Matheus Alessandro dos Santos Pereira (born 10 July 1996) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a winger for Boavista.

Club career

Born in

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, Alessandro started his youth career with the academy of Xerém. In 2012, he signed for the under-17 team of Fluminense, after impressing the club's scouts during Taça das Favelas. He won the Brasileiro under-20 with the youth side in 2016. Ahead of the 2017 season, Alessandro was promoted to the senior team. On 27 April 2017, he made his first team debut in a 1–1 draw against

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, in

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. On 11 May, his contract was extended till 2020. He made his league debut on 3 June, coming on as a substitute for

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in a 3–1 victory against Vitória. On 4 November, he scored his first goal for the club, scoring the winning goal in a 2–1 triumph over

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. On 7 January 2019, Alessandro joined

Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...

on loan for the upcoming season. He went to South Korea on the pause for the 2019 American Cup. In July 2019, Alessandro joined

Daejeon FC Daejeon Hana Citizen Football Club (Korean 대전 하나 시티즌 축구단) is a South Korean professional football team based in Daejeon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. At the time of its foundation in 199 ...

on loan for the upcoming season. However it was cancelled due to medical tests. On 11 September 2021,

FC Alashkert Football Club Alashkert ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Ալաշկերտ), commonly known as Alashkert, is an Armenian football club based in the capital Yerevan, founded in 1990 in Martuni and after folding in 2000 re-founded in 2011 ...

announced the signing of Alessandro. On 3 January 2022, Boavista announced Alessandro's signing.

Career statistics

Personal life

Alessandro's father represented

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as a youth and died when Alessandro was two years old. His uncle, Fernando is a former professional footballer who amongst other clubs played for

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and

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football t ...

References

External links

Matheus Alessandro
at Fluminense's website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alessandro, Matheus 1996 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Fluminense FC players Fortaleza Esporte Clube players Brazilian football managers