Matheus Machado

Matheus Pires Machado (born 9 July 2001) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Montrose in Scottish League One.

For a forward, see Matheus Machado (footballer, born 2003).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pires and the second or paternal family name is Machado.
Matheus Machado
Personal information
Full name Matheus Pires Machado
Date of birth (2001-07-09) 9 July 2001
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Montrose
Number TBD
Youth career
2017 –2018 Palmeiras
2018 Red Bull Brasil
2018–2019 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 (0)
2020–2021 Rio Ave B 2 (0)
2021–2022 Elgin City 18 (0)
2022–2023 Rothes
2023– Montrose 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:34, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Career

Machado began his career with Red Bull Brasil, before signing for Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle in August 2018.[1] He was included in a first-team squad for the first time in March 2019,[2] and made his debut in the 2019–20 season, coming on late in a 3-1 loss to Partick Thistle.[3]

He was released by the club in June 2020 when his contract expired. He subsequently joined Portugal's Primera Liga side, Rio Ave on 1 July 2020.[4]

Machado returned to Scottish football in August 2021, signing for Elgin City.[5] He made his debut for Elgin in a 2–0 away loss to Edinburgh City after being substituted on in the final 20 minutes.

On 9 August 2022, Machado left Elgin and joined Highland Football League side Rothes.[6]

On 31 January 2023, Machado was signed by League One side, Montrose.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 30 July 2022[8]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2018–19 Scottish Championship 0000000000
2019–20 1000002[lower-alpha 1]131
Rio Ave B 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal 2000000020
Elgin City 2021–22 Scottish League Two 17010201[lower-alpha 1]0210
Rothes 2022–23 Highland League
Montrose 2022–23 Scottish League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 200102031261
  1. All appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup

References
  1. "Inverness sign Brazilian teenager from Red Bull in Sao Paulo". 23 August 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. "Matheus Machado in squad for Partick Thistle game". 21 March 2019.
  3. "Games played by Matheus Machado in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. "Matheus". Rio Ave Futebol Clube (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. Chalk, Paul (20 August 2021). "Elgin City manager Gavin Price thrilled to land ex-Caley Thistle starlet Matheus Machado". Press & Journal. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. "Brazilian Matheus Machado joins Rothes from Elgin City". pressandjournal.co.uk. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  7. Smith, Ewan. "Montrose go Brazilian and agree Ryan Williamson pre-contract in triple deadline day deal". The Courier. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  8. Matheus Machado at Soccerway
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