Matheus Henrique

Matheus Henrique
Henrique playing for Sassuolo in 2022
Personal information
Full name Matheus Henrique de Souza
Date of birth (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 26)
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
0000–2013 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
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
*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)

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.

Club career

On 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

Matheus 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

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
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
  1. ^ Appearances in Copa Paulista
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. ^ Three appearances in Copa Libertadores, three appearances and one goal in Copa Sudamericana

International

As of matches played 6 November 2019[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2019 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Grêmio

Brazil U23

References

  1. ^ "Matheus Henrique". U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Rumour from Brazil: Ajax inquires about Matheus Henrique (22)". 🗞️ CCeit News. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Seleção Olímpica é convocada para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio 2020". CBF. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. ^ Matheus Henrique at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. ^ Matheus Henrique at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. ^ "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". festival-foot-espoirs.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.


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