Matheus Isaías dos Santos (born 22 March 1996), known as Matheus Jussa or simply Jussa, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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and defensive midfielder for

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club

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Club career

Born in

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, Jussa graduated from Portuguesa's youth categories, playing as an

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or even as a

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. On 9 September 2014, he made his professional debut, replacing fellow youth graduate

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in a 0–1 away loss against Santa Cruz for the Série B championship. On 22 November 2014, Jussa scored his first goal, netting his side's only in a 1–2 away loss against

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. He moved back to the under-20s for the 2015 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, but later returned to the main squad. On 26 April 2015, after staying four months unpaid, Jussa moved to

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on a free transfer; Portuguesa managed to retain 20% of his federative rights. Initially assigned back to the under-20s, he also featured with the reserves but never appeared for the main squad; during that period, he was converted into a defensive midfielder. On 10 January 2017, after being above the maximum age to play for the under-20 side, Jussa moved to

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on loan for the

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. Roughly one year later, he was announced at São Bernardo after agreeing to a permanent deal. On 10 April 2018, Jussa was loaned to Série C side

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, where he helped the club achieve promotion to the second division. After subsequently returning to São Bernardo, Jussa joined Oeste ahead of the 2019 Série B. On 2 July 2020, after featuring regularly, he agreed to a one-year loan deal with

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in the top tier.

Career statistics

Honours

;Fortaleza *

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: 2021,

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Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (''Northeastern Cup''), and sometimes informally referred as Lampions League – in reference to the UEFA Ch ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jussa, Matheus 1996 births Living people People from Osasco Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players CR Vasco da Gama players Bonsucesso Futebol Clube players São Bernardo Futebol Clube players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Oeste Futebol Clube players Sport Club Internacional players Fortaleza Esporte Clube players Footballers from São Paulo (state) Qatar SC players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Qatar Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar