Matheus Henrique

Matheus Henrique de Souza (born 19 December 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Sassuolo. He also represents the Brazil national team.

Matheus Henrique
Henrique playing for Sassuolo in 2022
Personal information
Full name Matheus Henrique de Souza
Date of birth (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2013 Nacional-SP
2013–2014 Grêmio
2015–2018 São Caetano
2017–2018 → Grêmio (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 São Caetano 20 (3)
2017–2018 → Grêmio (loan) 17 (4)
2019–2022 Grêmio 85 (5)
2021–2022 → Sassuolo (loan) 25 (0)
2022– Sassuolo 29 (3)
International career‡
2019–2021 Brazil U23 19 (1)
2019– Brazil 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:00, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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]

International career

Matheus Henrique made his senior debut for Brazil in a 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]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 May 2023[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 002100–0021
2016 Paulista A2 –18200–8[lower-alpha 1]0262
Total 00203000080283
Grêmio (loan) 2017 Série A 100000––10
2018 12242001[lower-alpha 2]000174
Grêmio 2019 Série A 200121509[lower-alpha 2]0–461
2020 29280808[lower-alpha 2]1–533
2021 8181006[lower-alpha 3]1–223
Total 7053241302420013911
Sassuolo 2021–22 Serie A 250–10––260
2022–23 273–10––283
Total 52300200000543
Career total 12285271502428022117
  1. Appearances in Copa Paulista
  2. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. Three appearances in Copa Libertadores, three appearances and one goal in Copa Sudamericana

International
As of matches played 6 November 2019[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil 201910
Total10

Honours

Grêmio

Brazil U23

References
  1. "Matheus Henrique". U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. "Matheus Henrique e Ruan Tressoldi, doppia operazione col Gremio" [Matheus Henrique and Ruan Tressoldi, double operation with Gremio] (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. "Rumour from Brazil: Ajax inquires about Matheus Henrique (22)". 🗞️ CCeit News. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. "Seleção Olímpica é convocada para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio 2020". CBF. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. Matheus Henrique at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. Matheus Henrique at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". festival-foot-espoirs.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.


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