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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Santos Carneiro and the second or paternal family name is Cunha.
Matheus Cunha
Cunha at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha
Date of birth (1999-05-27) 27 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Madrid
Youth career
Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Sion 29 (10)
2018–2020 RB Leipzig 35 (2)
2020–2021 Hertha BSC 38 (12)
2021– Atlético Madrid 0 (0)
International career‡
2019– Brazil U23 24 (21)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:45, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha (born 27 May 1999), commonly known as Matheus Cunha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Atlético Madrid.

Club career

Cunha joined FC Sion from Coritiba in 2017. He finished his first season in the Swiss club with 10 league goals. On 24 June 2018, Cunha joined Bundesliga club RB Leipzig on a five-year-deal.[1]

On 31 January 2020, Hertha BSC announced the signing of Matheus Cunha on a four-and-a-half-year deal.[2]

International career

With Brazil's under-23 team, Cunha was the top scorer of the 2019 Toulon Tournament and the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, winning the former and finishing as runner-up in the latter. On 17 June 2021, he was named in the squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] On 28 July, Cunha scored his 19th goal for Brazil's under-23s in a 3–1 group stage win over Saudi Arabia, overtaking Ronaldinho's record as the side's all-time top scorer.[4]

In September 2020, Cunha was called up to the senior Brazil squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Bolivia and Peru on 9 and 13 October 2020, respectively.[5][6]

On 7 August 2021 he won the gold medal with Brazil at the Tokyo Olympics.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 May 2021[7][8]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sion 2017–18 Swiss Super League 29 10 1 0 2[a] 0 32 10
Total 29 10 1 0 2 0 32 10
RB Leipzig 2018–19 Bundesliga 25 2 2 1 12[a] 6 39 9
2019–20 Bundesliga 10 0 1 0 2[b] 0 13 0
Total 35 2 3 1 14 6 52 9
Hertha BSC 2019–20 Bundesliga 11 5 0 0 — 11 5
2020–21 Bundesliga 27 7 1 1 — 28 8
Total 38 12 1 1 0 0 39 13
Career total 102 24 5 2 16 6 123 32
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

International

Brazil U23

Individual

References

  1. ^ "RB Leipzig's Samba speedster Matheus Cunha hot on the trail of Timo Werner". Bundesliga. 2018.
  2. ^ "Hertha BSC verpflichtet Matheus Cunha" (in German). Hertha BSC. 31 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Seleção Olímpica é convocada para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio 2020". CBF. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Saudi Arabia 1 - 3 Brazil". FIFA. 28 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Tite convoca a Seleção Brasileira para a estreia nas Eliminatórias" (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Matheus Cunha está convocado para a Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). CBF. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Matheus Cunha". ogol. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  8. ^ Matheus Cunha at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". festival-foot-espoirs.com.
  10. ^ "Récompenses de la dernière édition du Festival". festival-foot-espoirs.com.

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