# Pio Matos

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{{short description|Mozambican basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name           = Pio Matos Jr.
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| position       = [Point guard](/source/Point_guard)
| height_m       = 1.85 
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| league         = [Mozambican League](/source/Mozambican_Division_I_Basketball_League)
| team           = Ferroviário de Maputo
| number         = 8
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1990|11|29|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Quelimane](/source/Quelimane), Mozambique
| nationality    = Mozambican
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| years1={{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}–2015
| team1=[Desportivo Maputo](/source/GD_Maputo)
| years2=2015–present
| team2=[Ferroviário de Maputo](/source/Ferrovi%C3%A1rio_de_Maputo_(basketball))
| highlights     = 
* 3× [Mozambican League](/source/Mozambican_Division_I_Basketball_League) champion (2015, 2018, 2019)
* Mozambican League MVP (2015)
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'''Pio da Silva Matos Júnior''' (born 29 November 1990) is a Mozambican professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player for Ferroviário de Maputo of the [Mozambican Division I Basketball League](/source/Mozambican_Division_I_Basketball_League).

Matos was named league [most valuable player](/source/most_valuable_player) (MVP) in 2015 and has won two championships: with [Desportivo de Maputo](/source/GD_Maputo) in 2015 and with Ferroviário de Maputo in 2018.<ref name="cavele">{{cite web |last1=Cavele |first1=Aristides |title=Matos: um apelido, três manos na final |url=http://opais.sapo.mz/matos-um-apelido-tres-manos-na-final |website=SAPO Moçambique |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=Portuguese |date=5 September 2019 |archive-date=9 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909013641/http://opais.sapo.mz/matos-um-apelido-tres-manos-na-final |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a regular member of the [Mozambican national team](/source/Mozambique_national_basketball_team) and has experience at [AfroBasket](/source/AfroBasket).<ref name="fiba">{{cite web |title=It's all about self-confidence for Mozambique's Pio Matos |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/african-qualifiers/news/its-all-about-selfconfidence-for-mozambiques-pio-matos |publisher=[FIBA](/source/FIBA) |accessdate=27 October 2019}}</ref>

Matos has a twin brother, Augusto, who plays professional basketball in Mozambique and for the national team. Their older brother, Amarildo, also plays basketball at the professional level.<ref name="sitoe">{{cite web |last1=Sitoe |first1=Duarte |title=Pio Matos o mais valioso basquetebolista de Moçambique |url=http://www.verdade.co.mz/desporto/54240-pio-matos-o-mais-valioso-basquetebolista-de-mocambique |website=Verdade |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=Portuguese |date=29 July 2015}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Pio-da-Silva-Matos/Summary/28579 RealGM profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180520051427/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/lid_38135_cp/1/pid/69091/q/pio%20matos/rpp//_//players.html FIBA profile]
{{Ferroviário de Maputo basketball current roster}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matos, Pio}}
Category:Living people
Category:1990 births
Category:Point guards
Category:Mozambican men's basketball players
Category:21st-century Mozambican sportsmen
Category:African Games silver medalists for Mozambique
Category:African Games silver medalists in basketball
Category:Basketball players at the 2011 All-Africa Games
Category:Ferroviário de Maputo (basketball) players

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