Matheus Leite Nascimento
Matheus after a game with Dnipro in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Matheus Leite Nascimento | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Ribeirópolis, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | Itabaiana | ||
| 2005 | Marco | 14 | (4) |
| 2006–2011 | Braga | 87 | (9) |
| 2007 | → Beira-Mar (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 15 | (5) |
| 2011–2016 | Dnipro | 114 | (35) |
| 2016– | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 16 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2016. |
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Matheus Leite Nascimento (born 15 January 1983), known simply as Matheus, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Chinese club Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. as a forward.
He spent most of his professional career in Portugal with Braga and in Ukraine with Dnipro, winning the 2013 League Cup with the first club and appearing in 154 competitive games with the second (48 goals).
Matheus was born in Ribeirópolis, Sergipe. After starting professionally with lowly Associação Olímpica de Itabaiana, he moved to Portugal in the summer of 2005, with second division team F.C. Marco. In January of the following year, however, he was bought by Primeira Liga's S.C. Braga, making four appearances in his first season.
During the year 2007, encompassing both the 2006–07 and 2007–08 campaigns, Matheus served two loans: in January 2007 he played with S.C. Beira-Mar, appearing from August–December with Vitória de Setúbal and being subsequently recalled by his parent club.
In 2009–10, Matheus appeared in all 30 league matches – but rarely as a starter – as Braga finished in a best-ever second place behind S.L. Benfica. He contributed with five goals, in 1,142 minutes of action.
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