Matheus Pereira (footballer, born 1998)

Matheus Pereira da Silva (born 25 February 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spanish club Eibar.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.
Matheus Pereira
Personal information
Full name Matheus Pereira da Silva
Date of birth (1998-02-25) 25 February 1998
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Eibar
Number 8
Youth career
2009–2016 Corinthians
2017 → Juventus (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Corinthians 1 (0)
2016–2017 Empoli 1 (0)
2017–2020 Juventus 3 (0)
2017 → Bordeaux II (loan) 2 (0)
2018 → Paraná (loan) 2 (0)
2018–2019 → Juventus U23 (res.) 22 (5)
2019–2020 → Dijon (loan) 10 (0)
2020 → Dijon II (loan) 1 (0)
2020 → Barcelona B (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2022 Barcelona B 60 (7)
2022– Eibar 41 (2)
International career
2015 Brazil U17 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2023, 19:25 (UTC)

Career

Early life

Matheus began playing for Corinthians's academy at the age of eleven. He has been considered one of the club's most promising young players in years.[1]

Corinthians

Matheus was elevated to the professional team in January 2015 for the team's pre-season in Florida, United States. He did not take part in any of the friendly matches, only participating in training sessions.[2] He was a non-used substitute during several matches, most of them of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He made his debut in a friendly match against ABC on 22 July 2015, playing the entire game, which was a celebration of ABC's centennial.[3]

Matheus made his official debut on 23 August 2015 in the second half of Corinthians' 3–0 victory against Cruzeiro at Arena Corinthians.[4] His first official start was against Santos in a Copa do Brasil match on 26 August.[5]

Empoli and Juventus

On 28 June 2016, Matheus was signed by Serie A club Empoli F.C.[6] In April 2016, it was reported that Matheus had completed a deal to sign with Juventus in the summer of 2016.[7] However, as the Turin-based club had already exceeded their non-EU registration quota for international transfers, he would be signed by Empoli from Corinthians first, before joining Juventus.[8]

On 31 January 2017, Matheus was signed by the Serie A club Juventus on loan.[9]

On 31 August 2017, the last of day of the French and Italian summer transfer windows, he joined Bordeaux on loan from Juventus for the 2017–18 season, while Bordeaux secured an option to sign him permanently.[10]

On 27 April 2019, Matheus played his first match both in Serie A and with the Juventus senior side, coming on as a substitute for Federico Bernardeschi late in the second half of a 1–1 away draw against rivals Inter; he almost scored the match-winning goal in the final minute.[11]

Loan to Dijon

On 29 August 2019, he joined the French club Dijon on loan with an option to purchase.[12]

Barcelona B

On 25 January 2020, Pereira was sent on loan to the Spanish club Barcelona B, in a deal involving Alejandro Marqués moving the other way.[13] The club later activated his buyout clause.

Eibar

On 12 July 2022, Barcelona announced the transfer of Pereira to Segunda División side SD Eibar.[14]

Career statistics
As of 29 September 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental State League Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Corinthians 2015 Série A 10100000—20
Empoli 2016–17 Serie A 1010———20
Paraná (loan) 2018 Série A 20000050—70
Total 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 — 9 0
Juventus U23 2018–19 Serie C 22500———225
Juventus 2018–19 Serie A 30000 0——30
Dijon (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 1 10000———100
Dijon II (loan) 2019–20 National 3 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 36 5 0 0 — — — 36 5
Barcelona B (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División B 00———3[lower-alpha 1]030
Barcelona B 2020–21 24[lower-alpha 2]2———1[lower-alpha 3]0252
2021–22 Primera División RFEF 36 5 — — — — 36 5
Total 607———40647
Eibar 2022–23 Segunda División 41 2 2 0 — — — 43 2
2023–24 7 0 0 0 — — — 7 0
Total 48 2 2 0 — — — 50 2
Total 147144000534216019
  1. Three appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. Includes six appearances in second phase
  3. Four appearances in Segunda División B play-offs


Honours

Juventus

Corinthians

Brazil U17

References
  1. Dassler Marques (20 May 2015). "Promessa despenca no Corinthians após promoção surpresa e tour pela Europa". UOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. Staff (6 January 2015). "Tite vai observar Matheus Pirulão durante pré-temporada" (in Portuguese). Corinthians. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. "Tite vai observar Matheus Pirulão durante pré-temporada". Globo (in Portuguese). 22 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. "Elogiado por companheiros, Matheus Pereira faz estreia em jogos oficiais". Meuti Mão (in Portuguese). 23 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  5. Rafael Alaby Martins Ferreira (26 August 2015). "Com Matheus Pereira, Corinthians está escalado contra o Santos; confira". Torcedores (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  6. "Preso Matheus Pereira da Silva" (in Italian). Empoli F.C. 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  7. "Juve, la verità sul colpo Matheus Pereira". Calciomercato (in Italian). 1 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  8. "Calciomercato, Pereira all'Empoli. Poi sarà Juventus". Tutto Sport (in Italian). 29 June 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  9. "Juventus, calciomercato per la Primavera: ecco Matheus Pereira Da Silva". Tutto Sport (in Italian). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  10. "Juve loan Pereira to Bordeaux". Football Italia. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
    - "Transferts : Matheus Pereira prêté à Bordeaux". L'Équipe (in French). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  11. "Inter 1 - 1 Juventus". Football Italia. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  12. "MATHEUS PEREIRA PRÊTÉ PAR LA JUVENTUS TURIN" (Press release) (in French). Dijon FCO. 29 August 2019.
  13. "Barcelona prise Pereira from Juventus as Marques heads in the opposite direction". Goal. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  14. "Agreement with Eibar for the transfer of Matheus". FC Barcelona. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  15. "Matheus Pereira". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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