Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 27 May 1999||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward, second striker, winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2017 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Sion | 29 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | RB Leipzig | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Hertha BSC | 39 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Atlético Madrid | 40 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 44 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Brazil U23 | 24 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Brazil | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:59, 9 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023 |
Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha (born 27 May 1999), commonly known as Matheus Cunha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Brazil national team. He has also been deployed as a second striker or winger.
Cunha played youth football in Brazil for Coritiba. At the age of 18, he moved to Europe to join Swiss club Sion. He then played for Bundesliga clubs RB Leipzig and Hertha BSC, before joining Atlético in August 2021.
Cunha won a gold medal with the Brazil under-23 team at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He made his senior international debut in September 2021.