Matheus Caldeira Vidotto

Matheus Vidotto

Personal information
Full name	Matheus Caldeira Vidotto
Date of birth	10 April 1993
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Corinthians
Number	1
Youth career
2004–2013	Corinthians
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2012–	Corinthians	3	(0)
National team
2013	Brazil U20	0	(0)
2013	Brazil	0	(0)
2016–	Brazil U23	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 February 2016. † Appearances (goals)

Matheus Caldeira Vidotto (born 10 April 1993) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Corinthians.^[1]

Career

Early life

Matheus began playing for Corinthians' academy at the age of eleven and had a very successful campaign. He won the 2012 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior. He also had to deal with three surgeries due to Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome.^[2]

Corinthians

Matheus was moved to the first team in 2012, but only made his professional debut on 22 July 2015, as he entered entered in the second half of Corinthians' 1–0 victory against ABC at Frasqueirão stadium in Natal.^[3] His official debut took place on 24 February 2016 as he started in a 2016 Campeonato Paulista match against São Bento.^[4]

International career

He has been capped at Under-20 level for Brazil and was part of the squad for the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.

In April 2013, Matheus was called up by Luiz Felipe Scolari for a friendly against Bolivia, despite never playing professionally before.^[5]

Career statistics

As of matches played on 29 February 2016.^[6]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Corinthians	2015	Série A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2016		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Honours

Corinthians

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2015

References

1. Staff. "Matheus Vidotto" (in Portuguese). corinthians.com.br. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
2. Diego Garcia (2013-04-03). "De doença grave a medalha embolsada, conheça corintiano convocado" (in Portuguese). esportes.terra.com.br. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
3. Staff (2015-07-22). "Reservas do Corinthians vencem por 1 a 0 e "estragam" festa do ABC em Natal" (in Portuguese). esporte.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
4. Guilherme Amaro (2015-07-25). "Matheus Vidotto aprova 'estreia' no Timão e desconversa sobre futuro" (in Portuguese). esportes.terra.com.br. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
5. Staff (2013-04-02). "Felipão convoca corintiano que "perdeu" medalha para Marin" (in Portuguese). esportes.terra.com.br. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
6. Matheus Vidotto profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 April 2016.