Mateus Lima
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mateus Lima Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Iturama, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sukhothai | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | Grêmio Barueri | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Grêmio Barueri | 5 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Sport Barueri (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Sport Recife | 5 | (2) |
| 2014 | Guarani | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | Luverdense | 4 | (2) |
| 2015 | Operário Ferroviário | 3 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Kukësi | 27 | (7) |
| 2016–2017 | Santos | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Borac Čačak | 30 | (8) |
| 2018–2020 | Slaven Belupo | 51 | (7) |
| 2020–2021 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 29 | (9) |
| 2021–2022 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 34 | (7) |
| 2022–2023 | Nasaf | 34 | (6) |
| 2024 | Ratchaburi | 12 | (5) |
| 2024– | Sukhothai | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 June 2024 | |||
Mateus Lima Cruz (born 18 January 1993), known as Mateus, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Thai League 1 club Sukhothai, on loan from Ratchaburi.
Club career
Born in Iturama, Minas Gerais, Mateus Lima was a Grêmio Barueri youth graduate. After a short loan spell at Sport Barueri, he made his professional debut on 17 November 2012, starting in a 2–0 home win against Avaí for the Série B championship.[1]
On 4 February 2013, Mateus Lima moved to Sport Recife.[2] After only appearing for the club in the Campeonato Pernambucano, he joined Guarani on 10 December.[3]
On 16 January 2014, Mateus Lima signed for Luverdense.[4] He scored his first professional goal on 19 November, but in a 1–2 home loss against América Mineiro; he added another ten days later, netting the game's only in a home success over Ceará.
On 20 February 2015, Mateus Lima agreed to a contract with Operário Ferroviário.[5] He was crowned champions of the year's Campeonato Paranaense, but appeared rarely.
In June 2015, Mateus Lima signed with Albanian Champions Skënderbeu Korçë as a reinforcement for the club's campaign in Champions League after the departures of Aco Stojkov, Dhiego Martins and Fatjon Sefa.[6] The Brazilian striker was also a target of FK Kukësi.[7] In his unofficial debut on 16 June, Lima scored in his debut after 29 minutes in an eventual 2–1 win against Romanian side.[8] Despite scoring in his debut, however, he was not named in Skënderbeu's squad list for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League because he did not convince his coach Mirel Josa in his appearances.[9]
In July 2015, after just one month with Skënderbeu Korçë, Mateus Limaleft the club and signed with Kukesi.[10] In the 2015–16 campaign, he scored seven league goals in 27 league appearances, along with three goals in the Albanian Cup.
In July 2016, Mateus Lima joined Santos, and was assigned to the B-team squad.[11]
On the last day of the summer transfer window 2017, Mateus Lima signed with the Serbian SuperLiga side Borac Čačak.[12]
In the summer of 2018, Mateus Lima signed a two-year contract with the Croatian First Football League side Slaven Belupo.[13]
On 17 August 2020 he signed with Hapoel Nof HaGalil.[14]
Career statistics
- As of 1 June 2022[15]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Grêmio Barueri | 2012 | Série B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | Série C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Sport Barueri (loan) | 2012 | Paulista Série B | — | 27 | 7 | — | — | — | 27 | 7 | ||||
| Sport | 2013 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||
| Guarani | 2014 | Série C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luverdense | 2014 | Série B | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | 5 | |||
| Operário Ferroviário | 2015 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Kukësi | 2015-2016 | Albanian Superliga | 27 | 7 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | 31 | 10 | |||
| Santos | 2016 | Série A | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Borac Čačak | 2017–18 | Serbian SuperLiga | 30 | 8 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 8 | |||
| Slaven Belupo | 2018–19 | Croatian First Football League | 21 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 5 | |||
| 2019–20 | 30 | 2 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 | |||||
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 2020–21 | Liga Leumit | 29 | 9 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 9 | |||
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 2021–22 | 34 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 39 | 7 | |||
| Total | 177 | 40 | 54 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 258 | 57 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
Honours
- Operário Ferroviário
- Campeonato Paranaense: 2015
References
- ^ "Grêmio Barueri 2 x 0 Avaí – Molecada garante vitória da Abelha" [Grêmio Barueri 2–0 Avaí – Youngster assure victory of the Bee] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Sport contrata Matheus [sic] Lima, que jogou Série B pelo Grêmio Barueri" [Sport sign Mateus Lima, who played the Série B for Grêmio Barueri] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Guarani confirma a contratação do atacante Mateus Lima, ex-Sport" [Guarani confirm the signing of forward Mateus Lima, formerly of Sport] (in Portuguese). Terra. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Diretoria do Luverdense contrata atacante Mateus Lima, ex-Sport" [Luverdense's board sign forward Mateus Lima, formerly of Sport] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Operário anuncia dois reforços para o Paranaense" [Operário announce two signings for the Paranaense] (in Portuguese). A Rede. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Alfred Lleshi (9 June 2015). "Mateus Lima Cruz, një sulmues Brazilian për Skënderbeun". Telesport.al (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ Llazi Saro (22 June 2015). "Lima: Kukësi më donte, por unë zgjodha kampionët, jam ambientuar shumë mirë". Panorama Sport (in Albanian). Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ "Fiton Skënderbeu, shënon Lima, spikat shkodrani Dema dhe sulmuesi brazilian". Panorama Sport (in Albanian). 16 June 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ Erjon Hamitaj (12 July 2015). "Skënderbeu, Lulaj dhe Lima drejt huazimit". Telesport.al (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ "Një brazilian, pasuesi i Pejiçit". Panorama Sport. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "Santos B contrata atacante que estava na Albânia para a Copa Paulista" [Santos B sign forward who was in Albania for the Copa Paulista] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Бразилац Матеус у Борцу, Јовановић у Новом Пазару, Адамовић на Брду" [Brazilian Mateus in Borac, Jovanovic in Novi Pazar, Adamovic on Banovo Brdo] (in Serbian). Sportski žurnal. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Mateus Lima Cruz od iduće sezone nosit će dres Slaven Belupa!" [Mateus Lima Cruz will wear Slaven Belupo shirt next season] (in Croatian). Slaven Belupo. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ Solomon, Itzhak (17 August 2020). "הפועל נוף הגליל החתימה את החלוץ הברזילאי מתיאוס לימה" (in Hebrew). blinker. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Mateus Lima at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
External links
- Mateus Lima at WorldFootball.net
- Mateus Lima at Soccerbase