Matheusinho

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Santa Clara
27 Feb 2027
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Marked for Matheusinho

25 Edition

The Santa Clara Sentinel

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match16 Jan 2027

No end in sight to Santa Clara's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Santa Clara has to find a result from somewhere.

Market18 Jan 2027

Eyes on Lucas Soares again

The phone has started ringing about Lucas Soares again, and this time the name on the line is Leiria. Santa Clara are listening politely and promising nothing.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

Daniel Borges goes up and wins it — 7.62

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.62 for the rest of it.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Lucas Soares in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Santa Clara this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Words at Santa Clara training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rildo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match16 Jan 2027

Famalicao take the points off Santa Clara

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad18 Jan 2027

No hiding place for Lucas Soares

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lucas Soares, and the manager let it.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

Matheusinho runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

A costly moment from Thauan Lara

One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Santa Clara, and it is a cruel one.

In brief

  • Squad The manager has not finished forgetting Thauan Lara's mistake
  • Market Still no signature from Thauan Lara
Back issues
16 Edition

The Santa Clara Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

Nobody could get near Brenner

Successful dribbles: 40. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Douglas Borel: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Santa Clara have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Santa Clara

Lucas Soares was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad16 Nov 2026

MT falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

MT takes the honours

Marked 7.33 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Santa Clara had the best player on the pitch.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Santa Clara keep their word to Pedro Pacheco

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

In brief

13 Edition

The Ceará Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Matheus Araújo runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 49. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match23 Oct 2026

A European night to remember for Ceará

2‑0 against Carabobo, under lights, against people who do not speak the same language as the crowd. These are the evenings a club measures its decade in, and there are never as many of them as anybody expects.

Match24 Oct 2026

Chastening afternoon for Ceará

A 0‑3 beating by Cruzeiro was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad26 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Lucas Mugni

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lucas Mugni, and the manager let it.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Fernando falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Wendel Silva in the eights

A performance of 8.23 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

One of those days for Matheusinho

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.10, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Renzo López left out for the big one

A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Renzo López will call it something else in private.

Boardroom26 Oct 2026

Doors closed at Ceará

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

In brief

  • Squad Éder dropped after a run of poor form
  • The terraces The spotlight tightens on Richard
  • Player ratings Nothing got past Fernando
12 Edition

The Santa Clara Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near Brenner

Successful dribbles: 43. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Luis Fernando damages knee ligaments — 14 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 14 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Santa Clara

Lucas Soares was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief