Alexandre Matos

Not to be confused with Alex Matos.

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

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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

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]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ka I	2012	Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol	3	1	0	0	–		0	0	3	1
Lam Ieng	2013		11	1	0	0	–		0	0	11	1
Sporting (Macau)	2014		12	2	0	0	–		0	0	12	2
Ka I	2015		17	5	0	0	–		0	0	17	5
C.P.K.	2018	Liga de Elite	15	5	0	0	–		0	0	15	5
Cacém	2018–19	Lisbon Division of Honour	9	0	0	0	–		0	0	9	0
Sporting (Macau)	2019	Liga de Elite	7	4	0	0	–		0	0	7	4
Serpa	2019–20	Beja First Division	9	2	0	0	–		0	0	9	2
Viana do Alentejo	2020–21	Évora Elite Division	2	0	0	0	–		0	0	2	0
Rebordelo		Bragança Division of Honour	7	3	1[a]	0	–		0	0	8	3
Career total			92	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	93	23

Notes

1. Appearances in the Taça de Portugal

International

As of 13 March 2021.^[11]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Macau	2015	2	0
	2018	2	0
Total		4	0