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I am a Sports Science professor at esteemed universities in Portugal and Spain, specializing in team sports performance analysis, ecological training approaches, and comprehensive player monitoring during training and off-training periods. My expertise is well-documented through an extensive portfolio of scientific publications. My knowledge has earned me recognition, leading to invitations to share my insights with coaches and the acquisition of scientific awards, distinctions, and grants. Beyond academia, I've made substantial contributions to youth sports training and data collection with both national and international professional sports teams.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nuno Mateus
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Mateus, N

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1B10-EC64-497A
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7275-9161

Email addresses

  • nuno_mateus23@hotmail.com (Professional)
  • nmateus@utad.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019 - 2023
Concluded
 Ciências do Desporto (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"LINKING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SEDENTARY BEHAVIOUR, SPORTS PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH: A CLUSTER CONTROLLED TRIAL IN YOUTH ATHLETES" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020 - 2021
Concluded
 Treinador UEFA C, Grau I de Futebol (Outros)
Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Portugal
2020 - 2021
Concluded
 First English Test (Cambridge English - FIRST) (Outros)
Cambridge English, United Kingdom
 B2
2015 - 2016
Concluded
 Treinador Grau II de Basquetebol (Outros)
Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol, Portugal
2013 - 2015
Concluded
 Mestrado em Ciências do Desporto - Especialização em Jogos Desportivos Colectivos (Mestrado)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2013 - 2014
Concluded
 Treinador Grau I de Rugby (Outros)
Federação Portuguesa de Rugby, Portugal
2010 - 2013
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Ciências do Desporto - Especialização em Jogos Desportivos Colectivos (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/12 - Current Postdoc (Research) Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Universidade da Maia, Portugal
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Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade da Maia, Portugal
2023 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2021 - Current Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid | Universidad Europea, Spain
2023/09 - 2023/12 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal
2019 - 2023 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Fundación General de la Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
2020 - 2021 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Erasmus+ programme - União Europeia, Belgium
2016 - 2019 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - Current Treinador no Talentódromo Desportivo de Vila Real Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
2012 - Current Membro colaborador do Centro de Investigação CreativeLab, CIDESD, UTAD, Vila Real Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
2019 - 2023 Bolseiro de Investigação Científica (Doutoramento), pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2022 Coordenador das Seleções de Minibasquete da Associação de Basquetebol de Vila Real Associação de Basquetebol de Vila Real, Portugal
2019 - 2022 Selecionador/Treinador de basquetebol da Seleção Distrital de Sub14 Masculinos da Associação de Basquetebol de Vila Real Associação de Basquetebol de Vila Real, Portugal
2016 - 2019 Bolseiro de Investigação no Centro de Investigação em Saúde, Desporto e Desenvolvimento Humano (CIDESD), UTAD, Vila Real Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
2012 - 2019 Selecionador/Treinador de basquetebol da Seleção Distrital de Sub12 Masculinos da Associação de Basquetebol de Vila Real Associação de Basquetebol de Vila Real, Portugal
2012 - 2016 Treinador de basquetebol em diferentes escalões de formação (Sub12, Sub14, Sub16 e Sub18) Associação de Basquetebol de Vila Real, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016 - 2019 NANOSTIMA - Macro-to-Nano Human Sensing: Towards Integrated Multimodal Health Monitoring and Analytics
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000016
Research Fellow
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020 - 2022 Metodologia Skills4Genius, nas escolas de 1.º CEB do concelho de Vila Real
241121
Principal investigator
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded
2014 - 2016 Effects of Two different eight-week training programs on Portuguese Firefighters’ on-duty performance
09/CIDESD/RM
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Concluded
2014 - 2016 O talento desportivo na escola - um projeto multidimensional
Grant 219/CIDESD/NL
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Desporto Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mateus, Nuno; Gonçalves, B; Sampaio, Jaime. "Home Advantage in Basketball". In Home Advantage in Sport, Causes and the Effect on Performance. 2021.
