Luís Maria Cabral Norton de Matos (born 14 December 1953) is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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, and a

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. He amassed

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totals of 211 matches and 36 goals over nine seasons, representing in the competition Académica,

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, Atlético,

Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Rest ...

and

Portimonense Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. It als ...

. In 1989 he became a manager, going on to work with several clubs.

Playing career

Born in Lisbon, Norton de Matos began playing professionally with local

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, but only appeared for the reserves in official games, also being loaned to Académica de Coimbra where he made his

debuts. Released by Benfica in the summer of 1974, he spent three of the following four years also in the top flight, with

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coi ...

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and

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Rest ...

, scoring a combined ten league goals. In 1978, Norton de Matos moved abroad and joined

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in Belgium, helping the team to the second position in the

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in his second season and adding the 1981

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. Aged nearly 28, he returned home and signed with

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, scoring a career-best 12 goals in the 1981–82 campaign as the

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club finished in sixth position. Norton de Matos retired in June 1987 at the age of 33 years and six months, after spells with Belenenses (two seasons) and

C.F. Estrela da Amadora Club Football Estrela da Amadora (), sometimes just Estrela, is a Portuguese sports club (predominantly football) based in Amadora, northwest of Lisbon. It's the successor of Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, founded in 1932 and extinct in ...

( second level). He won five

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for

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, all in 1982.

Coaching career

Norton de Matos started coaching in 1989, his first job being with former club Atlético in the second division. He managed mainly in that and the third levels, his only top flight experience arriving in 2005–06 with

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: on 17 December 2005, in spite of the team's excellent overall performances (nine wins and only four losses in 15 games, and just four goals conceded, best in European football that season), he resigned due to the club's dreadful economic situation; in the late 90s, he also worked as

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. In 2008, Norton de Matos moved to

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, being appointed manager at Étoile Lusitana and also directing its football academy. Two years later, he was named coach of the Bissau-Guinean national team. In the following years, Norton de Matos led

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to the seventh place in the second tier in the 2012–13 season, being relegated from the top division with

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in 2016. On 1 March 2017, he was appointed by the

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to its under-17 side. He also managed

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in the

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until 2019. Norton de Matos signed with French club

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on 14 July 2020, as youth system coordinator.

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