Matheus Henrique Cassini de Paula (born 15 February 1996), known as Matheus Cassini, is a Brazilian

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who plays for

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club South Georgia Tormenta. Mainly an

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, he can also play as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Cassini started his career with hometown club

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, where he was seen as a promising youngster. He was snapped up by Italian side

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on 26 May 2015, for a reported fee of R$3.5 million, after rejecting contract renewal talks with ''Timão''. Upon arriving, he was given the number 9 shirt, and was expected to feature heavily for the first team. After only appearing for the ''Primavera'' team, Cassini was loaned to Croatian side

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on 26 January 2016. He made his senior debut on 2 March, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 2–1 away win against

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. After contributing with six appearances, all from the bench, Cassini was loaned to

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side

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on 23 August 2016. The following 31 January, after being reportedly unhappy at the club, he rescinded his contract with the ''Rosaneros''. After being linked to a possible return to his former club Corinthians, Cassini signed a five-month deal with fellow

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club Ponte Preta, with an option for a further year. On 9 June 2017, after appearing rarely for Ponte, he signed for Santos until the end of the year, with a three-year option, being initially assigned to

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. On 19 September 2017, after appearing rarely even with the B-side, Cassini cut ties with Santos and joined Oeste. On 18 January 2018, Cassini signed a 2.5-year contract with French

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club

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. However, the club was not able to register him, because they had too many foreign players in their squad. The club terminated the loan deal of

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in February, and the club then registered him for their squad. In August 2021, Cassini moved to Bulgarian club

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on a contract envisioned to be for two seasons. Cassini joined

club

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on 20 January 2022. In January 2023, Cassini signed with USL League One's South Georgia Tormenta for the 2023 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cassini, Matheus 1996 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Santos FC players Oeste Futebol Clube players Fluminense FC players Serie C players Palermo F.C. players U.S. Siracusa players Croatian Football League players NK Inter Zaprešić players Championnat National 3 players Amiens SC players G.D. Estoril Praia players Forward Madison FC players Tormenta FC players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Croatia Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate soccer players in the United States USL League One players