Matheus Martinelli

{{short description|Brazilian footballer (born 2001)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Portuguese name|Martinelli|Lima}}

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| full_name = Matheus Martinelli Lima{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce119/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Fluminense FC |publisher=FIFA |page=5 |date=6 December 2023 |access-date=10 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206205418/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce119/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=6 December 2023 |url-status=live}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|10|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Presidente Prudente, Brazil

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| height = 1.77 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Fluminense

| clubnumber = 8

| youthyears1 = 2013–2014

| youthclubs1 = Marília

| youthyears2 = 2014–2015

| youthclubs2 = Osvaldo Cruz

| youthyears3 = 2015–2017

| youthclubs3 = Grêmio Prudente

| youthyears4 = 2017–2020

| youthclubs4 = Fluminense

| years1 = 2020–

| clubs1 = Fluminense

| caps1 = 156

| goals1 = 4

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Matheus Martinelli Lima (born 5 October 2001), known as Matheus Martinelli or just Martinelli, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fluminense.{{Soccerway|id=matheus-martinelli/671412|accessdate=}}

Club career

Born in Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Martinelli started playing football at Marília, later playing for other clubs from the State of São Paulo before joining Fluminense in 2017.{{Cite web|title=Matheus Martinelli|url=http://admesporte.com.br/jogadores/matheus-martinelli|access-date=2021-02-18|website=ADM Esporte|language=pt-BR}}

Martinelli made his professional debut for Fluminense on 1 December 2020, starting in a 0–0 Série A draw against Red Bull Bragantino.{{Cite web|date=12 Jan 2020|title=Fluminense chega a 11 jogadores da base que estrearam no profissional em 2020|url=http://www.fluminense.com.br/noticia/fluminense-chega-a-11-jogadores-da-base-que-estrearam-no-profissional-em-2020|access-date=2021-02-18|website=Fluminense Football Club|language=pt-BR}} He subsequently became a regular with the Tricolor, scoring 3 goals in 11 games and being named Série A man of the weekend on the 16 February 2021 after his performance against Ceará, scoring the second goal in his team 3–1 away win.{{Cite web|date=2021-02-16|title=Martinelli é eleito o cara da 36ª rodada; Fluminense emplaca cinco nomes na seleção do torcedor|url=http://www.lance.com.br/fluminense/martinelli-eleito-cara-rodada-emplaca-seis-nomes-selecao-torcedor.html|access-date=2021-02-18|website=Lance!|language=pt-BR|publication-place=Rio de Janeiro}}

Career statistics

{{updated|9 November 2021.}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|State League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="2"|Fluminense

|2020

|rowspan="2"|Série A

|13

3000000colspan="2"|—133
2021

|26

0100509Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores0colspan="2"|—500
colspan="3"|Career total

!39

3100509000633

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Honours

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