Ricardo Mathias
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ricardo Mathias da Silva[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 July 2006[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nova Iguaçu, Brazil[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Ferroviária | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Internacional | 29 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Brazil U17 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Brazil U20 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:28, 17 February 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Ricardo Mathias da Silva (born 25 July 2006) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Internacional.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Mathias played amateur football in his hometown before joining the youth sides of Ferroviária in 2021. In the following year, he moved to Internacional and was initially assigned to the under-17 squad.[2][3]
Mathias made his senior – and Série A – debut on 11 August 2024, coming on as a late substitute for Rômulo in a 2–2 home draw against Athletico Paranaense.[4] He scored his first professional goal on 5 October, netting a last-minute equalizer in an away draw against Corinthians for the same scoreline.[5]
On 23 October 2024, Mathias renewed his contract with the Colorado until 2028.[6]
International career
[edit | edit source]In September 2022, Mathias was called up to the Brazil national under-17 team,[7] and played in the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.
He also was part of the squad which won the 2025 South American U-20 Championship, scoring a goal on the last match of the tournament.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of 28 May 2025[8]
| Club | Season | League | State League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Internacional | 2024 | Série A | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | — | 7 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
Honours
[edit | edit source]Internacional
Brazil U17
Brazil U20
References
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