    Published
  2. Sampaio, Jaime; Gonçalves, B; Mateus, Nuno; Zhang, S; Leite, N. "Basketball". In Modelling and simulation in sport and exercise, 108-126. Routledge, 2018.
    Published
  3. Gonçalves, B; Santos, S; Mateus, Nuno; Sampaio, Jaime; Leite, N; Silva, A. "Individual and Collective Creativity in Young Footballers". In Egitania Sciencia, 33-39. Egitania Sciencia, 2015.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Figueira, Bruno; Mateus, Nuno; Pedro Esteves; Sampaio, Jaime; Paulauskas, R. "Physiological responses and technical-tactical performance of youth basketball players - a brief comparison between 3vs3 and 5vs5 basketball". Paper presented in Conference of Baltic Society of Sport Sciences - challenges and solutions in sport science, Kaunas, 2022.
    Published
  2. Simões, D; Manuel, S; Mateus, Nuno; Pedro Esteves. "Maior orçamento, mais vitórias”? Associação entre valor de mercado e posição classificativa em 4 ligas europeias na época 2020/2021". Paper presented in 9º Congresso da Sociedade Científica de Pedagogia do Desporto, Leiria, 2022.
    Published
  3. Andreia Teixeira; António Amaral; Isabel Machado; Santarém, Daniel; Sampaio, Jaime; Mateus, Nuno; Isabel Gomes; Catarina Abrantes. "Muscle oxygen saturation kinetics, heart rate and perceived exertion during six variations of push-up exercise". Paper presented in In 2nd International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Physiology, Coimbra, 2022.
    Published
  4. Andreia Teixeira; António Amaral; Isabel Machado; Santarém, Daniel; Sampaio, Jaime; Catarina Abrantes. "Muscle reoxygenation kinetics during six different variations of push-up exercise". Paper presented in In 2nd International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Physiology, Coimbra, 2022.
    Published
  5. Diogo Coutinho; Maria João Lagoa; Mateus, Nuno; Marinho, A; Sampaio, Jaime; Sara Santos. "Relação entre a competência motora e criatividade motora em crianças do primeiro ciclo do ensino básico". Paper presented in XVII Seminário de Desenvolvimento Motor da Criança, Faro, 2022.
    Published
  6. Sara Santos; Diogo Coutinho; Mateus, Nuno; Marinho, A; Nogueira, A; Sampaio, Jaime; Maria João Lagoa. "Efeito do programa Skills4genius na competência motora, adaptabilidade, resolução de problemas e pensamento criativo em crianças do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico". Paper presented in XVII Seminário de Desenvolvimento Motor da Criança, Faro, 2022.
  7. Mateus, Nuno; Exel, Juliana; Gonçalves, B; Sampaio, Jaime. "The relationship between sedentary behaviour, physical activity and sports performance among adolescents". Paper presented in CIDESD 2019, Exercise and Health, Sports and Human Development International Congress, Maia, 2019.
    Published
  8. Exel, Juliana; Mateus, Nuno; Gonçalves, B; Abrantes,C; Sampaio, Jaime. "Linking action and cognition through variability: short-memory, kinematic and physiological regularity in different running environments of training". Paper presented in CIDESD 2019, Exercise and Health, Sports and Human Development International Congress, Maia, 2019.
    Published
  9. Mateus, Nuno; Goncalves, B; Abade, E; Leite, N; Gomez, M; Sampaio, Jaime. "Performance profiles in NBA playoffs: differences between the first and the last game of the series". Paper presented in CIDESD 2016, Exercise and Health, Sports and Human Development, Évora, 2017.
    Published
  10. Mateus, Nuno; Leite, N; Sampaio, Jaime. "Team sports in special groups and the use of technology: a review". Paper presented in CIDESD 2016, Exercise and Health, Sports and Human Development, Évora, 2017.
    Published
  11. Mateus, Nuno; Skrupskelis, T; Leite, N. "Early sports involvement and improvements in reaction time: a specific training program approach". Paper presented in CIDESD 2016, Exercise and Health, Sports and Human Development, 2017.
    Published
  12. Zhang, S; Lorenzo, A; Gómez, M; Mateus, Nuno; Gonçalves, B; Sampaio, Jaime. "Performance profiles of basketball players in NBA according to anthropometric attributes and playing experience". Paper presented in Complex systems in sport, international congress linking theory and practice, Barcelona, 2017.
  13. Exel, Juliana; Abrantes, C; Mateus, Nuno; Gonçalves, B; Sampaio, Jaime. "Different familiarity with running routes changes the complexity of kinematic and physiological responses: A pilot study on recreational middle-distance runners". Paper presented in Complex Systems in Sport, International Congress Linking Theory and Practice, Barcelona, 2017.
    Published
  14. Exel, Juliana; Mateus, Nuno; Travassos, B; Leite, N; Sampaio, Jaime. "Young athletes' physical activity sedentary behaviour during non-training times". Paper presented in XIII Sieflas, Seminário Internacional de Educação Física, Lazer & Saúde, Guarda, 2017.
    Published
  15. Stringfellow, R; Silva, J; Costa, J; Carvalho, P; Mateus, Nuno; Leite, N. "Relative age effect, final classification, MVP and time played in the U14 Regional Basketball Tournament". Paper presented in CIDESD 2016, Exercise and Health, Sports and Human Development, Évora, 2017.
    Published
