| Matheus Henrique | |
| Full Name: | Matheus Henrique de Souza |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1997 |
| Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.73 m[1] |
| Position: | Central midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Cruzeiro |
| Clubnumber: | 97 |
| Youthyears1: | –2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Nacional-SP |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Grêmio |
| Youthyears3: | 2015–2018 |
| Youthclubs3: | São Caetano |
| Youthyears4: | 2017–2018 |
| Youthclubs4: | → Grêmio (loan) |
| Years1: | 2015–2018 |
| Clubs1: | São Caetano |
| Caps1: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | → Grêmio (loan) |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs3: | Grêmio |
| Caps3: | 85 |
| Goals3: | 5 |
| Years4: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs4: | → Sassuolo (loan) |
| Caps4: | 25 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs5: | Sassuolo |
| Caps5: | 61 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Years6: | 2024– |
| Clubs6: | Cruzeiro |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019–2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | Brazil U23 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 19 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam2: | Brazil |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 09:06, 7 June 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 16:00, 24 January 2022 (UTC) |
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.
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]
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]
| 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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | |||
| Grêmio | 2019 | Série A | 20 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 46 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | 53 | 3 | ||||
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 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 | |||
Grêmio
Brazil U23