Luís Mata
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luís Carlos Machado Mata | ||
| Date of birth | 6 July 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pogoń Szczecin | ||
| Number | 97 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Oliveira do Douro | ||
| 2006–2016 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Porto B | 62 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Portimonense (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Cartagena (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2020– | Pogoń Szczecin | 19 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U16 | 14 | (5) |
| 2012–2014 | Portugal U17 | 22 | (3) |
| 2015 | Portugal U18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2016 | Portugal U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017 | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2017 | |||
Luís Carlos Machado Mata (born 6 July 1997) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Polish club Pogoń Szczecin, as a defender.
Football career
On 7 August 2016, Mata made his professional debut with Porto B in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Aves.[1]
After a few loan moves to Portimonense and Cartagena, Luis Mata left Porto to join Polish side Pogon Szczecin on a free transfer in 2020. In the season 2020/21 he made 18 league appearances with Pogon Szczecin, an additional cup appearance against PIast Gliwice and 2 appearances with Pogon Szczecin II in the 3 Liga. He also recorded one assist against Legia Warszawa in a 4-2 loss for his team.
International Career
Luis Mata has made several appearances with Portugal's youth national teams but he has never been capped for the men's national team. He has played one game for Portugal's U21 team against Norway U21, five games for Portugal's U19 team against Switzerland U19 (x2), Poland U19 (x2) and Norway U19 and three games for Portugal's U18 team against the Republic of Ireland's U18 (x2) and Norway U18. He has made a few more appearances for Portugal's U16, U17 and U15 teams scoring a total of 8 goals in 38 games.
References
- ^ "Aves 2-1 Porto B". ForaDeJogo. 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
External links
- Luís Mata at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Luís Mata at Soccerway
- Luís Mata at Portuguese Football Federation
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- 1997 births
- Sportspeople from Porto
- Living people
- Portuguese footballers
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Association football defenders
- FC Porto B players
- Portimonense S.C. players
- FC Cartagena footballers
- Pogoń Szczecin players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Segunda División B players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
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