Kevin Malthus de Sousa Ribeiro (born 11 January 2003), known as Kevin Malthus () or simply Malthus (), is a Brazilian
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Santos.
Club career
Born in
Belém
Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará) often called Belém of Pará, is a Brazilian city, capital and largest city of the state of Pará in t ...
,
Pará
Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state) ...
, Malthus moved to
Santos, São Paulo
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at the age of ten,
and subsequently joined
Santos' youth setup. In December 2020, after
Carlos Sánchez was sidelined due to injury, he was registered in the
2020 Copa Libertadores
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On 17 October 2019, CONMEBOL announced ...
list for ''Peixe'' in his place.
Malthus made his professional debut on 28 February 2021, starting in a 2–2
Campeonato Paulista
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away draw against
Santo André. On 29 April, he renewed his contract until March 2026.
On his
Copa Libertadores
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debut on 4 May 2021, Malthus scored his first professional goal by netting the fifth in a 5–0 home routing over
The Strongest
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Founded in 1908, their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, Estadio Rafae ...
. He made his
Série A debut on 6 June, coming on as a late
substitute for
Marcos Guilherme
Marcos Guilherme de Almeida Santos Matos (born 5 August 1995), known as Marcos Guilherme, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Japanese club V-Varen Nagasaki.
Club career Atlético Paranaense
Born in Itararé, São P ...
in a 3–1 home win against
Ceará
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.
On 3 August 2021, Malthus suffered a serious
knee
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injury, being sidelined for the remainder of the season. Upon returning, he trained with the under-20s before suffering the same injury in April 2022.
In March 2023, after 19 months sidelined, Malthus returned to action with the under-20 team.
Career statistics
References
External links
Santos FC profile
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2003 births
Living people
Footballers from Belém
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Santos FC players