Matateu

Club career Born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, Matateu started his career with local teams João Albasini, 1º de Maio and Manjacaze. He signed for C.F. Os Belenenses from Portugal in 1951, scoring Primeira Liga 17 goals in 26 games in his first season as the Lisbon side finished fourth and adding 29 in the same number of matches in the following campaign for a third place.

From 1953 to 1960, Matateu continued scoring in double digits (a minimum of 14 goals), netting a career-best 32 in 1954–55 for his team's final runner-up position (and his second Silver Ball award). In 1960, he helped his main club to win the Taça de Portugal against Sporting CP (2–1), his only career trophy; he left in summer 1964 at the age of 37, after only totalling four appearances in his last two seasons due to a serious leg injury from which he never fully recovered. In the next three years, he played with second-tier CD Gouveia and in amateur football with Amora F.C. and G.D. Chaves. In 1971 he headed westward to Victoria, British Columbia, and represented Latino in the Vancouver Island Soccer League. He also played a pivotal role in the creation of Sagres Victoria.

International career Matateu earned 27 caps for Portugal and scored 13 goals.

Personal life and death Matateu's younger brother, Vicente, was also a footballer. A defender, he played 13 years with Belenenses (sharing teams with his sibling during ten), and also appeared for the Portugal national team. His daughter Argentina, born in 1954 from a relationship with a Portuguese woman, was named like that as he received the news at half-time of a friendly against Argentina.

Matateu died on 27 January 2000 at 72, in the Victoria General Hospital in British Columbia, after a long battle with illness.