Mateus is a Portuguese given name and surname, equivalent to the English

Matthew Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Ch ...

. Notable people with the name include:

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* Mateus (ambassador), Armenian ambassador of Emperor Dawit II of Ethiopia *

Mateus Alves Mateus de Carvalho Cardoso Alves (born 23 January 2001) is a Brazilian tennis player. Alves has a career high ATP singles ranking of 395 achieved on 18 April 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 234 achieved on 8 August 2022. ...

(born 2001), Brazilian tennis player *

Mateus dos Anjos Mateus dos Anjos (born June 10, 1983) is a Brazilian former soccer player. Career College Dos Anjos grew up in Belo Horizonte, but moved from his native Brazil to the United States in 2001 to attend and play college soccer at Rockland Communit ...

(born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Mateus Asato (born 1993), Brazilian guitarist * Mateus Soares de Azevedo (born 1959), Brazilian historian * Mateus de Oliveira Barbosa (born 1987), Brazilian footballer * Mateus Borelli (born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Mateus Garcia Borges (born 1983), Brazilian footballer *

Mateus Caramelo Mateus Lucena dos Santos (30 August 1994 – 28 November 2016), commonly known as Caramelo, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played for Chapecoense on loan from São Paulo FC as a right back. Caramelo was one of the victims when L ...

(1994-2016), Brazilian footballer *

Mateus Evangelista Cardoso Mateus Evangelista Cardoso (born 15 February 1994) is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He competes in several T37-classification athletics events. He represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, B ...

(born 1994), Brazilian athlete *

Mateus dos Santos Castro Mateus dos Santos Castro (born 11 September 1994) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Nagoya Grampus. Career Club On 6 January 2019, Mateus signed for Nagoya Grampus. Club statistics ''Updated to 28 September 2022''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Pu ...

(born 1994), Brazilian footballer *

Mateus Costa Mateus Cupertino Costa (born 1 January 1970) is the current manager of Goa Professional League club Pax of Nagoa. Coaching career On 10 January 2015, it was revealed that Costa had been coaching Sporting Clube de Goa in the Federation Cup after ...

, Indian football head coach *

Mateus Galiano da Costa Mateus Galiano da Costa (born 19 June 1984), known simply as Mateus, is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portuguese club U.D. Leiria. He spent practically all of his career in Portugal, recording 280 games and 51 go ...

(born 1984), Angolan footballer * Mateus Lima Cruz (born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Mateus Fernandes (died 1515), Portuguese architect *

Mateus Aparecido de Oliveira Fonseca Mateus Aparecido de Oliveira Fonseca (born 19 August 1995), known as Mateus Oliveira, is a Brazilian Association football, footballer who plays for Costa Rica Esporte Clube as a Forward (association football), forward. Club career Born in Lond ...

(born 1995), Brazilian footballer * Mateus Fonseca (born 1993), Portuguese footballer * Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves (born 1983), Angolan footballer * Mateus Gregório (born 1993), Brazilian weightlifter * Mateus Alonso Honorio (born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Mateus Facho Inocêncio (born 1981), Brazilian athlete * Mateus de Brito Júnior, Angolan minister * Mateus Versolato Júnior (born 1983), Brazilian goalkeeper * Mateus Levendi (born 1993), Albanian footballer * Mateus Lopes (born 1975), Cape Verdean footballer * Mateus Müller de Souza Lopes (born 1995), Brazilian footballer * Mateus Alves Maciel (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Mateus Gonçalves Martins (born 1994), Brazilian footballer * Mateus da Costa Meira (born 1975), perpetrator of the 1999 Morumbi Shopping shooting * Mateus Moreira (died 1645), Brazilian Catholic martyr * Mateus Norton (born 1996), Brazilian footballer *

Mateus Vicente de Oliveira Mateus Vicente de Oliveira (1706–1786) was a Portuguese architect. He studied under the architects João Frederico Ludovice and Jean Baptiste Robillon during the construction of the royal palace at Mafra - Portugal's attempt to rival the Span ...

(1706-1786), Portuguese architect *

Mateus Paraná Edson Edmar Dias de Souza (born 21 May 1987), known as Mateus Paraná (literally Matthew of Paraná), is a Brazilian footballer. Biography Standing at 173 centimeters and weighing in at 73 kilograms, Mateus Paraná is a young Brazilian striker ...

(born 1987), Brazilian football striker * Mateus Pasinato (born 1992), Brazilian goalkeeper * Mateus Mendes Ferreira Pires (born 1992), Brazilian footballer *

Mateus Meira Rita Mateus Meira Rita (byname Nando) is a São Toméan politician. He served as the country's foreign minister from February 2002 to 8 March 2002 and again from 7 October 2002 to 8 March 2004. References Year of birth missing (living people ...

, São Toméan politician * Mateus de Sá (born 1995), Brazilian athlete *

Mateus Shkreta Mateus Shkreta (born 16 April 1994 in Tirana) is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward ( ...

(born 1994), Albanian footballer * Mateus da Silva (born 1991), Brazilian footballer * Mateus de Oliveira Silva (born 1994), Brazilian football midfielder *

Mateus Ferreira da Silva Mateus Ferreira da Silva (born 3 July 1995 in Marilac) is a Brazilian Association football, footballer who plays for Associação Atlética Ponte Preta, Ponte Preta as a Defender (association football), defender. Career statistics References ...

(born 1995), Brazilian footballer * Mateus Solano (born 1981), Brazilian actor *

Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás Mateus Feliiano Augusto Tomás (February 23, 1958 – October 30, 2010) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Namibe, Angola. Tomás was born in Chinguar Chinguar is a town and municipality in Bié Province in Ang ...

(1958-2010), Angolan Roman Catholic bishop *

Mateus Uribe Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa (born 21 March 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Portuguese club Porto and the Colombia national team. After coming through the ranks of Envigado's youth academy, Urib ...

(born 1991), Colombian professional footballer *

Mateus Vital Mateus da Silva Vital Assumpção (born 12 February 1998), known as Mateus Vital, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Cruzeiro. He is a former Brazil U23 member. Career Corinthians Vital started hi ...

(born 1998), Brazilian footballer *

Mateus Viveiros Mateus Viveiros Andrade (born 17 January 1998) is a Brazilian football right side defender. Club career Born in Brasilia, Viveiros started playing futsal when he was 6. When he was 11 he started playing football at São Paulo from Brasilia, ...

(born 1966), Brazilian football player * Mateus Ward (born 1999), American actor *

Mateus de Oliveira Xavier Dom Mateus de Oliveira Xavier (Vila de Rei, Vila de Rei, 14 October 1858 — Goa, 19 May 1929) was a Portuguese Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin and Patriarch of the East Indies. Biography He was the son of Joaquim de Oliveira and Maria Joaquin ...

(1858-1929), Portuguese Roman Catholic Diocese

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* David Mateus (born 1980), Portuguese rugby union footballer * Diogo Mateus (born 1980), Portuguese rugby union footballer * Octávio Mateus (born 1975), Portuguese dinosaur paleontologist and biologist

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