Matheus Leonardo Sales Cardoso
Defender · Atlético Goianiense · №98
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
São Bernardo
Atlético Goianiense
Serie B
|
1:0 | |
Atlético Goianiense
Criciúma
Serie B
|
4:0 | |
Atlético Goianiense
Ceará
Serie B
|
2:1 | |
Londrina
Atlético Goianiense
Serie B
|
0:0 | |
Atlético Goianiense
Vila Nova
Serie B
|
0:2 | |
Nautico Recife
Atlético Goianiense
Serie B
|
1:1 | |
Ceará
Avaí
Serie B
|
2:1 | |
|
Ceará
Nautico Recife
Serie B
|
1:0 | |
Cuiabá
Ceará
Serie B
|
0:2 | |
Ponte Preta
Ceará
Serie B
|
1:1 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Serie B | 2026 | 11 |
| Copa do Brasil | 2026 | 2 |
About the player
Five goals in the 2024 Série A season made him Criciúma's leading scorer that year.
Known as Matheusinho, he came through at Atlético Mineiro, where he stayed from 2016 to 2020. The early honours arrived quickly: the Minas Gerais state championship in 2016, then the Série B title in 2017. Brazil called him up at youth level in that same period, three matches for the under-17s in 2015 and two for the under-20s across 2016 and 2017, without a goal in either.
His move abroad in 2020 was unusual in its structure. Beitar Jerusalem bought 70 per cent of his economic rights for a sum reported at more than three million reais, and he spent the following seasons in Israel, including a loan spell at Ashdod in 2021–22.
Portugal followed in January 2025, when Santa Clara signed him. A loan took him back to Brazil with Sport Recife later in 2025, where he played 25 matches and scored twice, and in January 2026 Santa Clara sent him on loan again, this time to Ceará.
That spell ended in July 2026, when he left Ceará for Atlético Goianiense.
Career path
- 2026 — now Ceará Sporting Club 16 matches
- 2026 Atlético Clube Goianiense 3 matches
- 2025 Santa Clara 9 matches
- 2025 Sport Club do Recife 25 matches
- 2024 Criciúma EC 30 matches
- 2016 — 2023 América Futebol Clube (MG) 163 matches
- 2022 Or Akiva 15 matches
- 2021 — 2022 Beitar Jerusalem 16 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/25 | Santa Clara | Liga Portugal | 9 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| 21/22 | Or Akiva | Ligat Ha'al | 14 | 1 | 0 | 852 |
| 21/22 | Beitar Jerusalem | Ligat Ha'al | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| 21/22 | Or Akiva | Gvia haMedina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 2026 | Ceará Sporting Club | Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | 10 | 0 | 1 | 472 |
| 2026 | Atlético Clube Goianiense | Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| 2026 | Ceará Sporting Club | Copa do Brasil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
| 2026 | Ceará Sporting Club | Copa do Nordeste | 3 | 1 | 0 | 154 |
| 2025 | Sport Club do Recife | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 668 |
| 2024 | Criciúma EC | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 589 |
| 2024 | Criciúma EC | Copa do Brasil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 2023 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 227 |
| 2023 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Copa Sudamericana | 7 | 2 | 1 | 386 |
| 2023 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Copa do Brasil | 4 | 0 | 1 | 167 |
| 2022 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 371 |
| 2022 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Copa Libertadores | 6 | 0 | 0 | 348 |
| 2022 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Copa do Brasil | 5 | 1 | 1 | 267 |
| 2020 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | 9 | 1 | 1 | 670 |
| 2020 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Copa do Brasil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| 2019 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 193 |
| 2019 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Copa do Brasil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
| 2018 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 17 | 2 | 0 | 900 |
| 2017 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 754 |
| 2017 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Primeira Liga do Brasil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| 2016 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 18 | 0 | 1 | 998 |
| 2016 | América Futebol Clube (MG) | Copa do Brasil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| 20/21 | Beitar Jerusalem | Ligat Ha'al | 7 | 1 | 0 | 307 |
| 20/21 | Beitar Jerusalem | Ligat ha'Al - Relegation round | 6 | 1 | 0 | 387 |
| 20/21 | Beitar Jerusalem | Gvia haMedina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| Total | América Futebol Clube (MG) | 213 | 23 | 17 | 12 909 | |
| Total | Criciúma EC | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 630 | |
| Total | Sport Club do Recife | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 668 | |
| Total | Ceará Sporting Club | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 070 | |
| Total | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | 2 | 0 | 867 | |
| Total | Or Akiva | 15 | 1 | 0 | 881 | |
| Total | Santa Clara | 9 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |
| Total | Brazil U17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 95 | |
| Total | Atlético Clube Goianiense | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
Transfers
Transfers- 26/27 Santa Clara Atlético-GO
- 26/27 Ceará Santa Clara
- 25/26 Santa Clara Ceará
- 25/26 Sport Recife Santa Clara
- 25/26 Santa Clara Sport Recife
- 24/25 Criciúma Santa Clara
- 23/24 América-MG Criciúma
- 21/22 B. Jerusalem América-MG
- 21/22 Or Akiva B. Jerusalem
- 21/22 B. Jerusalem Or Akiva
- 20/21 América-MG B. Jerusalem €650.00K
- 15/16 América-MG U20 América-MG
