Sónia Matias

Sónia Patricia Pereira Matias (born 17 May 1983) is a Portuguese former football defender who played for Prainsa Zaragoza and RCD Espanyol of Spain's Primera División.[1] She also played for SU 1º Dezembro in Portugal's Campeonato Nacional. With the Portugal national team[2] she won 55 caps between 2005 and 2012, scoring four goals.

Sónia Matias
Matias in 2012
Personal information
Full name Sónia Patricia Pereira Matias
Date of birth (1983-05-17) 17 May 1983
Place of birth Loures, Portugal
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
S.U. 1º de Dezembro
2007–2010 Prainsa Zaragoza
2010–2014 RCD Espanyol
National team
2005–2012 Portugal 55 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Matias.

She ended her playing career in summer 2014,[3] after Espanyol decided not to renew her contract.[4] She remained in Catalonia and in October 2014 she took a job as women's football co-ordinator at Molins de Rei CF.[5]

References
  1. Profile in RCD Espanyol's web
  2. Call-up for the 2013 Euro qualifying's October 2011 matches in the FPF's web
  3. "Sónia Matias termina carreira futebolística" (in Portuguese). Futebol Feminino Portugal. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. Juarez, Mari Carmen (25 June 2014). "Sonia Matias y Emma Marqués no continuarán en el Espanyol" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. "Sónia Matias é a nova coordenadora do Molins de Rei CF" (in Portuguese). Futeboll Feminino Portugal. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2016.


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