Matheus Henrique

Matheus Henrique de Souza (born 19 December 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Cruzeiro. He also represents the Brazil national team.

Matheus Henrique

Henrique playing for Sassuolo in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Matheus Henrique de Souza
Date of birth	(1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Cruzeiro
Number	8
Youth career
0000–2013	Nacional-SP
2013–2014	Grêmio
2015–2018	São Caetano
2017–2018	→ Grêmio (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2018	São Caetano	20	(3)
2017–2018	→ Grêmio (loan)	17	(4)
2019–2022	Grêmio	85	(5)
2021–2022	→ Sassuolo (loan)	25	(0)
2022–2024	Sassuolo	61	(6)
2024–	Cruzeiro	4	(0)
International career‡
2019–2021	Brazil U23	19	(1)
2019–	Brazil	1	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:06, 7 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:00, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Club career

On 11 August 2021, Matheus Henrique joined Italian Serie A club Sassuolo on a season-long loan from Grêmio, with an obligation to buy.^[2]

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.^[3]

On 17 June 2021, Matheus Henrique was named in the Brazil squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
São Caetano	2015	Série D	0	0	2	1	0	0	–		0	0	2	1
	2016	Paulista A2	–		18	2	0	0	–		8[a]	0	26	2
	Total		0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	8	0	28	3
Grêmio (loan)	2017	Série A	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	2018		12	2	4	2	0	0	1[b]	0	0	0	17	4
Grêmio	2019	Série A	20	0	12	1	5	0	9[b]	0	–		46	1
	2020		29	2	8	0	8	0	8[b]	1	–		53	3
	2021		8	1	8	1	0	0	6[c]	1	–		22	3
	Total		70	5	32	4	13	0	24	2	0	0	139	11
Sassuolo	2021–22	Serie A	25	0	–		1	0	–		–		26	0
	2022–23		30	4	–		1	0	–		–		31	4
	2023–24		31	2	–		1	0	–		–		32	2
	Total		86	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	89	6
Career total			156	11	52	7	16	0	24	2	8	0	256	20

1. Appearances in Copa Paulista
2. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
3. Three appearances in Copa Libertadores, three appearances and one goal in Copa Sudamericana

International

As of matches played 6 November 2019^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	2019	1	0
Total		1	0

Honours

Grêmio

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Brazil U23

• Summer Olympics: 2020
• Toulon Tournament: 2019^[7]