Matheus Henrique de Souza (born 19 December 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Cruzeiro. He also represents the Brazil national team.
![]() Henrique playing for Sassuolo in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Matheus Henrique de Souza | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 19 December 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Cruzeiro | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 97 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2013 | Nacional-SP | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Grêmio | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | São Caetano | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Grêmio (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | São Caetano | 20 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Grêmio (loan) | 17 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Grêmio | 85 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Sassuolo (loan) | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | Sassuolo | 61 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Cruzeiro | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Brazil U23 | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2019– | Brazil | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:06, 7 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:00, 24 January 2022 (UTC) |
Club career
editOn 11 August 2021, Matheus Henrique joined Italian Serie A club Sassuolo on a season-long loan from Grêmio, with an obligation to buy.[2]
International career
editMatheus Henrique made his senior debut for Brazil in an October 2019 friendly against Senegal. Previously, he was part of the Brazil under-23 team that won the 2019 Toulon Tournament, beating Japan on penalties in the final. Courtesy of his Grêmio performances, he became a mainstay of the under-23 team preparing to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. He participated in the International Tenerife Tournament in 2019 and the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2020 with the under-23 team, finishing runner-up in both competitions and securing a place at the Olympics with their performance in the latter.[3]
On 17 June 2021, Matheus Henrique was named in the Brazil squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 19 May 2024[5]
Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
São Caetano | 2015 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
2016 | Paulista A2 | – | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 8[a] | 0 | 26 | 2 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
Grêmio (loan) | 2017 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
2018 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | ||
Grêmio | 2019 | Série A | 20 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9[b] | 0 | – | 46 | 1 | |
2020 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8[b] | 1 | – | 53 | 3 | |||
2021 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | – | 22 | 3 | |||
Total | 70 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 11 | ||
Sassuolo | 2021–22 | Serie A | 25 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | 30 | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 4 | |||||
2023–24 | 31 | 2 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 2 | |||||
Total | 86 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 6 | ||
Career total | 156 | 11 | 52 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 256 | 20 |
- ^ Appearances in Copa Paulista
- ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ^ Three appearances in Copa Libertadores, three appearances and one goal in Copa Sudamericana
International
edit- As of matches played 6 November 2019[6]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Brazil | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours
editGrêmio
Brazil U23
References
edit- ^ "Matheus Henrique". U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Matheus Henrique e Ruan Tressoldi, doppia operazione col Gremio" [Matheus Henrique and Ruan Tressoldi, double operation with Gremio] (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Rumour from Brazil: Ajax inquires about Matheus Henrique (22)". 🗞️ CCeit News. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Seleção Olímpica é convocada para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio 2020". CBF. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ Matheus Henrique at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ Matheus Henrique at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". festival-foot-espoirs.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
External links
edit- Matheus Henrique at Olympedia
- Matheus Henrique at Olympics.com
- Matheus Henrique at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)