A journeyman who never spent more than two senior years at the same club, he made 149 LigaPro appearances over five consecutive seasons, each with a different team.
While at the latter, he received his nickname after Marco Materazzi, for his physical resemblance to the Italian international who played in the same position.
[1] Having not broken into Salgueiros' team while the club was in the Segunda Liga, Materazzi dropped to the third tier, where he represented S.C. Freamunde, Rebordosa AC, Lusitânia FC, hometown club Gondomar S.C. and finally C.D.
Santa Clara,[2] S.C. Olhanense[3] and AD Fafe[4] in one-year spells from 2013 to 2017.
[5] After leaving Fafe in 2017, Materazzi returned to Olhanense, now in the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal.