnico" [Alverca announce exit of Vasco Matos from managerial post]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  12. "Vasco Matos é o novo treinador do Casa Pia" [Vasco Matos is the new manager of Casa Pia]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 July 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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