Paulo Matos

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is de Matos.

Paulo Matos

Personal information
Full name	Paulo Gomes de Matos
Date of birth	(1984-01-25) 25 January 1984
Place of birth	Riachão do Jacuípe, Brazil
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	Juventude
2002–2005	São Paulo	7	(2)
2005	Náutico
2006	Vitória
2007	Gama
2008	América-RN
2009	Criciúma
2009	Confiança	1	(0)
2010	Mixto
2011	Paraná	3	(0)
2011	Goianésia	10	(0)
2012	Jacuipense
2014–2015	Estrela do Norte	7	(1)
2015–2016	Al Ansar	11	(2)
2016	Formiga
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Gomes de Matos (born 25 January 1984) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

On 19 June 2005, Matos debuted for São Paulo alongside future Brazil international Hernanes, scoring in a 1–0 win against Botafogo. After his retirement, he would regard that moment as the best in his career.

On 26 November 2005, Matos played for Náutico in that year's Série B promotion play-off final against Grêmio; the match was dubbed the Batalha dos Aflitos, and was played at the Estádio dos Aflitos. During the match, Náutico received two penalties, and Grêmio had four players with red cards, yet Gremio won 1–0. After that game, Matos became depressed, barely slept or ate, did not speak to anybody for two weeks, and vowed to never to go near that stadium again.

External links

• Paulo Matos at Soccerway
• Paulo Matos at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)