Matheus Cunha
Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha (born 27 May 1999) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.
 Cunha training with RB Leipzig in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | João Pessoa, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hertha BSC | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Coritiba | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Sion | 29 | (10) |
| 2018–2020 | RB Leipzig | 35 | (2) |
| 2020– | Hertha BSC | 29 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019– | Brazil U23 | 18 | (16) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2020 | |||
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
In September 2020, he 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.[3][4]
Honours
Career statistics
- As of 20 December 2020.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sion | 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 10 |
| Total | 29 | 10 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 10 | |||
| RB Leipzig | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | — | 39 | 9 | |
| 2019–20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 87 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 31 | ||
References
- "RB Leipzig's Samba speedster Matheus Cunha hot on the trail of Timo Werner". Bundesliga. 2018.
- "Hertha BSC verpflichtet Matheus Cunha" (in German). Hertha BSC. 31 January 2020.
- "Tite convoca a Seleção Brasileira para a estreia nas Eliminatórias" (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- "Matheus Cunha está convocado para a Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). CBF. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". festival-foot-espoirs.com.
- "Récompenses de la dernière édition du Festival". festival-foot-espoirs.com.
- "Matheus Cunha". ogol. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
External links
- Matheus Cunha at Soccerway
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