Marco Matias

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Marco Matias (musician)

Marco Matias is the son of Portuguese immigrants who came to Germany in the 1970s. At the age of ten, he had his first experiences on stage when he was performing for a game circus, a project that arose in co-operation with Caritas and endeavored to inspire children for creativity. He himself got a lot of ideas out of this project. Shortly afterward, he founded a duet with his brother Jorge and they had a lot of success presenting their songs – pop, rock and South American titles – at various private events.

The first band he joined when he was fifteen was called ‘Lua Cheia’. He gained his first studio experiences with his school band ‘The Basement Kids’ during the production of his first CD ‘Cry For Peace’. He then passed his higher school certificate examination and began his studies at the University of Cologne. But he never gave up his music; he worked as a backing vocalist, participated in jam sessions and had many other musical activities.

At that time, he got in contact with the Cologne A cappella ensemble ‘Voice Sings’ with whom he toured a lot.

Marco Matias (footballer)

Marco André da Silva Lopes Matias (born 10 May 1989) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for English club Sheffield Wednesday as a forward.

Club career

Born in Barreiro, Setúbal District, Matias finished his youth career at Sporting Clube de Portugal. He never represented the first team officially as a senior, being consecutively loaned to Varzim SC,C.D. Fátima and Real Sport Clube, with all the clubs but the third competing in the Segunda Liga.

Matias signed with Vitória S.C. in the 2010 summer, being immediately loaned to S.C. Freamunde in the second level for two years. He subsequently returned to Guimarães, making his debut in the Primeira Liga on 19 August 2012 by coming on as a 62nd minute substitute in a 0–0 home draw against Sporting, and finished his first season with 20 scoreless appearances.

Matias scored his first goal in the main category of Portuguese football on 31 August 2013, but in a 1–4 home loss to Vitória de Setúbal. On 19 July 2014 he joined fellow league side C.D. Nacional, netting 21 times from 42 competitive games to help the Madeirans to the seventh position.