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{{short description|Portuguese footballer (1927–2000)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matateu
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| fullname = Sebastião Lucas da Fonseca<ref name=Bio>{{WorldFootball.net|matateu}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|7|26|df=yes}}<ref name=Bio/>
| birth_place = [[Maputo|Lourenço Marques]], [[Portuguese Mozambique|Mozambique]]<ref name=Bio/>
| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|1|27|1927|7|26|df=y}}
| death_place = [[British Columbia]], Canada
| height = 
| position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1951–1964 | clubs1 = [[C.F. Os Belenenses|Belenenses]] | caps1 = 270 | goals1 = 210
| years2 = 1964–1967 | clubs2 = [[Atlético Clube de Portugal|Atlético]] | caps2 = 21 | goals2 = 9 
| years3 = 1967–1968 | clubs3 = Gouveia | caps3 = | goals3 = 
| years4 = 1968–1969 | clubs4 = [[Amora F.C.|Amora]] | caps4 = | goals4 = 
| years5 = 1969–1970 | clubs5 = [[G.D. Chaves|Chaves]] | caps5 = | goals5 =  
| years6 = 1970–1971 | clubs6 = First Portuguese | caps6 = | goals6 = 
| years7 = 1972–1974 | clubs7 = Sagres Victoria | caps7 = | goals7 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1952–1960 | nationalteam1 = [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] | nationalcaps1 = 27 | nationalgoals1 = 13
}}
'''Sebastião Lucas da Fonseca''' (26 July 1927 – 27 January 2000), known as '''Matateu''' ({{IPA|pt|mɐtɐˈtew}}), was a Portuguese [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]].

His professional career, which spanned more than 20 years, was closely associated to [[C.F. Os Belenenses|Belenenses]]. He won the ''[[Bola de Prata (Portugal)|Bola de Prata]]'' twice during his spell with the club, and scored 219 goals in 291 [[Primeira Liga]] games, being dubbed the ''[[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World|World's Eighth Wonder]]''.<ref name=I>{{cite news|url=http://www1.ionline.pt/conteudo/43822-matateu-ele-e-que-foi-o-d-sebastiao|title=Matateu. Ele é que foi o D. Sebastião|trans-title=Matateu. The real D. Sebastião|newspaper=[[i (Portuguese newspaper)|i]]|first=Rui Miguel|last=Tovar|language=pt|date=27 January 2010|access-date=15 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525210019/http://www1.ionline.pt/conteudo/43822-matateu-ele-e-que-foi-o-d-sebastiao|archive-date=25 May 2012}}</ref>

Matateu's was Belenenses most-capped ever player for the [[Portugal national football team|Portugal national team]].

==Club career==
Born in [[Maputo|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 [[1951–52 Primeira Divisão|first season]] as the [[Lisbon]] side finished fourth and adding 29 in the same number of matches in [[1952–53 Primeira Divisão|the following campaign]] for a third place.<ref name=Matateu>{{cite web|url=http://www.osbelenenses.com/2014/07/26-de-julho-de-1927-nasce-matateu/|title=26 de Julho de 1927 – Nasce Matateu|trans-title=26 July 1927 – Matateu is born|publisher=C.F. Os Belenenses|language=pt|date=25 July 2014|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>

From 1953 to 1960, Matateu continued scoring in double digits (a minimum of 14 goals), netting a career-best 32 in [[1954–55 Primeira Divisão|1954–55]] for his team's final runner-up position (and his second [[Bola de Prata (Portugal)|Silver Ball]] award).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porttops.html|title=Portugal – List of Topscorers|website=[[RSSSF]]|first1=Paulo|last1=Claro|first2=Simon|last2=Preston|first3=João|last3=Nunes|first4=Roberto|last4=Di Maggio|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> 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 [[Human leg|leg]] injury from which he never fully recovered.<ref name=Matateu/>

Matateu then joined neighbouring [[Atlético Clube de Portugal]] of the [[Liga Portugal 2|Segunda Liga]], helping to promotion in his second year. In the [[1966–67 Primeira Divisão|1966–67 season]] – his final in the Portuguese top flight – the 39-year-old contributed nine goals in 21 games, but the team suffered relegation after ranking second-bottom.<ref name=Goodbye>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/30-12-2000/matateu-e-jose-aguas-adeus-em-2000|title=Matateu e José Águas, adeus em 2000|trans-title=Matateu and José Águas, goodbye in 2000|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=30 December 2000|access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref> In the next three years, he played with second-tier CD Gouveia and in amateur football with [[Amora F.C.]] and [[G.D. Chaves]].<ref name=I/>

Matateu retired from professional football well past his 40s, after spending several years in Canada, where he represented [[Canadian National Soccer League|National Soccer League]] side Toronto First Portuguese.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/correiodamanhacanada.com/docs/cmc_web_out01|title=First Portuguese Canadian Cultural Centre celebra 63 anos|trans-title=First Portuguese Canadian Cultural Centre celebrate 63rd birthday|newspaper=[[Correio da Manhã (Portugal)|Correio da Manhã]]|first1=Marzio|last1=Lorenzo|first2=Paulo|last2=Pereira|language=pt|pages=10–11|date=1 October 2019|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/739589476/?terms=European%20veteran%20sparkles&match=1|title=European veteran sparkles|newspaper=[[Montreal Star]]|first=Doug|last=Campbell|page=33|date=30 June 1969|access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Negociações identitárias dos luso-descendentes no Canadá através do futebol português e do hóquei no gelo canadiano |trans-title=Identity negotiations of luso-descendants in Canada through Portuguese football and Canadian ice hockey|journal=Etnográfica. Revista do Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia|first=João|last=Sardinha|language=pt |date=12 February 2012|pages=143–162|volume=16|issue=1 |issn=0873-6561|doi=10.4000/etnografica.1424|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==International career==
Matateu earned 27 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] and scored 13 goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/selecao/lista-completa-dos-internacionais-portugueses|title=Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses|trans-title=Complete list of Portuguese internationals|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=18 February 2004|access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref><ref name=Goodbye/> After making his debut on 23 November 1952 in a [[Exhibition game#International football|friendly]] with [[Austria national football team|Austria]] in [[Porto]], his last appearance was against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] on 22 May 1960 for the [[1960 European Nations' Cup]] (5–1 away loss, he netted in the first leg, a 2–1 win), aged 32.<ref name=Matateu/>

Matateu never played internationally with his compatriot [[Eusébio]] although he had been called for the final [[1962 FIFA World Cup]] [[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualifiers]] where the latter would make his debut, being left out of the squads for the matches against [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]] and [[England national football team|England]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/08-05-2001/a-magoa-de-nao-ter-sido-campeao|title=A mágoa de não ter sido campeão|trans-title=The sorrow of failing to win a championship|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=8 May 2001|access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref><ref>António Simões, ''Eusébio, Como Nunca se Viu'', Lisbon, Publicações D. Quixote, 2014</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Matateu's younger brother, [[Vicente Lucas|Vicente]], was also a footballer. A [[Defender (association football)|defender]], he played 13 years with Belenenses (sharing teams with his sibling during ten), and also appeared for the Portugal national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://osbelenenses.blogspot.com/2009/05/grande-vicente.html|title=Grande Vicente!|trans-title=Great Vicente!|publisher=Os Belenenses Blogspot|language=pt|date=27 May 2009|access-date=15 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/1864/matateu-e-vicente-dois-irmaos-na-historia-de-um-clube-centenario--11315093.html|title=Matateu e Vicente. Dois irmãos na história de um Belenenses centenário|trans-title=Matateu and Vicente. Two brothers in the history of centenary Belenenses|newspaper=[[Diário de Notícias]]|first=Nuno|last=Fernandes|language=pt|date=22 September 2019|access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref> 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 national football team|Argentina]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://observador.pt/especiais/argentina-matateu-filha-pai-belenenses/|title=Argentina Matateu. "O meu pai imitou o Matthews"|trans-title=Argentina Matateu. "My father emulated Matthews"|newspaper=[[Observador]]|first=Rui Miguel|last=Tovar|language=pt|date=26 July 2017|access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref>

Matateu died on 27 January 2000 at 72, in the [[Victoria General Hospital]] in [[British Columbia]], after a long battle with illness.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-3/b-sad/detalhe/lenda-do-futebol-portugues-matateu-tenta-vencer-a-morte|title=Lenda do futebol português Matateu tenta vencer a morte|trans-title=Portuguese football legend Matateu tries to beat death|newspaper=[[Record (Portuguese newspaper)|Record]]|first=Carlos|last=Arsénio|language=pt|date=7 December 1999|access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/morte-de-matateu/|title=Morte de Matateu|trans-title=Death of Matateu|publisher=[[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal]]|language=pt|date=27 January 2000|access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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