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Mata (surname)
Mata, sometimes Matta, is a Portuguese and Spanish surname. It may refer to: * Bryan Mata (born 1999), Venezuelan baseball player * Clinton Mata (born 1992), Angolan footballer * Eduardo Mata (1942–1995), Mexican conductor and composer * Ernesto Mata (1915–2012), Filipino military figure * Francisco Mata (1932–2011), Venezuelan singer and composer * Juan Mata (born 1988), Spanish footballer * Lorenzo Mata (born 1986) Mexican-American basketball player * Olga Mata, Venezuelan woman detained for publishing a humorous TikTok video * Marcelino da Mata (1940–2021), Guinean-Português Army officer * Mario Suárez Mata (born 1987), Spanish footballer * Marta Mata (1926–2006), Spanish pedagogue and politician * Néstor Mata (born 1926), Filipino journalist * Werner Mata Warner Mata is an American former soccer midfielder who earned seven caps with the U.S. national team between 1969 and 1973. He is listed as Walner Mata in some sources. National team Mata's first two caps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Mata
Lorenzo Mata-Real (born February 27, 1986) is an American professional basketball player in Mexico's Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He was the center for the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team from 2004–05 until 2007–08, and was an important part of their final four runs in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Born in the United States, Mata has also played for the Mexico national team. High school Mata averaged 25.0 points and 15.0 rebounds in his senior season. He led the South Gate Rams to an 18–8 overall record, an unbeaten Eastern League mark and one playoff victory. In the L.A. City Sectional quarterfinal game, future UCLA teammate Josh Shipp's Fairfax High School team defeated South Gate 89–85. In his junior year he led South Gate to their first playoff victory in 11 years. UCLA career Mata was recruited by Ben Howland along with Jordan Farmar, Josh Shipp, and Arron Afflalo to attend UCLA. These four led UCLA to the Final Four in back to back seasons (2005–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Mata
Warner Mata is an American former soccer midfielder who earned seven caps with the U.S. national team between 1969 and 1973. He is listed as Walner Mata in some sources. National team Mata's first two caps came in losses to Haiti in April and May 1969. His last game was a 4-0 loss to Poland on March 20, 1973. Club career In the mid-1960s, Mata played for Orange County Soccer Club Orange County Soccer Club was a Greater Los Angeles team active in the mid 1960s in a league called the Continental League. One of the highlights of its existence included an international match with Bayern Munich of Germany played on June 10, 1 .... He scored a goal in both a 1966 National Challenge Cup quarterfinal and semifinal games as Orange County went to the championship game. He then moved to the Los Angeles Kickers in the fall of 1966. References American men's soccer players Los Angeles Kickers players United States men's international soccer players Living people Men's associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Néstor Mata
Nestor Mata (January 16, 1926 – April 12, 2018) was a Filipino journalist whose writing career spanned six decades. He was also known as the only survivor of the 1957 plane crash that killed the President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay, and 24 others. Education Nestor Mata graduated from the University of Santo Tomas where he obtained a degree in philosophy and letter. He has also had masteral studies on foreign affairs. Journalist career Early years Mata worked with a government radio station before becoming a reporter with the ''Philippine Herald'' newspaper and covered the Korean War as a war correspondent. He covered topics which involved politics and foreign affairs. In 1953, he was assigned by his newspaper to cover the then-newly elected President Magsaysay. Surviving the 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash On March 16, 1957, President Magsaysay, accompanied by several government officials and journalists, flew to Cebu for a speaking engagement. Later that evening, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Mata
Marta Ángela Mata Garriga (22 June 1926 – 27 June 2006) was a Spanish politician and pedagogue who promoted the renovation of public schools during Spain's transition to democracy in 1978, and defended secular schools. She was the founder of the and wrote numerous books and articles on reading and writing didactics, pedagogy, educational policy, and children's stories. Biography Marta Mata's connection with the world of education originated with her mother, Àngels Garriga, who was a pedagogue, teacher, and writer trained in the Summer Schools before the Civil War, and in the Commonwealth of Catalonia, with Pompeu Fabra, , , Rosa Sensat, , and . Her father was Josep Mata Virgili (1886–1934), an industrial technician, who died in a work accident in Madrid when Marta was 8 years old. She went to kindergarten and elementary schools of the Barcelona City School Board, where her mother worked. In 1937 she began high school at the . In 1939 her teachers and professors were dismis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Suárez Mata
