In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is de Souza.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matheus Pereira de Souza | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-12-21) 21 December 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Santa Clara | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2020 | Cruzeiro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Cruzeiro | 58 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Guarani (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2022–2024 | Vizela | 48 | (4) |
| 2024– | Santa Clara | 13 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2025 | |||
Matheus Pereira de Souza (born 21 December 2000) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier Liga club, Santa Clara.
Club career
Pereira is a youth product of Cruzeiro since 2015. He began his senior career with the club in 2020 originally signing a contract until the end of 2021. On 2 February 2022, he joined Guarani on loan in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. On 30 July 2022, he transferred to the Portuguese Primeira Liga club Vizela with a contract until 2025. He made his debut with Vizela in a 2-2 Primeira Liga tie with Boavista F.C. on 30 October 2022, scoring his side's first goal in the 6th minute.
Career statistics
- As of match played 4 January 2025
| Club | Season | League | State league | National cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cruzeiro | 2020 | Série B | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Série B | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 62 | 1 | ||||
| Guarani (loan) | 2022 | Série B | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||
| Vizela | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 18 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 30 | 3 | — | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | |||
| Total | 48 | 4 | — | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 57 | 4 | ||||
| Santa Clara | 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 13 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 121 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 8 | ||
References
- "Em busca de lateral, Internacional busca informações sobre jogador do Cruzeiro". Torcedores - Notícias Esportivas. 16 May 2021.
- "Com dificuldades na lateral-esquerda, Cruzeiro recorre à prata da casa em contrato perto do fim". ge.
- "Chegada de Matheus Pereira promete disputa direta com joia da base do Guarani para preencher vaga de Bidu". Bolavip Brasil.
- "Custou mas chegou: Matheus Pereira (ex-Cruzeiro) já é jogador do Vizela". Imprensa de Hoje.
- "Matheus Pereira estreou-se no Vizela com um golo: "Nem nos meus melhores sonhos"". www.record.pt.
External links
- Matheus Pereira at Soccerway
| F.C. Vizela – current squad | |
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from São Paulo
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- Guarani FC players
- F.C. Vizela players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Primeira Liga players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriates in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal