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.

Matheus Cunha
Cunha training with RB Leipzig in 2018
Personal information
Full name Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha
Date of birth (1999-05-27) 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)
* 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

International

Brazil U23

Individual

  • Toulon Tournament Top Scorer: 2019[6]

Career statistics

As of 20 December 2020.[7]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sion 2017–18 Swiss Super League 29100020203310
Total 291020203310
RB Leipzig 2018–19 Bundesliga 25221126399
2019–20 1001020130
Total 35231146529
Hertha BSC 2019–20 Bundesliga 11500115
2020–21 12611137
Total 23111100002412
Career total 8723421662010931

References

  1. "RB Leipzig's Samba speedster Matheus Cunha hot on the trail of Timo Werner". Bundesliga. 2018.
  2. "Hertha BSC verpflichtet Matheus Cunha" (in German). Hertha BSC. 31 January 2020.
  3. "Tite convoca a Seleção Brasileira para a estreia nas Eliminatórias" (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. "Matheus Cunha está convocado para a Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). CBF. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". festival-foot-espoirs.com.
  6. "Récompenses de la dernière édition du Festival". festival-foot-espoirs.com.
  7. "Matheus Cunha". ogol. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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