Higor Meritão

Higor Meritão

Personal information
Full name	Higor Matheus Meritão
Date of birth	(1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Monte Alto, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Criciúma (on loan from UNAM)
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Monte Azul
2014	→ Olímpia (loan)
2016	Santacruzense	14	(1)
2017	Botafogo-PB	0	(0)
2017	XV de Jaú	17	(1)
2018	Velo Clube	20	(4)
2018–2022	Ferroviária	31	(4)
2019	→ Botafogo-SP (loan)	28	(1)
2020–2021	→ Paraná (loan)	32	(2)
2021–2022	→ UNAM (loan)	35	(2)
2022–	UNAM	24	(0)
2023	→ Goiás (loan)	8	(0)
2024–	→ Criciúma (loan)	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:05, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Higor Matheus Meritão (born 23 June 1994) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Criciúma, on loan from UNAM.

He has previously represented a number of São Paulo state clubs in the lower divisions of the Campeonato Paulista, as well as a spell with Botafogo-PB in 2017.^[1] He made his debut in the national league in 2018 for Ferroviária in a 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D match against Cianorte on 19 May 2018.

Following his loan move to Botafogo-SP, he made his Campeonato Brasileiro Série B debut as a second-half substitute in the first match of the 2019 season, against Vitória.^[2]

References

1. "Ex-Ferroviária, Higor Meritão disputará Série B do Brasileiro pelo Botafogo-SP" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 April 2019.
2. "Em casa, Botafogo-SP bate o Vitória de virada na estreia da Série B" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 27 April 2019.

External links

• Higor Meritão at Soccerway