Matheus Pereira da Silva (born 25 February 1998) is a Brazilian professional
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 Spanish club
Eibar.
Career
Early life
Matheus began playing for
Corinthians's academy at the age of eleven. He has been considered one of the club's most promising young players in years.
Corinthians
Matheus was elevated to the professional team in January 2015 for the team's pre-season in
Florida
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,
United States
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. He did not take part in any of the friendly matches, only participating in training sessions. He was a non-used substitute during several matches, most of them of the
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...
. He made his debut in a friendly match against
ABC
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on 22 July 2015, playing the entire game, which was a celebration of ABC's centennial.
Matheus made his official debut on 23 August 2015 in the second half of Corinthians' 3–0 victory against
Cruzeiro at
Arena Corinthians. His first official start was against
Santos in a
Copa do Brasil
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match on 26 August.
Empoli and Juventus
On 28 June 2016, Matheus was signed by Serie A club
Empoli F.C. In April 2016, it was reported that Matheus had completed a deal to sign with
Juventus
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in the summer of 2016. However, as the Turin-based club had already exceeded their non-EU registration quota for international transfers, he would be signed by Empoli from Corinthians first, before joining Juventus.
On 31 January 2017, Matheus was signed by the Serie A club Juventus on loan.
On 31 August 2017, the last of day of the French and Italian summer transfer windows, he joined
Bordeaux
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on loan from Juventus for the 2017–18 season, while Bordeaux secured an option to sign him permanently.
On 27 April 2019, Matheus played his first match both in
Serie A
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and with the Juventus senior side, coming on as a substitute for
Federico Bernardeschi
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late in the second half of a 1–1 away draw against
rivals
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Inter; he almost scored the match-winning goal in the final minute.
Loan to Dijon
On 29 August 2019, he joined the French club
Dijon
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* it, Digione
* la, Diviō or
* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
The earlies ...
on loan with an option to purchase.
Barcelona B
On 25 January 2020, Pereira was sent on loan to the Spanish club
Barcelona B
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, in a deal involving
Alejandro Marqués moving the other way. The club later activated his buyout clause.
Eibar
On 12 July 2022, Barcelona announced the transfer of Pereira to
Segunda División
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side
SD Eibar
Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country.
Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...
.
Career statistics
Honours
Juventus
*
Serie A
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:
2018–19
Corinthians
*
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...
:
2015
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Brazil U17
*
South American Under-17 Football Championship
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:
2015
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References
External links
FC Barcelona official profile*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Matheus
1998 births
Living people
Footballers from São Paulo
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
Empoli FC players
Juventus FC players
Juventus Next Gen players
FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Paraná Clube players
Dijon FCO players
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Serie A players
Serie C players
Ligue 1 players
Championnat National 3 players
Segunda División B players
Primera Federación players
Segunda División players
Brazil men's youth international footballers
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain