| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matheus Martins Silva dos Santos [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 2003 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Campo Grande, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botafogo | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2021 | Fluminense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Fluminense | 51 | (6) |
| 2023–2024 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Watford (loan) | 45 | (5) |
| 2024– | Botafogo | 34 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Brazil U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Brazil U20 | 6 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:55, 25 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Matheus Martins Silva dos Santos (born 16 July 2003) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Botafogo.
On 1 July 2021, Martins signed a professional contract with Fluminense.
On 11 January 2023, Martins joined EFL Championship club Watford on loan from Udinese. [2] He made his league debut on 14 January 2023 as a half time substitute in a 2–0 win against Blackpool and made his first start for the club in a 1–1 draw against Rotherham a week later.
On 4 July 2023, Martins rejoined Watford for a second loan spell. [3]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fluminense | 2021 | Série A | 7 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Série A | 30 | 3 | 1 [a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 [b] | 3 | — | 38 | 6 | ||
| Total | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | 48 | 6 | |||
| Udinese | 2022–23 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Watford (loan) | 2022–23 | Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Championship | 39 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 43 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 82 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 12 | ||
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