Matheus Biteco
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matheus Bitencourt da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 28 November 2016 (aged 21) | ||
| Place of death | La Unión, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2012 | Grêmio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Grêmio | 37 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Barra-SC | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Grêmio (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → 1899 Hoffenheim (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Chapecoense (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| Total | 53 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Brazil U20 | 10 | (1) |
| 2014 | Brazil U21 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Matheus Bitencourt da Silva (28 June 1995 – 28 November 2016), known as Matheus Biteco, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Chapecoense.[1]
Matheus Biteco was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.
Club career
Matheus Biteco was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, and joined Grêmio's youth setup in 2001 at the age of five.[2] He made his senior debut on 1 February 2013, coming on as a second half substitute in a 0–4 Campeonato Gaúcho away loss against São Luiz. He was handed his first start 13 days later, in a 5–0 Campeonato Gaúcho home routing of Santa Cruz; his older brother Guilherme also started the match.
Matheus Biteco made his Série A debut on 14 July 2013, replacing Souza in a 2–1 home win against Botafogo. Definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2014 season, he started to feature more regularly, contributing with 18 league matches.
In December 2014, Matheus Biteco's federative rights were sold to a group of businessmen, being assigned to Santa Catarina-based club Barra and being loaned back to Grêmio for the season. He would spend the vast majority of the year nursing a pubalgia in Switzerland, however.[3]
In February 2016 Matheus Biteco joined TSG 1899 Hoffenheim,[4] but failed to appear in any matches for the club. On 5 July, he was announced at Chapecoense.[5]
At Chape Matheus Biteco became a regular starter, also helping the side to reach the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals for the first time in their history.
Death
On 28 November 2016, whilst travelling with Chapecoense to the aforementioned finals, Matheus Biteco was among the fatalities of the LaMia Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo, La Unión, Antioquia.[6]
Personal life
Matheus Biteco's brothers Guilherme and Gabriel, are also footballers; all of them were groomed at Grêmio. The former is an attacking midfielder, while the latter is a forward.[7]
Career statistics
- As of 27 November 2016[8]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Grêmio | 2013 | Série A | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | |||
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chapecoense | 2016 | Série A | 16 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 45 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
Honours
Club
Chapecoense
- Copa Sudamericana: 2016 (posthumously)[9]
International
Brazil U20
References
- ^ "Matheus Biteco". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "A história dos Biteco: três irmãos que o futebol resgatou da pobreza" [The history of the Biteco: three brothers that the football rescued from poverty] (in Portuguese). Zero Hora. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Há um ano sem jogar, Matheus Biteco fica entre a Alemanha e o Grêmio" [A year without playing, Matheus Biteco stays between Germany and Grêmio] (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Passaporte Gre-Nal: Matheus Biteco é incorporado ao Hoffenheim" [Gre-Nal passport: Matheus Biteco joins Hoffenheim] (in Portuguese). Zero Hora. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Chapecoense anuncia contratação de ex-Grêmio Matheus Biteco" [Chapecoense announce the signing of former Grêmio player Matheus Biteco] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "'Estava muito feliz', diz irmão de Matheus Biteco após queda de avião" ['He was very happy', says brother of Matheus Biteco after plane crash] (in Portuguese). G1. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Matheus Biteco elogia irmão Gabriel, mas Guilherme brinca: "Tem que cortar as asas dele"" [Matheus Biteco praises brother Gabriel, but Guilherme jokes: "We have to clip his wings"] (in Portuguese). Zero Hora. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ Matheus Biteco at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "CONMEBOL otorga el título de campeón de la Sudamericana 2016 a Chapecoense y reconoce a Atlético Nacional con el premio del centenario de la CONMEBOL al Fair Play" [CONMEBOL awards 2016 Sudamericana champion title to Chapecoense and bestows Atlético Nacional with CONMEBOL century Fair Play award] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
External links
- Matheus Biteco at Soccerway