Matheus Henrique de Souza (born 19 December 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Cruzeiro. He also represented the Brazil national team in one friendly in 2019.
On 11 August 2021, Matheus Henrique joined Italian Serie A club Sassuolo on a season-long loan from Grêmio, with an obligation to buy.[2]
Matheus Henrique made his senior debut for Brazil in an October 2019 friendly against Senegal. Previously, he was part of the Brazil under-23 team that won the 2019 Toulon Tournament, beating Japan on penalties in the final. Courtesy of his Grêmio performances, he became a mainstay of the under-23 team preparing to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. He participated in the International Tenerife Tournament in 2019 and the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2020 with the under-23 team, finishing runner-up in both competitions and securing a place at the Olympics with their performance in the latter.[3]
On 17 June 2021, Matheus Henrique was named in the Brazil squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| São Caetano | 2015 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2016 | Paulista A2 | – | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 8[a] | 0 | 26 | 2 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| Grêmio (loan) | 2017 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | ||
| Grêmio | 2019 | Série A | 20 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9[b] | 0 | – | 46 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8[b] | 1 | – | 53 | 3 | |||
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | – | 22 | 3 | |||
| Total | 70 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 11 | ||
| Sassuolo | 2021–22 | Serie A | 25 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 30 | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 4 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 31 | 2 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 86 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 156 | 11 | 52 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 256 | 20 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
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