José Maria 'Chema' Mato Nieto (born 22 March 1984) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career Born in Santander, Cantabria, Mato made his senior debuts with Deportivo Rayo Cantabria in the 2003–04 season, in Tercera División. A season later, he joined Racing de Santander, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth level. He also appeared two times with the first team (against Real Madrid on 21 December 2005Real Madrid 1–2 Racing Santander ; ESPN FC, 21 December 2005 and against Real Betis on 17 June 2007),Racing Santander 0–2 Real Betis ; ESPN FC, 17 June 2007 only limited to the bench, however.
On 17 August 2007 Mato signed with Racing de Ferrol, in Segunda División.El Racing de Ferrol ficha a Chema Mato Nieto, un lateral zurdo (Racing de Ferrol signs Chema Mato Nieto, a left defender); El Correo Galego, 17 August 2007 He made his division debut on 2 September, starting in a 3–1 away win over Polideportivo Ejido.Claro triunfo de un Racing que dominó de inicio a fin (Clear triumph of a Racing which dominated from the start until the end); Marca, 2 September 2007 Mato scored his first professional goal on 5 April 2008, the first of a 2–1 home win over Celta de Vigo.Este Celta no tiene pinta de ascenso (This Celta does not look like promoted); Marca, 5 April 2008
Mato played in Segunda División B but also in the fourth level in the following seasons, representing Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa,La Cultural ficha a Mato, cerebro del Racing Ferrol (Cultural signs Mato, brain of Racing de Ferrol); Diario de León, 8 July 2008 Rayo Cantabria,Chema Mato ficha por el Rayo Cantabria (Chema Mato signs for Rayo Cantabria); Contrameta, 27 July 2011 CF Villanovense,Chema Mato ficha por el Villanovense (Chema Mato signs for Villanovense); Contrameta, 28 June 2012 Real Balompédica Linense,Chema Mato, del Villanovense, nuevo jugador balono (Chema Mato, new balono player) ; Linense's official website, 11 June 2013 CD GuadalajaraEl C.D. Guadalajara ficha a Chema Mato (C.D. Guadalajara signs Chema Mato); Guadalajara's official website, 9 July 2014 and CD Tudelano.
References
External links
Chema Mato at La Preferente