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Sténio
	Sténio with Cherno More in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Sténio Nivaldo Matos dos Santos
Date of birth	6 May 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Mindelo, Cape Verde
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sacavenense
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2009	Académica do Mindelo
2009–2010	CS Mindelense
2010–2014	Feirense
2014–2016	Cherno More
2016	Botev Plovdiv
2017	Politehnica Iași
2017	Dacia Chișinău
2018	Ventspils
2019–2020	União de Santarém
2021–	Sacavenense
International career‡
2012–	Cape Verde
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 March 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 March 2016

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Matos and the second or paternal family name is Dos Santos.

Sténio Nivaldo Matos dos Santos (born 6 May 1988), commonly known as Sténio, is a Cape Verde international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sacavenense.

Career

Born in Mindelo, Sténio started his career at hometown club Académica do Mindelo. In 2009, he joined the other club in the town CS Mindelense.

On 1 July 2014, Sténio joined Cherno More Varna in Bulgaria on a two-year contract.^[1] On 30 May 2015, Sténio was sent off with a second yellow card after 38 minutes in the 2015 Bulgarian Cup Final against Levski Sofia, but his team managed to prevail after extra time despite its numerical disadvantage.

In July 2016, he signed a one-year contract with Botev Plovdiv.^[2] He was released in December.^[3]

Sténio left FK Ventspils after one year, at the end of 2018.^[4]

International career

Sténio received his first call-up to the Cape Verde squad in May 2012, for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone on 2 June. He made his debut in the match, playing from the start in central midfield.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2013, Sténio was named in Cape Verde's squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, but did not feature in any of the four games Cape Verde played.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 December 2016^[update]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Portugal			League		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Europe		Total
2010–11	Feirense	Segunda Liga	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		4	0
2011–12		Primeira Liga	22	0	0	0	2	0	—		24	0
2012–13		Segunda Liga	28	1	1	0	4	2	—		33	3
2013–14		Segunda Liga	31	1	1	0	1	1	—		33	2
Bulgaria			League		Bulgarian Cup		---		Europe		Total
2014–15	Cherno More	A Group	28	5	7	2	—		—		35	7
2015–16	Cherno More	A Group	28	2	1	0	—		2	0	31	2
2016–17	Botev Plovdiv	First League	16	1	1	0	—		—		17	1
Career total			157	10	11	2	7	3	2	0	177	15