Mateus Cardoso Francisco (born 16 December 1997), better known as Mateus Pivô, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Portuguese club AVS, on loan from Brusque.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mateus Cardoso Francisco[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 December 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AVS (on loan) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2014 | Goytacaz | ||
| 2015–2016 | Carapebus | ||
| 2016 | → Campos AA (loan) | ||
| 2017 | Grêmio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Cianorte | ||
| 2018 | Carapebus | ||
| 2018–2019 | Hercílio Luz | ||
| 2019 | Grêmio Anápolis | ||
| 2019 | Marília | ||
| 2020 | Operário-MT | ||
| 2020 | Azuriz | ||
| 2021 | Vitória-ES | 11 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Democrata-GV | 24 | (0) |
| 2022 | Passo Fundo | 25 | (5) |
| 2022 | Ferroviário | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | São José-RS | 11 | (4) |
| 2023– | Sampaio Corrêa | 1 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Vila Nova (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Brusque (loan) | 28 | (3) |
| 2025– | Brusque | 32 | (1) |
| 2026– | → AVS (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026 | |||
Career
editMateus started his career as a futsal player, acting as a pivot, from which his nickname derives. On the field, he played as a winger for the youth teams of Goytacaz, Carapebus, Campos AA and Grêmio. [2]
As a professional, he played for several clubs, having started his career at Cianorte, and being champion of minor divisions with Azuriz in Paraná. Over the years he started to play as a right back, a position that made him famous for competing in the divisions of the Brazilian Championship, having played for Ferroviário,[3] São José-RS[2] and Sampaio Corrêa, which holds his federative rights.[4]
In 2024, he was loaned to Vila Nova to compete in the Campeonato Goiano,[5] and in April, he was loaned again to Brusque to compete in the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[6][7] In 2025, Pivô was definitively acquired by Brusque.[8]
Honours
editAzuriz
References
edit- 1 2 Mateus Pivô at WorldFootball.net
- 1 2 "Com apelido de "Pivô", lateral-direito do São José se destaca no Gauchão por gols marcados". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ↑ "Mateus Pivô é o novo reforço do Ferroviário". Ferroviário AC (in Portuguese). 13 July 2022. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ↑ "Sampaio fecha contratação de lateral-direito, Mateus Pivô, quarto nome da posição". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 16 March 2023. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ↑ "Mateus Pivô comenta passagem pelo Sampaio Corrêa e principal desejo em sua chegada ao Vila Nova". Mais Goiás (in Portuguese). 11 January 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ↑ "Vila Nova libera, e lateral-direito Matheus Pivô se aproxima do Brusque". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 8 April 2024. Archived from the original on 23 October 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ↑ "Brusque espera contar com Mateus Pivô para o jogo contra o Ceará". O Município (in Portuguese). 14 June 2024. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ↑ "Brusque adquire direito de compra do lateral-direito Mateus Pivô". Araguaia Brusque (in Portuguese). 10 August 2024. Archived from the original on 15 June 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
External links
edit- Mateus Pivô at Soccerway