Alexandre Matos

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Alexandre Matos
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Raposo de Matos
Date of birth (1995-05-31) 31 May 1995 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth Macau
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker [1]
Team information
Current team
Canas de Senhorim
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Ka I 1 (1)
2013 Lam Ieng 9 (1)
2014 Sporting (Macau) 12 (2)
2015–2016 Ka I 31 (7)
2018 C.P.K. 15 (5)
2018–2019 Atletico Cacém 11 (0)
2019 Sporting (Macau) 7 (4)
2019–2020 Serpa 10 (2)
2020 Graciosa
2020 Viana do Alentejo 2 (0)
2020–2021 Rebordelo 9 (5)
2021 Águias do Moradal 1 (0)
2021 Arganil 12 (11)
2021–2022 Mazara ? (?)
2022– Canas de Senhorim ? (?)
International career
Macau U23
2015–2018 Macau 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 December 2021

Alexandre Raposo de Matos (born 31 May 1995) is a Macanese international footballer. He also holds Portuguese citizenship.

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Club career

Having started his career at his father's side, Windsor Arch Ka 1, Matos spent a season with Lam Ieng before moving to Sporting Clube de Macau. In 2014, he was offered a trial with the Macanese club's parent affiliate, Sporting Clube de Portugal. [2] He returned to Windsor Arch for the 2015 season, before heading to England to study sports psychology while also playing for lower division side Greenwood Meadows. [3]

On 30 December 2021, he was announced as a new signing of Eccellenza Sicily amateur club Mazara. [4] In August 2022, he returned in Portugal to join amateur club Canas de Senhorim. [5]

International career

Matos made his senior international debut for Macau in qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, playing 90 minutes in a 3–0 defeat to Cambodia. [6]

Personal life

Matos is the son of Angolan-born former footballer Paulo Conde, [7] and the two featured in the same league game for Windsor Arch Ka I in 2012; a 1–0 win over Lam Pak. However they were not on the pitch at the same time, as Conde had been substituted at half time, and Matos came on in the 87th minute. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 March 2021. [9] [10]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ka I 2012 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol 31000031
Lam Ieng 2013 1110000111
Sporting (Macau) 2014 1220000122
Ka I 2015 1750000175
C.P.K. 2018 Liga de Elite 1550000155
Cacém2018–19Lisbon Division of Honour90000090
Sporting (Macau) 2019 Liga de Elite 74000074
Serpa2019–20Beja First Division92000092
Viana do Alentejo2020–21Évora Elite Division20000020
RebordeloBragança Division of Honour731 [a] 00083
Career total92231000009323
Notes
  1. Appearances in the Taça de Portugal

International

As of 13 March 2021. [11]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Macau 201520
201820
Total40

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References

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  2. "Promessa de Macau a Caminho da Academia do Sporting". Tribuna de Macau (in Portuguese). 16 July 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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  10. Alexandre Matos at ForaDeJogo (archived)
  11. Alexandre Matos at National-Football-Teams.com