Marco André da Silva Lopes Matias (born 10 May 1989) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club Farense.

Club career

Portugal

Born in Barreiro,

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, Matias finished his youth career at

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

. He never represented the first team officially as a senior, being consecutively loaned to

Varzim SC Varzim Sport Club () is a Portuguese football club based in Póvoa de Varzim. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club since its foundation. The club plays in Liga 3, following relegation in ...

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and Real SC, with all the clubs but the third competing in the Segunda Liga. Matias signed with

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, popularly known as Vitória de Guimarães or sometimes just Vitória, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Est ...

in the summer of 2010, being immediately loaned to S.C. Freamunde of the second division for two years. He subsequently returned to

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, making his debut in the

on 19 August 2012 by coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute in a 0–0 home draw against Sporting, and finished his first season with 20 scoreless appearances. Matias scored his first goal in the Portuguese top flight on 31 August 2013, but in a 1–4 home loss to

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. On 19 July 2014 he joined

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of the same league, netting 21 times from 42 competitive games to help the

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ns to the seventh position.

Sheffield Wednesday

In July 2015, Matias signed a four-year deal with

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club

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. His first goal came in his fourth league appearance on 22 August, the 1–1 draw against

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– a volley from 18 yards that flew in off the underside of the bar. Matias was released at the end of the 2018–19 season. His spell at the

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was bothered by several injury problems.

Return to Nacional

On 26 January 2021, Matias returned to Nacional on a five-month contract, from fellow top-tier side

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International career

Matias won five

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for the Portugal under-21 team. His first came on 11 July 2009, as he played the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 loss against

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in the

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Honours

Vitória Guimarães *

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Individual *

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Team of the Season:

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*Liga Portugal 2 Player of the Month: April 2023 *Liga Portugal 2 Forward of the Month: April 2023

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matias, Marco 1989 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Barreiro, Portugal Men's association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Barreirense players Sporting CP footballers Varzim S.C. players C.D. Fátima players Real S.C. players Vitória S.C. players S.C. Freamunde players Vitória S.C. B players C.D. Nacional players B-SAD players S.C. Farense players English Football League players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England