Mateus Lima

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lima and the second or paternal family name is Cruz.
Mateus Lima
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Personal information
Full name Mateus Lima Cruz
Date of birth (1993-01-18) 18 January 1993 (age 33)
Place of birth Iturama, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Guangxi Pingguo Haliao
Number 9
Youth career
2008–2012 Grêmio Barueri
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Grêmio Barueri 5 (0)
2012 → Sport Barueri (loan) 0 (0)
2013 Sport Recife 5 (2)
2014 Guarani 0 (0)
2014 Luverdense 4 (2)
2015 Operário Ferroviário 3 (1)
2015–2016 Kukësi 27 (7)
2016–2017 Santos 0 (0)
2017–2018 Borac Čačak 30 (8)
2018–2020 Slaven Belupo 51 (7)
2020–2021 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 29 (9)
2021–2022 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 34 (7)
2022–2023 Nasaf 34 (6)
2024 Ratchaburi 12 (5)
2024 Sukhothai 13 (1)
2025- Guangxi Pingguo Haliao 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 April 2025

Mateus Lima Cruz (born 18 January 1993), known as Mateus, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for China League One side Guangxi Pingguo Haliao.

Club career

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Born in Iturama, Minas Gerais, Mateus 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, Mateus 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, Mateus 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, Mateus 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, Mateus 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 was not named in Skënderbeu's squad list for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League because he did not convince his coach Mirel Josa in his appearances.[9]

In July 2015, after just one month with Skënderbeu Korçë, Mateus 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, Mateus Lima joined Santos, and was assigned to the B-team squad.[11]

On the last day of the summer transfer window 2017, Mateus Lima signed with the Serbian SuperLiga side Borac Čačak.[12]

In the summer of 2018, Mateus Lima signed a two-year contract with the Croatian First Football League side Slaven Belupo.[13]

On 17 August 2020 he signed with Hapoel Nof HaGalil.[14]

Career statistics

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As of 15 January 2025[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals 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 2015–16 Albanian Superliga 27 7 — 4 3 — — — 31 10
Santos 2016 Série A 0 0 — 0 0 — — 6[a] 0 6 0
Borac Čačak 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga 30 8 — 2 0 — — — 32 8
Slaven Belupo 2018–19 Croatian First Football League 21 5 — 2 0 — — — 23 5
2019–20 30 2 — 4 0 — — — 34 2
Total 51 7 — 6 0 — — — 57 7
Hapoel Nof HaGalil 2020–21 Liga Leumit 29 9 — 1 0 4 0 — — 34 9
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 2021–22 Liga Leumit 34 7 — 1 0 — — 1 0 36 7
Nasaf 2022 Uzbekistan Super League 13 2 — 3 1 — — — 16 3
2023 21 4 — 6 1 — 5 1 1 0 33 6
Total 34 6 — 9 2 — 5 1 1 0 49 6
Ratchaburi 2023–24 Thai League 1 12 5 — — 2 0 — — 14 5
Sukhothai 2024–25 Thai League 1 13 1 — 1 0 1 0 — — 15 1
Total 236 52 54 14 21 5 7 0 5 1 8 0 337 69
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista

Honours

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Operário Ferroviário

References

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