Matilde Fidalgo

	Fidalgo (in red jersey)
Personal information
Full name	Matilde Mota Veiga Santiago Fidalgo
Date of birth	15 May 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	São Domingos de Benfica, Portugal
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Famalicão
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2017	CF Benfica
2017–2018	Sporting CP
2018–2019	SC Braga
2018	SC Braga B
2019–2020	Manchester City
2020–2021	Benfica
2021–2023	Betis
2023–	Famalicão
International career‡
2011–2013	Portugal U19
2013–	Portugal
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 June 2024
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Matilde Mota Veiga Santiago Fidalgo (born 15 May 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a centre-back for Famalicão and the Portugal women's national team.

Fidalgo made her senior debut for Portugal in September 2013 and represented her country at UEFA Women's Euro 2017.

Club career

Fidalgo was born in São Domingos de Benfica, Lisbon and from a young age has played football. In 2009, Fidalgo started her career at CF Benfica in the Portuguese League. She played for the Lisbon club until June 2017 when she moved to Sporting CP.^[1]^[2] With CF Benfica, Fidalgo won two national titles in the 2014–15, 2015–16 seasons^[3] and was elected "Best Player" for the 2015/2016 season by the "Sindicato dos Jogadores Profissionais de Futebol (SJPF)". She also captained the team for several seasons.^[4] In March 2018, Fidalgo won the "Quinas de Ouro" award as one of the "11 Best Players in the Women's League". The award is given by the Portuguese Football Federation.^[5]^[6] In 2018 she moved to the rival team SC Braga,^[7] with whom she won the Portuguese League title – Braga's first championship win. On 30 May 2019, it was announced that Fidalgo was signed to Women's Super League team Manchester City.^[8] Fidalgo moved to S.L Benfica on 4 August 2020, after only making two league appearances and becoming third-choice behind Janine Beckie and even Georgia Stanway, who was not a natural right-back.

International career

On 22 February 2011, Fidalgo debuted for Portugal U19 in a win against Finland U19 for the 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying Round.^[9] She also represented Portugal at the qualifying stages of the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. On 26 September 2013, Fidalgo debuted for the Portuguese Senior Team in a win against Greece, a 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification's match.^[10] Since then, she represented Portugal in several international competitions including the qualifying stages for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. On 6 July 2017, Fidalgo was called by coach Francisco Neto to represent Portugal at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, the first time the Portuguese team reached the final stage of a big international tournament.^[11] She didn't play in any matches as her team was eliminated while still in the Group Stage.^[12]

Personal life

Fidalgo is a cousin of Bernardo Silva.^[13] Both were born in 1994, share the same great-grandparents, play internationally for the Portugal national team and once both played their club football at Manchester City.^[13]

Honours

CF Benfica

Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2014–15, 2015–16
Campeonato Nacional II Divisão: 2009–10
Taça de Portugal Feminina: 2014–15, 2015–16
Supertaça de Portugal Feminina: 2015

Sporting CP

SC Braga

Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2018–19

Manchester City

Women's FA Cup: 2019–20

Benfica

Campeonato Nacional Feminino: 2020–21, 2021–22
Taça da Liga: 2019–20, 2020–21

References

^ "SPORTING CONTRATA MATILDE FIDALGO". Record. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "Matilde Fidalgo assina pelo Sporting". Diário de Notícias. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "Matilde Fidalgo". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "MATILDE FIDALGO É A MELHOR JOGADORA". Sindicato dos Jogadores. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "Saiba quem são os vencedores das Quinas de Ouro 2018". Correio da Manhã. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "Futebol feminino: o melhor onze de 2017". O Jogo. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "player profile". FPF.pt. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
^ Borges, Claudia. "City sign Matilde Fidalgo". www.mancity.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ "Portugal – Finlândia". Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "Grécia – Portugal". Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "As eleitas para o Europeu". Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "Matilde Fidalgo". Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Bernardo Silva e Matilde: primos à conversa na seleção". Bancada.pt. 10 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

External links

Matilde Fidalgo at Soccerway
Matilde Fidalgo national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Player's Profile at SC Braga (in Portuguese) at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 June 2019)
Matilde Fidalgo at WorldFootball.net
Matilde Fidalgo – UEFA competition record (archive)

[1] "SPORTING CONTRATA MATILDE FIDALGO". Record. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[2] "Matilde Fidalgo assina pelo Sporting". Diário de Notícias. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[3] "Matilde Fidalgo". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[4] "MATILDE FIDALGO É A MELHOR JOGADORA". Sindicato dos Jogadores. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[5] "Saiba quem são os vencedores das Quinas de Ouro 2018". Correio da Manhã. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[6] "Futebol feminino: o melhor onze de 2017". O Jogo. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[7] "player profile". FPF.pt. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

[8] Borges, Claudia. "City sign Matilde Fidalgo". www.mancity.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[9] "Portugal – Finlândia". Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[10] "Grécia – Portugal". Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[11] "As eleitas para o Europeu". Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[Matilde_Fidalgo_-_FPF-12] "Matilde Fidalgo". Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[bancada-13] "Bernardo Silva e Matilde: primos à conversa na seleção". Bancada.pt. 10 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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