Jordi Matamala

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Matamalaand the second or maternal family name is Muntadas.

Jordi Matamala

Personal information
Full name	Jordi Matamala Muntadas
Date of birth	(1976-05-18) 18 May 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Vilobí d'Onyar, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Vilobí
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2000	Vilobí	200	(37)
2000–2002	Hospitalet	67	(5)
2002–2006	Girona	141	(5)
2006–2007	Palamós	34	(1)
2007–2010	Girona	109	(6)
2010–2013	Recreativo	94	(5)
2013–2014	Girona	32	(1)
2014–2016	Palamós	70	(1)
Total		747	(61)
International career
2008	Catalonia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jordi Matamala Muntadas (born 18 May 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

He amassed Segunda División totals of 199 matches and ten goals over six seasons, representing in the competition Girona and Recreativo (three years apiece).

Club career

Born in Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalonia, Matamala reached Segunda División for the first time in 2008–09 at the age of 32, with Girona FC, which he had helped promote from Segunda División B the previous year. In the following two seasons, he was again an undisputed started for the club as it consecutively managed to retain its league status; ^{[1] [2]} he made his debut in the second tier on 30 August 2008, playing the full 90 minutes and being booked in a 1–0 away win against RC Celta de Vigo. ^[3]

Matamala signed for another side in that league in summer 2010, Recreativo de Huelva. ^[4] He started in 26 matches in his first year (2,318 minutes of action), and the team finished in 12th position. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

On 26 July 2014, the 38-year-old Matamala returned to Palamós CF who still competed in the Tercera División, joining from Girona. ^[8] He retired after two campaigns with the club in that level. ^[9]

References

1. La plantilla del Girona 'se moja' por el ascenso (Girona squad 'gets betting' regarding promotion); Sport, 21 May 2008 (in Spanish)
2. Vint anys de Matamala (Twenty years of Matamala); Diari de Girona, 30 October 2013 (in Catalan)
3. El Girona da la sorpresa en Balaídos (Girona surprise at Balaídos); Marca, 30 August 2008 (in Spanish)
4. Matamala ficha por el Recreativo por dos temporadas (Matamala signs for Recreativo for two seasons); Marca, 14 July 2010 (in Spanish)
5. Matamala y Vega siguen; Pablo no (Matamala and Vega continue; Pablo does not); Huelva Ya, 24 June 2012 (in Spanish)
6. Matamala, un veterano eterno que se postula a acabar su carrera deportiva en el Recreativo (Matamala, endless veteran poised to finishing his sporting career at Recreativo); Huelva Buenas Noticias, 23 May 2013 (in Spanish)
7. Once jornadas sin ganar por tercera vez en la historia (Eleven rounds without winning for the third time in history); Huelva Información, 10 February 2015 (in Spanish)
8. Jordi Matamala allarga la seva carrera i jugarà a Palamós (Jordi Matamala prolongs his career and will play in Palamós); Diari de Girona, 26 July 2014 (in Catalan)
9. Jordi Matamala; Trayectorias de Fútbol, 16 August 2016 (in Spanish)

External links

• Jordi Matamala at BDFutbol
• Jordi Matamala at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Jordi Matamala at Soccerway