Matheus Leite Nascimento

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Leite and the second or paternal family name is Nascimento.
Matheus

Matheus after a game with Dnipro in 2012
Personal information
Full name Matheus Leite Nascimento
Date of birth (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983
Place of birth Ribeirópolis, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Dnipro
Number 99
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2005 Itabaiana
2005 Marco 14 (4)
2006–2011 Braga 87 (9)
2007 → Beira-Mar (loan) 14 (0)
2007 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 15 (5)
2011– Dnipro 109 (33)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 March 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

Matheus Leite Nascimento (born 15 January 1983), known simply as Matheus, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Ukrainian club FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk as a forward.

Club career

Matheus was born in Ribeirópolis, Sergipe. After starting professionally with lowly Associação Olímpica de Itabaiana, he moved to Portugal in the summer of 2005, with second division club F.C. Marco. In January of the following year, however, he was bought by Primeira Liga's S.C. Braga,[1] making four appearances in his first season.

During the year 2007, encompassing both the 2006–07 and 2007–08 campaigns, Matheus served two loans: in January 2007 he played with S.C. Beira-Mar, appearing from August–December with Vitória de Setúbal and being subsequently recalled by Braga.

In 2009–10, Matheus appeared in all 30 league matches – but rarely as a starter – as Braga finished in a best-ever second place behind S.L. Benfica. He contributed with five goals, in 1,142 minutes of action.

Matheus started the following season with major contributions: on 28 July, he scored from a 35-meter free kick to close the score against Celtic (3–0 at home), as Braga progressed to the next UEFA Champions League qualifying round (4–2 on aggregate).[2] On 13 August, in the league opener against Portimonense SC, he started and opened the scoresheet in an eventual 3–1 home win; five days later, again for the Champions League, he scored the game's only goal in a home win against Sevilla FC –[3] in celebrating the goal, he pulled out a pacifier and put it in his mouth[4]– and netted the first in the second leg in Andalusia, in a 4–3 win (5–3 on aggregate).

On 23 November 2010, Matheus scored twice in the dying minutes of the 2–0 Champions League home win against Arsenal,[5] although Braga would eventually fail to reach the knockout stages of the competition, finishing third in its group. In January 2011, the 28-year-old left and signed for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine, for €1 million.

Matheus finished his first full season at Dnipro with seven goals from 23 appearances, helping his team to the fourth position. During the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final in Warsaw, he collapsed on the field of play with nobody around him in the late stages of the team's 2–3 defeat to Sevilla.[6][7] Manager Myron Markevych confirmed that he had been treated at hospital for a nasal fracture and a head injury, being discharged in good health hours later to reunite with his teammates.[8]

International career

In March 2013, after more than two years of living in the country, Matheus indicated that he would be likely to accept a call-up for the Ukrainian national team if asked.[9]

Honours

Braga
Dnipro

References

  1. ↑ "Luíz and Frechaut trade places". UEFA.com. 24 January 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  2. ↑ Braga bow leaves Celtic reeling; UEFA.com, 28 July 2010
  3. ↑ Matheus gives Braga slender lead; UEFA.com, 18 August 2010
  4. ↑ Braga's Matheus uses a pacifier as he celebrates his goal against Sevilla with team mate Leandro Salino during their Champions League qualifying soccer match; Eurosport, 18 August 2009
  5. ↑ Matheus strikes twice as Braga down Arsenal; UEFA.com, 23 November 2010
  6. ↑ Keegan, Mike (27 May 2015). "Dnipro 2–3 Sevilla: Carlos Bacca scores twice as La Liga side survive scare to retain Europa League crown and earn Champions League spot with dramatic win in Warsaw". Daily Mail. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Corkhill, Barney (27 May 2015). "Matheus Nascimento collapses in Europa League final". Sports Mole. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Meehan, Luke (28 May 2015). "Matheus fine and well after collapse – Markevych". Goal.com. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Шаг навстречу. Луис Адриано и еще 8 иностранцев, рассчитывавших на сборную Украины [One step forward. Luiz Adriano and 8 foreigners, counting for the national team of Ukraine] (in Russian). Tribuna. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

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