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Mario's fraternal twin brother is Luigi. Mario first appeared as the player character of ''Donkey Kong'' (1981), a platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally called "Mr. Video", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelino Da Mata
Marcelino da Mata (7 May 1940 – 11 February 2021) was a Portuguese Army officer, born in Portuguese Guinea. Early life and education Marcelino da Mata was born in Ponte Nova, Portuguese Guinea and studied until completing the entire secondary education in Portuguese Guinea. When his older brother was conscripted into the military service he took his place. This began Marcelino da Mata's military career. Military career In the army, he distinguished himself as a polyglot with understanding of many local and regional languages and dialects. His linguistic skills were useful and in high demand for the army. He served in Portuguese Guinea. His experience would cause him to enroll in special operations training courses, eventually graduating as a commando. In the following years, Marcelino da Mata would become distinguished for numerous acts of valor during the Portuguese Colonial War. Having participated in 2,412 operations, he is the most decorated Portuguese military officer in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detention Of Olga Mata
Olga Lucila Mata de Gil (born 1949) is a Venezuelan woman detained in April 2022 for recording a humorous video posted on the social network TikTok in which she names arepas after high-ranking government officials. Process On 13 April 2022, an arrest warrant was issued against Mata after she recorded a humorous video published on the social network TikTok two years prior in which she names different arepas with the name of high-ranking government officials and the type of filling they had. Her son, Florencio Gil Mata, was arrested, and both were charged with the crime of " promotion or instigation to hatred". Tarek William Saab, the Attorney General imposed by the 2017 Constituent National Assembly, set up the Special 4th Control Court "with competence in cases related to terrorism". William Saab subsequently released a video of Mata apologizing for the content of the video; the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Special Court agreed on a precautionary measure against her. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Mata
Juan Manuel Mata García (born 28 April 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray. He mostly plays as a central attacking midfielder, but he can also play on the wing. A graduate of Real Madrid's youth academy, Mata played for Real Madrid Castilla in 2006–07, before joining Valencia in the summer of 2007. He became an integral part of the club's midfield, making 174 appearances over the course of four seasons. In August 2011, Mata signed for English club Chelsea of the Premier League for a fee believed to be in the region of €28 million, and in his debut season, won the UEFA Champions League and the FA Cup. The following year, Chelsea won the UEFA Europa League, making Mata and teammate Fernando Torres the first players to hold the Champions League, Europa League, World Cup, and the European Championships simultaneously. After falling out of favour at Chelsea under José Mourinho, Mata was sold to Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Mata
Francisco Mata (July 24, 1932 – January 24, 2011) was a Venezuelan singer and composer. See also *Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ... * Venezuelan music Sources *Fundación Glorias del Folklore 1932 births 2011 deaths Venezuelan composers Male composers Venezuelan folk singers {{Venezuela-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto Mata
Ernesto S. Mata (November 7, 1915 – March 7, 2012) was a Filipino General and the 15th Secretary of National Defense of the Republic of the Philippines, serving in that capacity from 21 January 1967 to 3 February 1970. Mata was also a former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff, the only retired officer to be recalled to active duty to occupy this position. In February 2012, just before his death, he was acknowledged to be the only known living graduate of the Philippine Constabulary Academy, which was later renamed the Philippine Military Academy in 1935. Biography Early life Mata was born on 7 November 1915 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. In 1933 he graduated from Ilocos Norte High School and took further education at the University of the Philippines Junior College at Vigan, Ilocos Sur. He passed the Philippine Constabulary Academy entrance exam a year later, graduating in March 1937. That same year, he became a Third Lieutenant and was assigned with the 23rd Philippi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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