On 28 September 2018, Fellipe Mateus returned to Ferroviária in a permanent deal.[6] On 7 April of the following year, he was loaned to Figueirense for the remainder of the season.[7]
On 20 May 2021, Fellipe Mateus signed for Criciúma.[8] On 3 April 2023, after winning the 2022 Campeonato Catarinense Série B and achieving promotion in the 2022 Série C, he renewed his contract with the club until December 2024.[9]
^"Fellipe Mateus é o novo meia do Tigre" [Fellipe Mateus is the new midfielder of Tigre] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Criciúma EC. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2023.