Famous People with Name Matias

Matías Fernández            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Matías Fernández: an Argentinian-born Chilean football player, who currently plays for Spanish club Villarreal CF. He is also known by several nicknames such as Mati, El Pelusa, and Matigol.Fernández is an attacking midfielder, a playmaker, fantastic dribbler. and a free kick specialist. He can also play as a striker or centre forward, if required. Before leaving for Villarreal he was awarded the South American Footballer of the Year 2006 for his campaign with Chilean club Colo-Colo.

Matías Nocedal            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Matías Nocedal: an Argentine basketball guard. While still playing for Argentino Castelar , a small amateur club in the Buenos Aires league, he is considered to be one of Argentina's greatest basketball promises. With only 16 years, Nocedal signed an eight year contract with European basketball powerhouse TAU Vitoria in August 2006, but will remain in Argentina for at least one more year.

Matias Concha            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Matias Concha: a Swedish football player (defender) of Chilean origin and national team player for Sweden. He plays for German side VfL Bochum.Concha began his career at the minor Malmö side Kulladals FF, before eventually signing for his home town giants, Malmö FF. In 2004, he moved to Stockholm and Djurgårdens IF after having been given playing time sparsely at Malmö FF. He quickly established himself as a starter for Djurgårdens IF and was part of their championship winning team of 2005, as well as Swedish cup golds 2004, 2005. He played 76 games and made two goals.

Matías Jesús Almeyda            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Matías Jesús Almeyda: a retired Argentine football player.Almeyda has played for several clubs, including River Plate, SS Lazio, AC Parma and Inter Milan. He spent three seasons in Rome, becoming a firm fan favourite, especially after scoring a 35-yard goal against Gianluigi Buffon[1], helping them to the league and cup Double in 2000 as well as European Cup Winnners' Cup the previous year.[2] He has also played for the Argentine national football team and was a participant at the 1996 Olympic Games, and the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups.

Matias Defensor            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Matias Defensor: is a Filipino politician. A member of Lakas CMD, he is currently serving his second term representing the 3rd District of Quezon City in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He is married to Florence Defensor. He is the father of former Senatorial candidate Michael Defensor.

Antônio Naelson Matias            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Antônio Naelson Matias: a Brazilian-Mexican football player, who is currently playing as midfielder for Club Toluca, where he is often called "El Toñito".Naelson stands at 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) and weighs 67 kg (147 lb). He was part of the Mexican 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished third in group A, below group winners Mali and South Korea.He has also been called up to play for the Mexican national team, although he is a Brazilian-born player, he became a naturalized Mexican citizen, after settling in Mexico for several years. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Naelson became the first foreign-born player to score a goal for Mexico against Iran in a World Cup tournament. He was called up to play again for Mexico, thus making him the first naturalized to be called up by Hugo Sanchez

Edmílson Matias            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Edmílson Matias: is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Monte Azul at Campeonato Paulista.In 2007, he signed a 1-year contract with Coritiba, which he played at Campeonato Paranaense and Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2007.

Ronnie Matias            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Ronnie Matias: is a Filipino Professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Air 21 Express in the Philippine Basketball Association.

Alexis Matias            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Alexis Matias: is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan. In the same year the allrounder won the silver medal at the NORCECA Championship in Anaheim. He wo

Marek Matiaško            Origin/Culture/Country: Slovenia

Marek Matiaško: is a Slovak biathlete. He was born in Bojnice. He participated at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin he placed 5th in the 20 km. He represents Slovakia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.