Matheus Henrique de Souza (born 19 December 1997) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a central midfielder for Cruzeiro. He also represents the Brazil national team.

Club career

On 11 August 2021, Matheus Henrique joined Italian Serie A club

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on a season-long loan from Grêmio, with an obligation to buy.

International career

Matheus Henrique made his senior debut for Brazil in an October 2019 friendly against Senegal. Previously, he was part of the Brazil under-23 team that won the 2019 Toulon Tournament, beating Japan on penalties in the final. Courtesy of his Grêmio performances, he became a mainstay of the under-23 team preparing to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. He participated in the International Tenerife Tournament in 2019 and the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2020 with the under-23 team, finishing runner-up in both competitions and securing a place at the Olympics with their performance in the latter. On 17 June 2021, Matheus Henrique was named in the Brazil squad for the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Grêmio * Campeonato Gaúcho:

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Brazil U23 *

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* Toulon Tournament:

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* * * 1997 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from São Paulo Men's association football midfielders Associação Desportiva São Caetano players Grêmio FBPA players US Sassuolo Calcio players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Serie A players Brazil men's youth international footballers Brazil men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Brazil Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub