Matheuzinho marks 100 games, looks back on top moments at Corinthians

In partnership with

Central do Timão

·2 November 2025

Matheuzinho marks 100 games, looks back on top moments at Corinthians

By Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão Editorial Team

On Sunday afternoon, at 4pm (Brasília time), Corinthians will host Grêmio at Neo Química Arena, in a match valid for the 31st round of the Brazilian Championship. Currently, the Alvinegro occupies the tenth position with 39 points (10 wins, nine draws, and 11 losses – 32 goals scored and 35 conceded).

The match will be special for right-back Matheuzinho, who will reach 100 games wearing the Corinthians shirt. Signed at the beginning of 2024 after a successful stint at Flamengo, the number 2 became the undisputed starter in the position in the middle of last year and was important in the team’s surge in the last Brasileirão and in the 2025 Paulista title against Palmeiras.

OneFootball Videos

Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Corinthians Agency

So far, there have been 99 games – 43 wins, 27 draws, and 29 losses – a 52.5% success rate. In addition, he has five goals and seven assists. In 2025, he has scored three times and provided four assists. In an interview with Corinthians TV, the right-back – a Corinthians fan at heart – commented on the feeling of reaching this significant milestone for the club and highlighted his relationship with the fans.

“It’s very special. As everyone knows, I’ve already talked about the team I’ve loved since I was a child. And being able to play a match for Corinthians was already very emotional for me. Reaching 100 games is something for the few. This is also the result of my work. I arrived here, dedicated myself a lot to the club. And today, reaching these 100 games, I am very happy and honored to achieve this milestone. So I’m sure it will be a special game. And I hope it comes with a victory, which is the most important thing.”

“This part about the fans seeing me as one of them on the field, that comes more from them. It has always been a characteristic of mine not to give up, to always be there fighting until the end. So, as the Corinthians fans are like that, passionate, always following the club wherever it is, I think it’s more that I reflect their spirit. So, I’m very happy that they have this connection with me. And it’s cool, man, to be on the field as if I were one of them, that I can help Corinthians in every possible way,” he began.

Next, he recalled his first goal with the Corinthians shirt. The occasion happened on May 7, 2024, in the 2-0 win over Nacional (Paraguay), at the Defensores Del Chaco Stadium, in the fourth round of the group stage of the previous year’s Conmebol Sudamericana. The goal was scored in stoppage time and with his left foot, his weaker foot. After the ball hit the net, he felt cramps and was substituted.

“It was good. Even with my left foot, which I think is not very common, and I ended up injuring myself alone, twisting my ankle. So, it was a mix of emotions at the moment I saw the ball going in, that it was a goal, I was very happy, but right after I felt that intense pain that cut all that happiness and I saw the concern about a serious injury. So, it was a mix of emotions.“

“And as soon as I found out it wasn’t anything serious, I was more relaxed. I was able to enjoy that first goal a little more, so man, it’s a goal that I can say will be remembered for this curious story, because I ended up scoring and couldn’t celebrate – who doesn’t want to score and celebrate? So I think it was a very, very different story.”

Later, he answered which was his most beautiful and memorable goal for Corinthians: the first in the 5-2 win in Itaquera over Athletico-PR, in the 30th round of the 2024 Brazilian Championship. At that moment, the Alvinegro was still fighting against relegation, and it was the first of nine consecutive wins that took the team to the 2025 Pre-Libertadores – seventh place with 56 points.

“The one against Athletico Paranaense, no doubt, at the Arena. It was a shot where I was very happy, a play we rehearsed, but I was very happy and it was a goal that helped us get out of that phase we were in. And it was also a match with several beautiful goals, so I think that goal in particular, for being beautiful and also for the phase we were going through”, he continued.

Matheuzinho also stated that his most special moment wearing the Corinthians shirt was winning the 2025 Paulista Championship against Palmeiras, in the final at Itaquera. The title ended a six-year trophy drought. In the first match, with a goal from striker Yuri Alberto, Alvinegro won 1-0. In the second game, a goalless draw at Neo Química Arena.

“Definitely (the most special). It was where I could celebrate my first title with the shirt, something that was missing for these fans, who hadn’t celebrated a title in a long time, and being able to enter the club’s history with a title is very cool. And the game itself, being a Derby, since it had been a long time since Corinthians had won a title over the rival, was very good, even more so with my family and friends watching.”

“So, in the final we focused 100% to give our all and, thank God, we were able to be champions, to be happy at home. I hope we can repeat this feeling again, which is the best in the world, being a champion, which is something that shows your work was very successful. It’s a gift, so I hope this Paulista title is remembered forever, but that it’s the first of many.“

Corinthians’ number 2 also commented on his expectations for the match against Grêmio, with whom Alvinegro has had balanced duels in recent years and holds an unbeaten streak against the rival. The club from Parque São Jorge is seeking its third consecutive win in the tournament, aiming to get closer to a fight for a spot in the 2026 Libertadores.

The player also highlighted the importance of the return of the organized supporters’ instruments to the stands of Neo Química Arena.

“Of course, it’s going to be a very tough game. We are growing in the competition, as I’ve said a few times, we needed to flip that switch to grow in the championship, to think bigger, and today I see the evolution of our team, that we are very focused on putting Corinthians where it deserves to be, which is at the top of the table. So, it’s going to be a hard-fought, well-contested game and I’m sure we’ll go in on Sunday giving 110%, because we want the win, we want to make our fans happy, especially now that the fans will be back with the drums, which is something I really miss on the field, something that helps us a lot. So, it will be a very special game because of the milestone as well, but a game that will help us climb higher and higher in the table.”

Finally, he was asked about the importance of his family in his career, especially his father – who is also a Corinthians fan at heart – and he got emotional when he saw him for the first time wearing the Corinthians shirt.

“That’s part of my family. They were the ones who showed me what football is and what it’s like to love a club. He was the one who introduced me, who took me to my first official game. Being present at a Corinthians game, it was him who took me. So it’s really cool to live these moments by his side, by my mother’s and my siblings’ side. Because, like it or not, when we’re going through a tough time, they’re the ones by our side. They’re supporting us. Not just here at Flamengo, when I was there too.”

“When I broke my leg and was out for six months, they were by my side every day supporting me. So, seeing them here with me, seeing their happiness, there’s nothing better, no money can buy that. And at that moment when I was introduced, when I put on the shirt and saw him emotional, that’s something I’ll never forget. Because, man, those are scenes that, as I said, money can’t buy, no money in the world can buy. And it’s those emotional memories that last, which I think is the most important, these great moments with family, I think they’re marked forever“, he concluded.

Watch the full interview on Corinthians TV:

See More: