| Matheus Paquetá | |
| Fullname: | Matheus Tolentino Coelho de Lima |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.79 m |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2018 |
| Youthclubs1: | Tombense |
| Youthyears2: | 2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | → Avaí (loan) |
| Years1: | 2016 |
| Clubs1: | Ceres |
| Caps1: | 6 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Tombense |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Clubs3: | → Marcílio Dias (loan) |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2018 |
| Clubs4: | → (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Clubs5: | → Monza (loan) |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2020 |
| Clubs6: | → CRB (loan) |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2020 |
| Clubs7: | → Joinville (loan) |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2021 |
| Clubs8: | → Boavista (loan) |
| Caps8: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2021 |
| Clubs9: | → Uberlândia (loan) |
| Caps9: | 3 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 32 |
| Totalgoals: | 0 |
Matheus Tolentino Coelho de Lima (born 12 March 1995), also known as Matheus Paquetá, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the older brother of professional footballer Lucas Paquetá.
On 23 January 2019, Italian Serie C side Monza announced the signing of Paquetá on a six-month loan from Tombense.[1] He came on as a last-minute substitute in a Coppa Italia Serie C match against Pro Vercelli on 6 February.[2]
Paquetá was sent on a six-month loan to CRB in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B on 3 June 2020.[3] [4] He left the club without playing a game.[5]
On 18 September, he was sent on loan to Série D club Joinville, once again without featuring in any match.
Upon his return to Tombense, Paquetá made his Série C debut during the 2020 season, coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute in a 2–0 win over Brusque, on 21 November.
On 25 June 2021, Paquetá joined Boavista in the Série D on loan.[6] Less than one month later, he moved to fellow-Série D side Uberlândia on loan.[7] Paqueta made his league debut on 24 July, as a starter in a 2–0 win against Águia Negra.[8] [9]
Paquetá's mother is of Portuguese descent.[10] His younger brother, Lucas, is also a professional footballer.[11]
| Club | Season | League | State league | Copa do Brasil | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Ceres | 2016 | — | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Tombense | 2017 | Série C | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | Série C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | Série C | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2020 | Série C | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | Série C | — | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Série B | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| Marcílio Dias (loan) | 2017 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| (loan) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Monza (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| CRB (loan) | 2020 | Série B | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joinville (loan) | 2020 | Série D | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Boavista (loan) | 2021 | Série D | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Uberlândia (loan) | 2021 | Série D | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 10 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||
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