Matthew Nogueira

Matthew Alexander Pires Nogueira (born March 18, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Scrosoppi FC in the Ontario Premier League.

Early life He began playing soccer at age 4 with Sporting Academy Toronto, an affiliate of Portuguese club Sporting CP. When he was 10, he was noticed by Portuguese goalkeeper Nuno Santos, who was running camps in Canada, who trained him and arranged trials for him in Portugal with the Benfica and Sporting youth academies, with Nogueira ultimately joining Benfica. He later returned to Toronto ahead of the birth of his daughter, and reached out to Toronto FC who invited him to join their academy, with whom he spent a year Afterwards, he returned to Portugal, joining the youth setup of Gil Vicente.

In 2017, he joined A.D. Fornos de Algodres in the third tier Campeonato de Portugal. Initially serving as the backup keeper, he eventually received his opportunity as the team fell into last place, and in a match against league-leaders Águeda, he put in a man of the match performance, attracting Águeda's interest who signed him to a contract.

Upon the expiry of his contract, he joined Serbian second tier side FK Zlatibor Čajetina, but would have had to wait until January 2022 to officially sign as the club underwent a transfer ban on foreign signings due to a penalty from failing to pay its players when they were in the top division, and Canadian Premier League club York United FC. On March 10, 2022, after his trial, he signed a one-year contract plus options with York. In July 2022, he terminated his contract with York United via mutual consent.

International career Born in Canada, Nogueira is of Portuguese descent. Nogueira was called up to a camp for the Canada U16 in 2014. He appeared for Canada U16 at the 2014 Montaigu Tournament, making his debut against France.

Nogueira was named to the Canadian U-23 50-man provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2021. He was named to the final squad ahead of the rescheduled tournament on March 10, 2021.

Career statistics

2018–19

2019–20

York United FC 2022 Canadian Premier League

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