William Matheus

William Matheus
Personal information
Full name William Matheus da Silva
Date of birth (1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Nova Iguaçu, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
2006–2009 Figueirense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Figueirense 22 (0)
2009 → Botafogo-DF (loan)
2010 → Tombense (loan)
2011 → Democrata-GV (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2013 Boca Júnior 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Bahia (loan) 17 (0)
2012 → Vasco da Gama (loan) 21 (0)
2013 → Goiás (loan) 50 (2)
2014 Palmeiras 10 (1)
2014–2017 Toulouse 24 (0)
2014–2015 Toulouse II 9 (1)
2016 → Fluminense (loan) 20 (0)
2017–2020 Coritiba 120 (6)
2019 → Guarani (loan) 12 (2)
2021 Shimizu S-Pulse 0 (0)
2021–2022 Juventude 46 (1)
2023 Figueirense 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:51, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

William Matheus da Silva (born 2 April 1990), known as William Matheus, is a Brazilian footballer. Mainly a left back, he can also play as a centre back.

Career

William Matheus came through the youth ranks at Figueirense and graduated to the first team in 2008, playing Campeonato Brasileiro Série A games in that season.[1]

William Matheus then had loan spells with Botafogo (DF), Tombense and Democrata-GV playing state league football.[2] In June 2011, he signed a three-year contract with Boca Júnior (SE) and loaned to Bahia in the same month, and became a member of their U23 team. He played in 2011 Copa Governador do Estado da Bahia.[3] He remained at Bahia for the first part of 2012, playing for the first team in Campeonato Baiano, but was released from his loan contract in June having suffered from injury and not been able to get back into the team.[4] Later that month he signed on loan with Vasco da Gama until the end of 2012, to play in the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[5] Having played 21 games, including 19 starts, for Vasco in Série A he obtained a contract for 2013 with Goiás.[2] Despite interest from the board, he chose not to sign a new contract with Goiás, and left at the end of the season having played in 59 games and scored 3 goals in all competitions.[6]

In January 2014, William Matheus signed with Palmeiras to play the 2014 season, the year of the centenary of the club.[7] After just sixteen appearances, Palmeiras accepted an offer from French club Toulouse to sign him in July 2014.[8]

William Matheus signed a four-year contract with Toulouse on 29 July 2014.[9] He made his Ligue 1 debut on 9 August 2014 in a 3–2 defeat against Nice.[10] After two seasons in France he returned to Brazil on a loan agreement with Fluminense.[11] He left Toulouse permanently on 4 February 2017, signing a deal with Coritiba.[12]

In 2019, despite being a regular for Coritiba, he was loaned to Guarani for the Campeonato Paulista.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Figueirense". Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 September 2008. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Zagueiro Rodrigo e lateral William Matheus são contratados pelo Goiás" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Bahia vence Vitória da Conquista pela Copa Estado". EC Bahia (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  4. ^ "William Matheus pede desligamento e não é mais jogador do Bahia" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 1 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Novo reforço, William Matheus inicia treinos com Vasco nesta terça-feira" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Após ano irregular, William Matheus deixa o Goiás ao término do contrato" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  7. ^ Zito, Felipe; Hazan, Marcelo (14 January 2019). "William Matheus prevê boa disputa por vaga com o amigo Juninho" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  8. ^ De Laurentiis, Francisco (25 July 2014). "Palmeiras vende lateral esquerdo William Matheus para o Toulouse, da França" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Lateral William Matheus, ex-Palmeiras, assina por quatro anos com o Toulouse" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  10. ^ "French Ligue 1 report: Nice edge five-goal thriller". Sky Sports. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Reforço para a lateral esquerda: Flu acerta empréstimo de William Matheus" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Toulouse FC Official Site" (in French). 4 February 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Guarani se reforça com William Matheus, Thalisson Kelvin e Diego Cardoso" (in Brazilian Portuguese). r7.com. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2023.