Matheus Coradini Vivian (born 5 April 1982) is a Brazilian former professional

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. He also holds an Italian passport.

Club career

Vivian was born in

Caçapava do Sul Caçapava do Sul is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, located on the banks of the Camaquã River. As of 2020, the city has an estimated population of 33,548. It was the 2nd capital of the Piratini Republic from 1839 ...

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

, Brazil. He started his professional at Grêmio. He was signed by

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on 9 July 2002. He then return to Brazil to play for

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on loan, and signed by Las Palmas in January 2004. He then moved to

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in summer 2004, and then back to Botafogo on 22 February 2005. But on 25 August 2005, he was signed by Grenoble Foot 38 of

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. After seven years in France,

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and Ligue 2, he signed for PAOK FC a two-year deal in August 2012 as a

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. In January 2013, his contract was terminated. He joined Ligue 2 side

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in January 2013 on a -year contract.

International career

He won

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with Brazil.

External links

Brazilian FA Database
* * 1982 births Living people Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Men's association football defenders AD Ceuta footballers Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Eintracht Frankfurt players Grêmio FBPA players Grenoble Foot 38 players UD Las Palmas players FC Metz players FC Nantes players PAOK FC players En Avant Guingamp players 2. Bundesliga players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Super League Greece players Brazilian people of Italian descent People from Caçapava do Sul {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub