Mateus Lima Cruz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mateus Lima Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Iturama, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Santos | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | Grêmio Barueri | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Grêmio Barueri | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Sport Barueri (loan) | 27 | (7) |
| 2013 | Sport Recife | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | Guarani | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | Luverdense | 4 | (2) |
| 2015 | Operário Ferroviário | 3 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Kukesi | 27 | (7) |
| 2016– | Santos | 0 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2016. | |||
Mateus Lima Cruz (born 18 January 1993), known as Mateus Lima, is Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos as a forward.
Club career
Born in Iturama, Minas Gerais, Lima was a Grêmio Barueri youth graduate. After a short loan spell at Sport Barueri, he made his professional debut on 17 November 2012, starting in a 2–0 home win against Avaí for the Série B championship.[1]
On 4 February 2013 Lima moved to Sport Recife.[2] After only appearing for the club in the Campeonato Pernambucano, he joined Guarani on 10 December.[3]
On 16 January 2014, Lima signed for Luverdense.[4] He scored his first professional goal on 19 November, but in a 1–2 home loss against América Mineiro; he added another ten days later, netting the game's only in a home success over Ceará.
On 20 February 2015, Lima agreed to a contract with Operário Ferroviário.[5] He was crowned champions of the year's Campeonato Paranaense, but appeared rarely.
In June 2015, Lima signed with Albanian Champions Skënderbeu Korçë as a reinforcement for the club's campaign in Champions League after the departures of Aco Stojkov, Dhiego Martins and Fatjon Sefa.[6] The Brazilian striker was also a target of FK Kukësi.[7] In his unofficial debut on 16 June, Lima scored in his debut after 29 minutes in an eventual 2–1 win against Romanian side.[8] Despite scoring in his debut, however, he not been named in Skënderbeu's squad list for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League because he did not convinced his coach Mirel Josa with his appearances.[9]
In July 2015, after just one month with Skënderbeu Korçë, Lima left the club and signed with Kukesi.[10] In the 2015–16 campaign, he scored seven league goals in 27 league appearances, along with three goals in the Albanian Cup.
In July 2016, Lima joined Santos, and was assigned to the B-team squad.[11]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Grêmio Barueri | 2012 | Série B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | Série C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Sport Barueri (loan) | 2012 | Paulista Série B | — | 27 | 7 | — | — | — | 27 | 7 | ||||
| Sport | 2013 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||
| Guarani | 2014 | Série C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luverdense | 2014 | Série B | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | 5 | |||
| Operário Ferroviário | 2015 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Kukësi | 2015-2016 | Albanian Superliga | 27 | 7 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | 31 | 10 | |||
| Santos | 2016 | Série A | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 33 | 9 | 54 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 26 | ||
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
Honours
- Operário Ferroviário
- Campeonato Paranaense: 2015
References
- ↑ "Grêmio Barueri 2 x 0 Avaí – Molecada garante vitória da Abelha" [Grêmio Barueri 2–0 Avaí – Youngster assure victory of the Bee] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ "Sport contrata Matheus [sic] Lima, que jogou Série B pelo Grêmio Barueri" [Sport sign Mateus Lima, who played the Série B for Grêmio Barueri] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ "Guarani confirma a contratação do atacante Mateus Lima, ex-Sport" [Guarani confirm the signing of forward Mateus Lima, formerly of Sport] (in Portuguese). Terra. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ "Diretoria do Luverdense contrata atacante Mateus Lima, ex-Sport" [Luverdense's board sign forward Mateus Lima, formerly of Sport] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ "Operário anuncia dois reforços para o Paranaense" [Operário announce two signings for the Paranaense] (in Portuguese). A Rede. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ Alfred Lleshi (9 June 2015). "Mateus Lima Cruz, një sulmues Brazilian për Skënderbeun". Telesport.al (in Albanian). Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ Llazi Saro (22 June 2015). "Lima: Kukësi më donte, por unë zgjodha kampionët, jam ambientuar shumë mirë". Panorama Sport (in Albanian). Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ "Fiton Skënderbeu, shënon Lima, spikat shkodrani Dema dhe sulmuesi brazilian". Panorama Sport (in Albanian). 16 June 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ Erjon Hamitaj (12 July 2015). "Skënderbeu, Lulaj dhe Lima drejt huazimit". Telesport.al (in Albanian). Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ "Një brazilian, pasuesi i Pejiçit". Panorama Sport. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "Santos B contrata atacante que estava na Albânia para a Copa Paulista" [Santos B sign forward who was in Albania for the Copa Paulista] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Mateus Lima profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Mateus Lima at thefinalball.com
External links
- Mateus Lima at thefinalball.com
- Mateus Lima profile at Soccerway