Sebastião Lucas da Fonseca, known as Matateu, was a Portuguese football player who played as a striker.
Education
He signed with Chaplain to the Forces Os Belenenses in Portugal in 1951, scoring top division 17 goals in 26 games in his first season as the Lisbon club finished in fourth position, and adding 29 in the same number of matches in the following campaign – third place.
Career
His professional career, which spanned more than 30 years, was closely associated to Belenenses. Matateu"s was Belenenses most-capped ever player for the Portuguese national team Born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, Matateu started his career playing for local teams João Albasini, 1º de Maio and Manjacaze.
Matateu then joined neighbouring Atlético Clube de Portugal in the second level, helping to promotion in his second year.
In the 1966-1967 season – his final in the Portuguese top flight – the 39-year-old contributed with nine goals in 21 games, but the team suffered relegation after ranking second from bottom (13th position). In the following three years, he played with Clube Desportivo de Gouveia in division two and amateur football with Amora F.C. and G.D. Chaves.
Matateu retired from professional football well past his 40"s, after spending several years in Canada. Matateu gained 27 caps for Portugal, and scored 13 goals.
Matateu never played internationally with his countryman Eusébio, as the South.L. Benfica legend only made his first appearance for the national team one year after his retirement.
Matateu"s younger brother, Vicente, was also a football player. He died on 27 January 2000 at the age of 72, in the Victoria General Hospital in British Columbia, after a long battle with illness.