Mateus Cardoso Lemos Martins (born 15 February 2000), commonly known as Tetê, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as an

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or winger for

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club

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, on loan from

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...

club

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

Club career

Early career

Born in Alvorada, Rio Grande do Sul, Tetê joined the youth academy of Grêmio in 2008. In 2016, he scored 33 goals for the reserves. On 20 April 2018, his contract was extended until 2021.

Shakhtar Donetsk

On 20 February 2019, Tetê moved abroad and joined Ukrainian club

. On 13 April, he made his first team debut in a 3–0 league victory against

Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( uk, ФК «Зоря» Луганськ ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, because of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team play their games at Slavutych-Arena in Zapor ...

. On 6 November, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–3 away draw against

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in the 2019–20 season. On 21 October 2020, Tetê scored the opening goal and provided one assist in Shakhtar's memorable 3–2 victory away to Real Madrid in the group stage of the

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Loans

On 7 March 2022, FIFA announced that, due to the

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, all the contracts of foreign players in Ukraine are suspended until 30 June 2022 and they are allowed to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until that day. On 31 March 2022, Tetê used the new rule to join

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in France until the end of June 2022. The arrangement was repeated for the 2022–23 season as FIFA has extended the system for another year. On 29 January 2023, Tetê signed for Premier League side

on loan until June 2023. On 4 February 2023, he scored on his debut for Leicester City in a 4–2 win against Aston Villa in the Premier League.

International career

Tetê has represented the under-20 team at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship. In 2018 he was called up to train with the senior Brazil team, but he did not make a senior debut.

Career statistics

Honours

;Shakhtar Donetsk *

: 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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: 2018–19 *

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* 2000 births Living people Brazilian footballers FC Shakhtar Donetsk players Olympique Lyonnais players Leicester City F.C. players Ukrainian Premier League players Ligue 1 players Premier League players Association football wingers Brazil youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul People from Alvorada {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-stub