Sónia Patricia Pereira Matias (born 17 May 1983) is a Portuguese former

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defender who played for Prainsa Zaragoza and

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's Primera División. She also played for SU 1º Dezembro in Portugal's Campeonato Nacional. With the Portugal national team she won 55

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between 2005 and 2012, scoring four goals. She ended her playing career in summer 2014, after Espanyol decided not to renew her contract. She remained in

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and in October 2014 she took a job as women's football co-ordinator at Molins de Rei CF.

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1983 births Living people People from Loures Portuguese women's footballers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate women's footballers Portugal women's international footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Liga F players Zaragoza CFF players RCD Espanyol (women) players Footballers from Lisbon Women's association football defenders S.U. 1º Dezembro (women) players Campeonato Nacional Feminino players Footballers from Lisbon District 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen {{Portugal-women-footy-bio-stub