Mateus Viveiros

Mateus Viveiros Andrade (born 17 January 1998) is a Brazilian football defender.

Mateus Viveiros
Personal information
Full name Mateus Viveiros Andrade
Date of birth (1966-01-17) 17 January 1966
Place of birth Brasilia, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
2013–2016 São Paulo
2017 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Red Star Belgrade 0 (0)
2017–2019 → Bežanija (loan) 7 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Brazil U17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2018

Club career

Born in São Paulo, Viveiro started playing futsal when he was 6. When he was 11 he started playing football at São Paulo from Brasilia, but shortly after he moved to a more prestigious Brasilia Football Academy. It was playing in the academy that he earned a chance for trials at São Paulo FC and was successful at first. In 2013 he became Brazilian U15 champion with São Paulo.[1] With youth teams of São Paulo he also won the Copa Ouro in 2016 and became Campeonato Paulista champion in U17 and U20 levels.[2]

On February 13, 2017, Viveiros signed a two and a half-year contract with Serbian club Red Star Belgrade.[3] After spending half a year training with senior squad and playing with youth team of Red Star, in summer 2017 he was loaned to FK Bežanija.[4] He made 7 appearances with Bežanija in the 2017–18 Serbian First League.[5][6]

International career

In January 2014 Viveiros was called to the Brazilian U17 national team,[7] having been called since then regularly such was in March,[8] or May 2015.[9]

In June 2016 he was called for the Brazilian U19 national team.[10] Later that same month he was called to the Brazilian U20 national team.[11]

References
  1. Mateus Viveiro jogador do sub-15 do spfc (Interview) at andreia021.blogspot.com, 12-2-2013, retrieved 12-9-2018 (in Portuguese)
  2. Sem contrato, lateral deixa o São Paulo para defender time da Sérvia at lance.com.br, 13-2-2017, retrieved 12-9-2018 (in Portuguese)
  3. Mateus Viveiros arrives at Red Star Belgrade official website, 13-2-2017, retrieved 11-9-2018
  4. Viveiros at FK Bežanija official website, retrieved 11-9-2018 (in Serbian)
  5. Matheus Viveiros Andrade at Soccerway
  6. Mateus Viveiros at footballdatabase.eu
  7. São-paulinos são convocados para a Seleção Sub-17 at saopaulofc.net, 22-1-2014, retrieved 12-9-2018 (in Portuguese)
  8. Três tricolores são convocados para a Seleção Sub-17 - SPFC.Net at spfc.net, 24-3-2014, retrieved 12-9-2018 (in Portuguese)
  9. Com novo técnico há dois dias, sub-17 é convocada para período de treinos at globoesporte.globo.com, 8-5-2015, retrieved 12-9-2018 (in Portuguese)
  10. São Paulo foi o clube que mais cedeu jogadores às seleções de base em 2016 at spfcnoticias.com, 23-11-2016, retrieved 12-9-2018 (in Portuguese)
  11. Atacante do Vitória é convocado para a seleção brasileira Sub-20; confira lista at varelanoticias.com.br, 15-6-2016, retrieved 12-9-2018 (in Portuguese)
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