Matheus Leite Nascimento

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Matheus
Personal information
Matheus after a game with Dnipro
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 club	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	71	(16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

Matheus Leite Nascimento (born 15 January 1983 in Ribeirópolis, Sergipe), simply known as Matheus, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League, as a forward.

Football career

After starting professionally with lowly Associação Olímpica de Itabaiana, Matheus moved to Portugal in the summer of 2005, with second division outfit Futebol Clube do Marco. In January of the following year, however, he was bought by top flight's Sporting Clube de 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 Sport Clube Beira-Mar, appearing from August–December with Vitória de Setúbal and being subsequently recalled by Braga.

In the 2009–10 season 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 campaign 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 opened the score 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 Braga and signed for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine, for €1 million.

References

↑ "Luíz and Frechaut trade places". UEFA.com. 24 January 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
↑ Braga bow leaves Celtic reeling; UEFA.com, 28 July 2010
↑ Matheus gives Braga slender lead; UEFA.com, 18 August 2010
↑ 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 UK, 18 August 2009
↑ Matheus strikes twice as Braga down Arsenal; UEFA.com, 23 November 2010

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Name	Matheus Leite Nascimento
Alternative names	Matheus
Short description	Brazilian footballer
Date of birth	15 January 1983
Place of birth	Ribeirópolis, Brazil
Date of death
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