Matheus Dória Macedo (born 8 November 1994), commonly known as Dória, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Botafogo

Born in

São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro São Gonçalo () is a municipality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the Southeast region. It is located in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, having land limits with the municipalities of Niterói, Maricá and Itaboraí, and a maritime ...

, Dória joined

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's youth setup in 2009 at the age of 14. Promoted to the first team due to the injury of Brinner in January 2012, he made his professional – and Série A – debut on 27 May of that year, starting in a 3–2 away win over Coritiba. On 27 October Dória scored his first professional goal, scoring the first in a 4–0 home routing of

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. He finished his first professional season with 20 appearances, as his side finished seventh. In the 2013 campaign, Dória was an undisputed starter for ''Bota'', appearing in 30 league matches and scoring one goal as his side qualified to

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after a 17-year absence.

Marseille

On 1 September 2014 Dória signed a five-year deal with

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for a reported fee of

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7 million. He failed to make a first-team appearance following his arrival, being subsequently assigned to the reserves in

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Loans to São Paulo and Granada

On 6 February 2015 Dória joined

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, on loan until June. After appearing regularly, he moved to

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side

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on 31 August, also in a temporary deal.

International career

Dória made his debut for

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on 6 April 2013, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute in a 4–0 win over

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. In June 2013, he was called to the Brazil U20 team as captain of the team who won the 2013 Toulon Tournament.

Honours

Botafogo *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

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Brazil U20 *

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Individual *

Best XI: Guardianes 2021 *

Best Defender: 2020–21 *

All-Star:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doria 1994 births Footballers from São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro Living people 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Men's association football defenders Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazil men's under-20 international footballers Brazil men's international footballers Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Olympique de Marseille players São Paulo FC players Granada CF footballers Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Santos Laguna footballers Atlas F.C. footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Ligue 1 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players La Liga players Süper Lig players Liga MX players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico