Roberto Matute

Roberto Matute

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Matute Puras
Date of birth	(1972-08-26) 26 August 1972
Place of birth	San Asensio, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1996	CD Logroñés	55	(5)
1996–1998	Chaves	60	(11)
1998–1999	Belenenses	26	(8)
1999	Dundee	5	(0)
2000	Burgos	16	(4)
2000–2003	Gramenet	95	(16)
2003–2006	Logroñés CF
Total		257	(44)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Matute and the second or maternal family name is Puras.

Roberto Matute Puras (born 26 August 1972) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

Football career

Born in San Asensio, La Rioja, Matute made his professional debuts with local club CD Logroñés, but could never impose in its first team: after only seven La Liga matches in his first two years combined he appeared relatively more, experiencing both one promotion and relegation.

Aged 24, Matute moved to neighbouring Portugal where he would spend the next three seasons, with G.D. Chaves (two) and C.F. Os Belenenses, helping the latter return to the country's top division with eight successful strikes. In the 1999 summer he signed with Dundee F.C. in the Scottish Premier League, but returned to his country after only two 1/2 months and one start, joining third level side Burgos CF.

For the following five seasons Matute continued playing in the third-tier, with UDA Gramenet and local CD Recreación (named in 2005 Logroñés CF, where the player appeared in his final season, retiring at 34).

External links

• Roberto Matute profile at BDFutbol
• Roberto Matute profile at ForaDeJogo
• Roberto Matute career statistics at Soccerbase