  16. Silva, A; Santos, S; Gonçalves, B; Mateus, Nuno; Sampaio, Jaime; Leite, N. "Fostering creativity in sports settings". Paper presented in II International Seminar on Critical Thinking, Vila Real, 2015.
    Published
  17. Mateus, Nuno; Gomes, I; Leite, N; Sampaio, Jaime. "Performance and variability profiles in competition of NBA players: comparing between all-star and non-all-star players". Paper presented in CIDESD 2014, International Congress of Exercise and Sports Performance, Guarda, 2014.
    Published
  18. Santos, S; Mateus, Nuno; Sampaio, Jaime; Leite, N. "The influence of early sport involvement in a basketball enrichment training program". Paper presented in CIDESD 2014, International Congress of Exercise and Sports Performance, Guarda, 2014.
    Published
  19. Silva, A; Gonçalves, B; Santos, S; Mateus, Nuno; Sampaio, Jaime; Leite, N. "Individual and collective creativity in young footballers". Paper presented in CIDESD 2014, International Congress of Exercise and Sports Performance, Guarda, 2014.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Diogo Coutinho; Bruno Gonçalves; Mateus, Nuno; Bruno Travassos; Sara Santos; Sampaio, Jaime. "Effects of limiting players’ verbal communication during football small-sided games in youth players". Paper presented in World Congress on Science and Football 2023, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Nuno Mateus; Juliana Exel; Sara Santos; Bruno Gonçalves; Jaime Sampaio; Mateus, Nuno; Exel, Juliana; Sampaio, Jaime. "Effectiveness of wearable technology to optimize youth soccer players’ off-training behaviour and training responses: a parallel group randomized trial". Science and Medicine in Football (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2022.2114604.
    Published • 10.1080/24733938.2022.2114604
  2. Sergio L. Jiménez; Nuno Mateus; Anthony Weldon; Álvaro Bustamante-Sánchez; Adam L. Kelly; Jaime Sampaio; Sergio Jimenez; et al. "Analysis of the most demanding passages of play in elite youth soccer: a comparison between congested and non-congested fixture schedules". Science and Medicine in Football (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2022.2117404.
    Published • 10.1080/24733938.2022.2117404
  3. Pedro Esteves; Domingues, D; Santos, C; Mateus, Nuno; Bruno Travassos; Mário Costa. "Within-season Adaptations in Physical, Physiological and Technical-tactical Performance of Experimented Futsal Players". Sport Mont 20 3 (2022): 23-28. https://doi.org/10.26773/smj.221004.
    Open access • Published
  4. Anthony Weldon; Sing T Wong; Nuno Mateus; Michael J Duncan; Neil D Clarke; Matthew Pears; Adam L Owen; Chris Bishop. "The strength and conditioning practices and perspectives of soccer coaches and players". International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching (2022): https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541211072242.
    10.1177/17479541211072242
  5. Figueira, Bruno; Mateus, Nuno; Pedro Esteves; Ruta Dadeliene; Rutenis Paulauskas. "Physiological Responses and Technical-Tactical Performance of Youth Basketball Players: A Brief Comparison between 3x3 and 5x5 Basketball". Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 21 2 (2022): 332-340. https://www.jssm.org/jssm-21-332.xml%3EFulltext.
    Published
  6. Nuno Mateus; Bruno Gonçalves; Jose Luis Felipe; Javier Sánchez-Sánchez; Jorge Garcia-Unanue; Anthony Weldon; Jaime Sampaio. "In-season training responses and perceived wellbeing and recovery status in professional soccer players". PLOS ONE (2021): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254655.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0254655
  7. Mateus, Nuno; Exel, Juliana; Gonçalves, Bruno; Weldon, Anthony; Sampaio, Jaime. "Off-training physical activity and training responses as determinants of sleep quality in young soccer players". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89693-4.
    10.1038/s41598-021-89693-4
  8. Nuno Mateus; Pedro Esteves; Bruno Gonçalves; Ivan Torres; Miguel Angel Gomez; Jorge Arede; Nuno Leite. "Clustering performance in the European Basketball according to players’ characteristics and contextual variables". International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 15 3 (2020): 405-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954120911308.
    10.1177/1747954120911308
  9. Mateus, N.; Gonçalves, B.; Exel, J.; Esteves, P.; Sampaio, J.; Nuno Mateus; Bruno Gonçalves; et al. "Short-term effects of adding 1-m wide to each side of the basketball court on youth players' performance". Cuadernos de Psicologia del Deporte 20 3 (2020): 82-94. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85091791269&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.6018/cpd.376321
  10. Nuno Mateus; Bruno Gonçalves; Anthony Weldon; Jaime Sampaio. "Effects of using four baskets during simulated youth basketball games". PLOS ONE (2019): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221773.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0221773
  11. Juliana Exel; Nuno Mateus; Catarina Abrantes; Nuno Leite; Jaime Sampaio. "Physical activity and sedentary behavior in amateur sports: master athletes are not free from prolonged sedentary time". Sport Sciences for Health 15 2 (2019): 385-391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-019-00527-3.
    10.1007/s11332-019-00527-3
  12. Rubén Dehesa; Alejandro Vaquera; Bruno Gonçalves; Nuno Mateus; Miguel Ángel Gomez-Ruano; Jaime Sampaio. "Key game indicators in NBA players’ performance profiles". Kinesiology (2019): https://doi.org/10.26582/k.51.1.9.
    10.26582/k.51.1.9
  13. Exel, J.; Mateus, N.; Gonçalves, B.; Abrantes, C.; Calleja-González, J.; Sampaio, J.; Exel, Juliana; et al. "Entropy measures can add novel information to reveal how runners' heart rate and speed are regulated by different environments". Frontiers in Psychology 10 JUN (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85068619557&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01278
  14. Juliana Exel; Nuno Mateus; Bruno Travassos; Bruno Gonçalves; Isabel Gomes; Nuno Leite; Jaime Sampaio. "Off-Training Levels of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Young Athletes: Preliminary Results during a Typical Week". Sports (2018): http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/6/4/141.
    10.3390/sports6040141
  15. Nuno Mateus; Bruno Gonçalves; Abade, E; Leite, N; Gómez, A; Sampaio, Jaime. "Exploring game performance in NBA playoffs". Kinesiology 50 1 (2018): 89-96. https://doi.org/10.26582/k.50.1.7.
    10.26582/k.50.1.7
  16. Paulauskas, R; Masiulis, N.; Cárdenas, D.; Figueira, B; Mateus, Nuno; Sampaio, Jaime. "The effect of repeated sprint ability on physiological and physical profiles of young basketball players". RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte 14 54 (2018): 309-320. https://www.redalyc.org/jatsRepo/710/71065382002/html/.
    Published
  17. Zhang, S.; Lorenzo, A.; Gómez, M.-A.; Mateus, N.; Gonçalves, B.; Sampaio, J.; Mateus, Nuno. "Clustering performances in the NBA according to players’ anthropometric attributes and playing experience". Journal of Sports Sciences 36 22 (2018): 2511-2520. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045749309&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1080/02640414.2018.1466493
  18. Paulauskas, R.; Masiulis, N.; Cárdenas, D.; Figueira, B.; Mateus, N.; Sampaio, J.. "The effect of repeated sprint ability on physiological and physical profiles of young basketball players,El efecto de esprints repetidos en los perfiles fisiológicos y físicos de jóvenes jugadores de baloncesto". RICYDE: Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte 14 54 (2018): 309-320. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85054724975&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5232/ricyde2018.05402
  19. Santos, S.; Mateus, N.; Sampaio, J.; Leite, N.; Mateus, Nuno. "Do previous sports experiences influence the effect of an enrichment programme in basketball skills?". Journal of Sports Sciences 35 17 (2017): 1759-1767. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84989214570&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1080/02640414.2016.1236206
  20. Mateus, Nuno; Gonçalves, B.; Abade, E.; Liu, H.; Torres-Ronda, L.; Leite, N.; Sampaio, J.. "Game-to-game variability of technical and physical performance in NBA players". International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport 15 3 (2015): 764-776. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/24748668.2015.11868829.
    Published • 10.1080/24748668.2015.11868829
  21. Mateus, Nuno; Santos, S.; Vaz, L.; Gomes, I.; Leite, N.. "The effect of a physical literacy and differential learning program in motor, technical and tactical basketball skills". Revista de Psicología del Deporte 24 1 (2015): 73-76. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/2351/235143644016.pdf.
    Published
  22. Santos, S.; Mateus, Nuno; Gonçalves, B.; Silva, A.; Sampaio, Jaime; Leite, N.. "The influence of previous sport experiences in transfer of behaviour patterns among team sports". Revista de psicología del deporte 24 1 (2015): 89-92. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/2351/235143644019.pdf.
    Published
Activities

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023 Relatório de Prática de Ensino Supervisionada
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Daniel Rodrigues Santarém (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2023 Relatório de Prática de Ensino Supervisionada
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bruno Miguel Morais Teixeira (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport
2023 - Current Biology of Sport
2023 - Current Journal of Sports Sciences
2021 - Current Scientific Reports
2021 - Current Plos One
2021 - Current Science and Medicine in Football
2020 - Current Chaos, Solitons & Fractals
2020 - Current Human Movement Science
2020 - Current Cuadernos de Psicología del Deporte
2019 - Current Frontiers in Psychology
2019 - Current European Journal of Sport Science
Distinctions

Award

2021 Menção Honrosa - trabalho de excelência - apresentado no evento EliteSci 2021 Student-conference
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2020 Investigação no Basquetebol, 2020
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal

Associação Nacional de Treinadores de Basquetebol (ANTB) , Portugal

Other distinction

2014 Diploma de Bolsa por Mérito, aproveitamento escolar excecional no ano letivo 2013-2014
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal