Matheus Oliveira Santos (born 28 September 1997), known as Matheus Oliveira, is a Brazilian
footballer
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who plays as an
attacking 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 #Cent ...
for
FC Anyang
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Anyang Sports ...
.
Club career
Santos
Born in
São Paulo
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, Matheus joined
Santos' youth setup in September 2013 at the age of 17, after starting it out at
Audax. On 26 April 2016 he renewed his contract until 2019, and was promoted to the first team by manager
Dorival Júnior
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Playing career
Known only as Júnior during his playing days, he was born in Araraquara, São Paulo ...
in August.
Matheus made his unofficial first team debut on 8 October 2016, playing the last 30 minutes and
assisting Fabián Noguera's goal in a 1–1
friendly
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draw against
Benfica. His professional debut occurred the following 29 March, after he replaced
Léo Cittadini
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Club career Guarani
Born in Rio ...
in a 3–1
Campeonato Paulista
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home win against
Grêmio Novorizontino
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.
Matheus made his
Série A on 16 September 2017, again replacing Cittadini in a 2–0 away loss against
Botafogo
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. On 6 January of the following year, he was loaned to
Red Bull Brasil until the end of the year's ''Paulistão''.
Matheus scored his first senior goal on 10 February 2018, netting the equalizer in a 1–1 away draw against
São Caetano. On 25 April, he joined
Série B side
Guarani on loan until the end of the season, along with teammate
Rafael Longuine
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Club career ...
.
Ponte Preta
On 10 January 2019, Matheus was loaned to
Ponte Preta until 30 April, when his contract with Santos expires. After these two contracts ended, Matheus was free and signed a full contract with Ponte Preta.
Oeste
On 27 June 2019, after being released by Ponte, Matheus signed for
Oeste.
Career statistics
References
External links
Santos FC profile
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1997 births
Living people
Footballers from São Paulo
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Santos FC players
Red Bull Bragantino II players
Guarani FC players
Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
Oeste Futebol Clube players
Grêmio Esportivo Brasil players
Atlético Clube Goianiense players
Clube do Remo players
Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players
São Bernardo Futebol Clube players