Mateus Viveiros Andrade (born 17 January 1998) is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Viveiros started playing futsal when he was 6. When he was 11 he started playing football at

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from Brasília, but shortly after he moved to a more prestigious Brasília Football Academy. It was playing in the academy that he earned a chance for trials at

São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube () is a professional Association football, football club in the Morumbi, São Paulo, Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil. It plays in Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo (state), São Paulo's premier State football lea ...

and was successful at first. In 2013 he became Brazilian U15 champion with São Paulo. With youth teams of São Paulo he also won the Copa Ouro in 2016 and became Campeonato Paulista champion in U17 and U20 levels. On 13 February 2017, Viveiros signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Serbian club

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

. After spending half a year training with senior squad and playing with youth team of Red Star, in summer 2017 he was loaned to

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. He made 7 appearances with Bežanija in the

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International career

In January 2014 Viveiros was called to the Brazilian U17 national team, having been called since then regularly such was in March, or May 2015. In June 2016 he was called for the Brazilian U19 national team. Later that same month he was called to the Brazilian U20 national team.Atacante do Vitória é convocado para a seleção brasileira Sub-20; confira lista
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Viveiros, Mateus 1998 births Living people 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Brasília Men's association football fullbacks Serbian First League players São Paulo FC players Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Bežanija players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia