Matta may refer to: Places Mata, Israel, a moshav in Israel, southwest of Jerusalem; also spelt Matta Matta, Punjab, a Union Council of Kasur District, Pakistan Matta, Russia, a village in Megyuryonsky Rural Okrug in the Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic Matta, Suriname, an indigenous village in Suriname Matta (river), a river in the Sakha Republic, Russia Matta River (Virginia), United States Matta, Swat, a city in Swat, NWFP Pakistan, the main centre of TNSM People Sport Svein Mathisen (1952–2011), Norwegian footballer with nickname Matta Cristiano da Matta (born 1973), Brazilian auto racing driver Thad Matta (born 1967), American college basketball coach Other fields Basheer Matta, Pakistani politician Matta (chief), a chief of Siwistan in the 7th century A.D. Abouna Matta El Meskeen (1919–2006), Coptic Orthodox monk Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), American artist Liana Fiol Matta (born 1946), Puerto Rican jurist Roberto Matta (1911–2002), one of Chile's best-known painters Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar (1947–2006), Brazilian soldier Other uses Matta (restaurant), a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. Matta (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae Matta rice, a variety of rice grown in the Palakkad District of Kerala, India