Augusto Matine

{{Short description|Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer (1947–2020)}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Augusto Matine

|image =

|fullname = Augusto Matine

|birth_date = {{birth date|1947|2|13|df=y}}

|birth_place = Lourenço Marques, Mozambique

|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|13|1947|2|13|df=y}}

|death_place = Maputo, Mozambique{{cite news|last=Zandamela|first=Alexandre|date=14 October 2020|title=Morreu Augusto Matine|trans-title=Augusto Matine has died|language=pt|page=32|newspaper=A Bola}}

| position = Midfielder

|years1 = –1967

|clubs1 = Central Lourenço Marques

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1967–1971

|clubs2 = Benfica

|caps2 = 23

|goals2 = 0

|years3 = 1971–1972

|clubs3 = → Vitória Setúbal (loan)

|caps3 = 28

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 1972–1973

|clubs4 = Benfica

|caps4 = 8

|goals4 = 0

|years5 = 1973–1976

|clubs5 = Vitória Setúbal

|caps5 = 84

|goals5 = 5

|years6 = 1976–1977

|clubs6 = Portimonense

|caps6 = 25

|goals6 = 2

|years7 = 1977–1978

|clubs7 = Lusitano Évora

|caps7 =

|goals7 =

|years8 = 1978–1979

|clubs8 = Aves

|caps8 =

|goals8 =

|years9 = 1979–1981

|clubs9 = Estrela Amadora

|caps9 = 31

|goals9 = 2

|years10 = 1981–1983

|clubs10 = Torralta

|caps10 =

|goals10 =

|totalcaps = 199

|totalgoals = 9

|nationalyears1 = 1970–1973

|nationalteam1 = Portugal

|nationalcaps1 = 9

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|manageryears1 =

|managerclubs1 = Estrela Amadora (assistant, scout)

|manageryears2 = 2001–2002

|managerclubs2 = Mozambique

|manageryears3 = 2003

|managerclubs3 = Ferroviário Maputo

|manageryears4 = 2012

|managerclubs4 = Desportivo Maputo

}}

Augusto Matine (13 February 1947 – 13 October 2020) was a Portuguese footballer and manager who played as a midfielder mostly for Benfica and Vitória de Setúbal at club level and nine times for the Portugal national team. Most notably, he managed the Mozambique national team.

Club career

Born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Matine, a midfielder, joined Benfica in Lisbon from Central de Lourenço Marques in 1967. After playing two seasons for Benfica's main squad, with whom he won the 1969–70 Taça de Portugal and the 1970–71 Primeira Divisão, he spent one year on loan at Vitória de Setúbal. He returned to Benfica the next season and won the 1972–73 Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Honra before leaving permanently to Vitória de Setúbal, where he would play from 1973 to 1976. He then represented Portimonense, Lusitano de Évora and Desportivo das Aves for a season each, and lastly Estrela da Amadora and Torralta for two seasons each.[https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/artigos/morreu-matine-antigo-jogador-de-benfica-e-vitoria-de-setubal Morreu Matine, antigo jogador de Benfica e Vitória de Setúbal][https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/benfica-lamenta-desparecimento-de-matine Benfica lamenta desparecimento de Matine]

International career

Internationally, Matine gained nine caps for Portugal. He made his debut on 10 May 1970 in Lisbon against Italy, in a 1–2 defeat,[https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/artigos/fpf-recorda-augusto-matine-como-um-jogador-importante-do-futebol-portugues FPF recorda Augusto Matine como "um jogador importante do futebol português"] and played his last match for the country in 1973.

Manager career

After retiring as a player in 1986, Matine became a football manager. He was an assistant coach and scout for Estrela da Amadora and later managed the Mozambique national team from 2001 to 2002.[https://www.abola.pt/nnh/2020-10-18/augusto-matine-umafonte-de-inspiracao/864591 Augusto Matine: uma fonte de inspiração] Moreover, he was appointed manager of home town clubs Ferroviário de Maputo, in 2003,{{cite news|work=Record|author=Chiúre, Alexandre|title=Matine assume Ferroviário|trans-title=Matine takes over at Ferroviário|url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/detalhe/matine-assume-ferroviario|language=pt|date=12 March 2003|access-date=13 October 2020}} and Desportivo de Maputo, until May 2012.{{cite news|publisher=Saudações Desportivas|title=Matine afastado do Desportivo|trans-title=Matine has left Desportivo|url=http://www.imozambique.co.mz/noticias/i-noticias/item/11589-matine-afastado-do-desportivo.html|language=pt|date=22 May 2012|access-date=2012-05-26|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802064001/http://www.imozambique.co.mz/noticias/i-noticias/item/11589-matine-afastado-do-desportivo.html|archive-date=2012-08-02|url-status=dead}}