Matheus Reis de Lima (born 18 February 1995) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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or a

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for

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club

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

Club career

São Paulo

Born in

São João da Boa Vista São João da Boa Vista (; "Saint John of the Good View" in English) is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population in 2020 was 91,771 and the area is . The elevation is . History of its foundation The city was founded on J ...

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, Reis joined

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 ...

's academy at the age of 13. He started his senior career with Clube Atlético Sorocaba, on loan. Reis made his debut in the

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

for São Paulo on 2 July 2015, in a 2–1 away loss against

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. In January 2017, he was loaned to fellow top-division club

Esporte Clube Bahia Esporte Clube Bahia () is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Salvador, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Known mainly as the ''Esquadrão de Aço'' (Steel Squadron), the club competes in the Campeo ...

. On 1 January 2018, still on loan, Reis moved to Portugal with

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. His first

appearance took place on 4 February, when he came on as a 79th-minute substitute for

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in the 2–1 away win over C.D. Tondela.

Rio Ave

On 26 June 2018, Reis signed with Rio Ave F.C. for an undisclosed fee. He made his competitive debut one month later, in a 1–0 defeat at

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in the

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of the

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. Reis scored his only goal for the

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-based side on 27 January 2020, their second of a 2–1 away victory over Vitória de Guimarães. After refusing to play against the same opposition early into the 2020–21 season, he was suspended by the board of directors.

Sporting CP

Reis joined

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

on a five-month loan on 2 February 2021. In the summer, after his three-year contract with Rio Ave expired, he agreed to a permanent four-year deal with a

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45 million

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. Reis won the 2020–21, 2023–24 and 2024–25 national championships during his tenure at the

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, contributing respectively 15, 27 and 30 games to these achievements. He made his 200th appearance for the Lions on 10 May 2025, in a 1–1 draw away to

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. Fifteen days later, at the start of injury time of the Taça de Portugal final against the same adversary, who led 1–0, he and teammate Maximiliano Araújo brought Andrea Belotti down as he tried to protect the ball near the corner flag, and Reis deliberately stamped on the Italian's head; no foul was awarded and Sporting went on to claim the trophy 3–1, and he subsequently boasted of his actions on social media.

Career statistics

Honours

Bahia *

Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (English: ''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''English: Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (English: ''Northeastern Cup'') is a Brazilian football competition among Northeastern re ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Sporting CP *

: 2020–21, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...

: 2024–25 *

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Individual *Primeira Liga Defender of the Month: February 2022, March 2022 *Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2021–22 *Primeira Liga Goal of the Month: February 2023

References

External links

Sporting CP official profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reis, Matheus 1995 births Living people People from São João da Boa Vista 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football central defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players São Paulo FC players Clube Atlético Sorocaba players Esporte Clube Bahia players Primeira Liga players Moreirense F.C. players Rio Ave F.C. players Sporting CP footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal